Yesterday was my snow day. It was a day spent shoveling, trying to keep ahead of the storm that didn’t want you to win. When we dug from the garage to the road, we turned around and dug back.
Clients were around, but the majority I deal with currently are on the eastern seaboard, so there was a nice lull. I took it as a chance to take care of snow and unwind and regroup a bit. It felt good.
Here’s a picture of the view outside my front door. This is around 1 pm before the heavy stuff started to fall. Note that there are hedges buried. The hedges come up to my armpits in height, around 4 feet or better. And where all that snow is in front of it? That’s our front walk.
Isn’t it gorgeous?
Did you have a snow day yesterday? If not, when did you allow Mother Nature to slow you down?
Oh, how beautiful! I'm in Georgia so all we've gotten is rain and just a sprinkling of snow in the mountain regions. Snow is rare in these parts. We completely shut down the city over two inches; I can't imagine what we would do faced with two-plus feet of the white stuff!
We've had many snow days lately, being in the epicenter of the mid-Atlantic storm system. We got 27" in Saturday's blizzard, and lost power for 3 days. So, no work for me. It came back on Monday, in time for us to regroup and resupply before snow hit again Tuesday evening. I think we got another 18-20" yesterday. I am hoping to delegate the snow shoveling to hubby and teenagers, none of whom have the pressing deadlines I do!
You're just south of me, Eileen. When I saw those snow totals, I knew. Saturday felt harder to dig out from, but maybe it's because we spent all day digging out from yesterday's storm. In small doses, it's not so bad.
Kim, you're in what I think of as the ice storm capital of the country. 🙂 Isn't Atlanta always getting ice storms? When my brother lived there, he was frequently commenting on the ice.
Oh, yeah, I tool FULL advantage! 😉
I work full-time, so snow days are my days to go at the writing full tilt 🙂 It was so nice to have the whole day to commit to it. Now I have to go out and shovel since it was pretty hopeless yesterday.
Here in the Midwest, we haven't had a good snow in weeks! Just cold and wind, with nothing to hide the dreary brown grass except small drifts of dirty old snow.
I actually enjoy shoveling snow – in small doses, like you say, Lori. It's a nice break from desk work. 27 inches, though? That's way too much of a good thing!
Hi, Lori! Today is a snowy day here in Texas.
And since it's gloomy – I gave you the Sunshine Award on my blog for a spot of brightness. 😉
http://michellemiles.net/blog/2010/02/11/i-win-i-win-finally/
Yikes! Yes it's wonderful to look at. From a distance – like all the way to the left coast.
We've had cold by our standards, but… well I'm a weather wuss…
Stay warm and cozy.
Lol- You're absolutely right Lori. We wind up with ice storms and power outages way before we ever get to see snow.
We have enough snow to look at out our doors. I'm sick of looking at it, Thank you.
It seems like every other day is a snow day around here, so they call off school. That just means a late night or early, early morning for me to get work done. I can't get much accomplished when my son is home from school.
Before the storm made its way to you, Lori, it deposited about eight inches of snow here. Not the most we've had at once this season, but enough to have fun. We've never gotten 24+ inches from one storm, so I'm kinda jealous! (The "kinda" is because I only have myself, a shovel, a very long driveway, lots of sidewalks, and some concrete steps I need to clear so my dog can get to the back yard. Tuesday was our snow day, so after shoveling I took my dog on a very snowy walk – I was nearly blinded when snow got into my eyes.
Yesterday was our earthquake day. My LA friends and editors reacted to our reaction (to what is a very rare event here in Illinois but a minor tremor to them) the same way I would react to them experiencing two inches of snow. Just east of me, nearer Lake Michigan, they had double the snow my town had. So when the quake struck at 4 AM a lot of people thought the noise was from the cumulative weight of the past several snow systems collapsing their roofs.
I did have an interview with a guy on the east coast yesterday, but his office coordinated things well and arranged a conference call so they could all participate from their homes.
Lori: Believe me, I know *exactly* what you're going through re: horrendous weather. Out here in SoCal, it's been below 70 for almost a week now, & a few days ago it rained almost all afternoon. (We're all OK — but thanks for asking 🙂
Seriously, after having lived for 30+ years in Ohio & eight in Germany, I can empathize with what you're going through. One mantra I picked up from some German friends may be applicable here: "The weather doesn't determine what we do, only what we wear."
Stay strong, stay warm, & be sure to enjoy the serene beauty of the newly fallen snow before it all turns into that grimy slushy mess that sticks around to mid-May 🙂
Cheryl, I can trek a few truckloads of fresh white stuff to you and never notice it gone. The 27 inches Eileen mentioned? That was the SECOND storm. The first storm, here in Philly anyway, dumped almost 2 feet. That was Saturday. Wednesday, here we went again! This area had 72 inches – broke a record even.
Devon, I knew you'd be making hay of it! I did my best too, but shoveling took up the day.
Sara, those days are gifts, aren't they? 🙂
Aw shucks, Michelle – thank you. :))
Anne, you made me laugh out loud – "From a distance – like all the way to the left coast." I love it!
Wendy, I know. When they're home, it's tough. It gets no easier. When mine comes home from college, I'm dragged hither and yon, usually to spend my money on her. 🙂
Paula, an earthquake? How cool!! I need one of those to get the damn snow off the roof here. 😉 I've felt just one of those, and it was in a January in western PA. I thought it was ice coming off the roof, but the ice had been melted for two days. The whole house shimmied a bit.
Oh gawd Hugh, how do you survive in those conditions? And if you lived in Ohio, you know snow hell.