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February 8th, 2010
Matt graciously volunteered to dig out our car this morning from more than 2 feet of snow, even though I’m the one that usually drives it. Awww what a sweetheart!! His offer was music to my ears after the digging out of the sidewalk we’d all been doing for the past two days already. He was gone for a good amount of time and came back later pretty proud of clearing out the Honda. Then tonight, on the way back from watching (Saints win!!!!) the Super Bowl at a friends house, he insisted we walk slightly out of our way to see his handiwork. Ok, sure!
The car on approach… uhhh…
And from the reverse:
heheheee… Will I be able to rip away from the snow wall whenever I attempt to get out on the roads??
snow’s a comin’
February 5th, 2010
DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM IMMINENT!!! DC is looking at a possible 20 to 28 inches of snow and blizzard-like conditions over the next 48 hours. Holymoley! let’s all freak out and run to the grocery store and deplete supplies of milk, TP, and other essentials like cookie dough and Bud Light. Admittedly, I was one of them this morning, at the local Safeway, about 15 people deep in line, waiting to get what I *need* for the next few days. Many people were given the day off work in order to avoid a nasty evening commute.
Anyways, I wish that people would relax a little, stop listening to the non-stop media hype (do we really need to name everything??), and look at this as an opportunity to spend some time indoors with your family and friends, catch up on some reading, learn a new recipe, and just be thankful that, perhaps, your crazy plans for running all over town are probably cancelled this weekend. It’s almost like Mother Nature is encouraging us to slow down and hunker down, and eventually enjoy the beauty of the snow and the peace and quiet once it all piles up. Either that, or buy as much wine as you can, get out your sleds, and follow the best storm advice out there from http://snowpocalypsedc.com. Remember, it’ll never get this bad…
your message for Thursday…
February 4th, 2010
Reminds me of those word magnets that people get for their refrigerators, the ones you can rearrange to form funny or nonsensical sayings. What would you write if you had just two words to post on the back of a sign? I think mine would say, “Mmmm cheese”
more of the white stuff
February 3rd, 2010
While waiting for the bus this morning, I spotted this little guy on the side of the curb, maybe waiting for the same bus as me… Or maybe just straight-up chillin’. (hah!) I think we got about 4 inches of snow in DC overnight, but it’s hard to say, because it’s one of those really wet, heavy snows that piles up a lot higher than it may actually be because the flakes are so huge. That’s my completely made-up weather-girl take on it, anyways. The only thing I can say for sure is that all the commuters looked like sad little kids that ran to the window this morning to see a completely blanketed yard, but then turned on the news and found no cancellations. No eating breakfast in their PJs, or sledding all morning followed by grilled cheese and hot cocoa for lunch. Nope, just sludging to work with big ol’ boots on. Myself included.
shadows
February 2nd, 2010
Well, Bowser saw his shadow when I took his outside this morning, and we all know what that means. More winter. But it didn’t really appear just outside our door, where the sun wasn’t shining. Only when I walked him into the alleyway where it was sunnier, so… I dunno, I never understood the whole “groundhog” day tradition. And what if he decides to sleep in? There would be a lot of disappointed people hanging out in Pennsylvania for no good reason. Well anyways, more winter is not so surprising seeing that there is snow in the forecast not only today, but this coming weekend as well.
And now, an interesting little tidbit for some of our readers and fans who are currently skipping out on what is definitely a colder, harsher winter than we have here in DC… According to Wikipedia: “In Alaska, February 2 is observed as Marmot Day rather than Groundhog Day because few groundhogs exist in the state. The holiday was created by a bill passed by the Alaska Legislature in 2009 and signed by then-Governor Sarah Palin that year.” brilliant!
