What an exciting winter we have already had and it’s only the first of January. It all started a couple days before Christmas and really has stopped yet. We have had two major blizzards the first from the deep snow fall and the second from the high winds. We had a couple inches of snow on the ground about a wee before Christmas and this is what we woke up to Christmas morning.
That’s what about 17 inches of snow looks like. We ended up with a grand total of 19 inches from the Christmas blizzard. Other than Brittney having to work we just stayed inside and watched it snow.
The second blizzard hit us the beginning of week. We only got around 6 inches of snow but the winds kicked in this time between 30-40 mph. Nice light fluffy snow and high winds equals zero visibility and caused the interstate to be completely closed for the second time in two weeks. And with this storm we got the wonderful warm temps of 28 BELOW zero. We haven’t been above zero since almost Christmas. They are promising a warm up this next week to the high teens. I know Dad, sick isn’t it when the high teens is a warm up.
The follow pictures where taken this morning. This is what 27+ inches of snow in two week looks like not to mention all the snow we are lucky to have blow in our yard from everyone else's.
And yes the cat is still trying to get outside, although now she gets out and wants to come back inside pretty quick. But she is still running out the door when it opens. I came home from work a week or so ago and there she was just sitting on the porch mad as ever. She almost won’t let me pick her up. She ran outside and either no one noticed or they wanted to try and teach her a lesson. I don’t think she has learned anything but she took it out on me when I picked her up. Almost left her there, stupid cat.
Side note: I heard on the radio the other day while trying to keep warm on the drive to work that if you take a cup of hot water and the temp is below -20 that you can take it outside, throw it in the air and it will turn to ice or snow before it hits the ground. Last night it was below -20 so I thought the kids would enjoy giving it a try. Needless to say I now have a nice slick spot on my driveway now because we must have done something wrong. When the BIG cup of HOT water hit the ground it was still very much liquid. I think Brittney said something along the lines of "So stupid" and when inside, she wasn't impressed.
