SnOMG!! Snomgedddan. Snowcapolypse. Snoverkill. Whatever you want to call it. I think I'm done keeping a daily log. I've escaped to work today, and we will be heading north to Philadelphia area later today for a hockey tournament.
They're calling for snow again on Monday... heaven help us...
Showing posts with label SnOMG '10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SnOMG '10. Show all posts
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
THURSDAY, 2/11/10
10:55am: Still quite windy. Hubby blasted through the drifts on our yet unplowed street this morning and got the [rather low-sitting] Honda out to the somewhat bigger road and proceeded without trouble to work.
11:30am: I love my house, but staring at its inside walls for a week is slowing driving me insane. I told the kids I'm taking a break from work and we're going out to lunch. Keeper Boy says to me, "I'm staying here. I don't want to leave the house." WHAT? So I'm sure J-Mav won't want to go either. But. We're. Going.
12:00pm: Problem solved. Told J-Mav we'd go to Toys R Us while we're out. He's been itching to spend a gift card he has. He's on board 100% now. :) Very "sneakative" on my part...
4:10pm: Once Keeper Boy figured out we were going to Toys R Us, he wanted to go, too. Shocker. We went to Red Robin, Toys R Us, and Target. Ran into some co-workers at Target. Small world. Felt good to be out and about, but I think it's gonna be July until some of these piles of snow melt!
Our street... still no plow since the last batch of snow...
The street we turn onto off or our street, on which we can get out of the subdivision. Sort of plowed and packed down into an icy skating rink...
A bigger road that borders our subdivision. PAVEMENT!! The first I've seen in a week!!
5:05pm: I took some pictures of icicles today that are kinda cool... some of the icicles formed on an angle because of the wind yesterday.
7:10pm: OK, driving up to Subway (less than one mile and still within my subdivision) has put me in a worse mood than being cooped up in the house with my children all week! Here's is what I learned:
That's all for now. I'm tired of talking about this. Nothing will change...
7:19pm: HOLY CRAP!! A plow just went down the street and back up. And now he's coming down the street again! WOO HOO! Of course, this means I'll need to go out and shovel the plow wall from the end of the driveway before Hubby and Keeper Boy get home from hockey practice...
8:00pm: False alarm. Plow guy did two passes down the street and two back up and then disappeared into the night. Guess we're stuck with a single lane until all the white stuff melts. In June. Good news is he did such a half-assed job that there's no plow wall to go out and shovel.
10:55am: Still quite windy. Hubby blasted through the drifts on our yet unplowed street this morning and got the [rather low-sitting] Honda out to the somewhat bigger road and proceeded without trouble to work.
11:30am: I love my house, but staring at its inside walls for a week is slowing driving me insane. I told the kids I'm taking a break from work and we're going out to lunch. Keeper Boy says to me, "I'm staying here. I don't want to leave the house." WHAT? So I'm sure J-Mav won't want to go either. But. We're. Going.
12:00pm: Problem solved. Told J-Mav we'd go to Toys R Us while we're out. He's been itching to spend a gift card he has. He's on board 100% now. :) Very "sneakative" on my part...
4:10pm: Once Keeper Boy figured out we were going to Toys R Us, he wanted to go, too. Shocker. We went to Red Robin, Toys R Us, and Target. Ran into some co-workers at Target. Small world. Felt good to be out and about, but I think it's gonna be July until some of these piles of snow melt!
Our street... still no plow since the last batch of snow...
The street we turn onto off or our street, on which we can get out of the subdivision. Sort of plowed and packed down into an icy skating rink...
A bigger road that borders our subdivision. PAVEMENT!! The first I've seen in a week!!
5:05pm: I took some pictures of icicles today that are kinda cool... some of the icicles formed on an angle because of the wind yesterday.
7:10pm: OK, driving up to Subway (less than one mile and still within my subdivision) has put me in a worse mood than being cooped up in the house with my children all week! Here's is what I learned:
- Our street is, literally, the only street in our subdivsion that hasn't been plowed.
- They way the streets have been "plowed" in the subdivision, it may have been better to just them be... I think my kidneys are bruised from that drive.
- People around here are stupid, moronic, impatient drivers under normal conditions; add 40 inches of snowfall in the last two weeks and they turn into complete a$$hats! Some advice from observation:
- Do not drive down the middle of a road that is barely two lanes wide in your F150/Suburban/4x4 while I'm trying to drive on the same road, in the opposite direction, in a Honda Civic.
- Do not slow down to 1 mph if you hope to keep moving on a street that has a build-up of loose snow... especially if I'm behind you.
- Do not drive one car length behind me when I'm driving on a skating rink.
- Do not pull into the middle of an intersection when you can clearly see you're going to be stuck there through a light cycle, thereby rendering the people on the cross street unable to move. Anywhere.
- Do not honk your horn at me when you can clearly see that no one is moving in front of me, either.
- If you're driving an 18-wheeler and trying to make a tight turn to get behind Giant to make some deliveries... yeah, good luck with that. He was stuck when I went up and he was still there when I came home. Bet he'll be there for a good while, too.
- Do not drive down the middle of a road that is barely two lanes wide in your F150/Suburban/4x4 while I'm trying to drive on the same road, in the opposite direction, in a Honda Civic.
- We're going to have snow piled up in parking lots for MONTHS.
- It's going to be quite unsafe for anyone who walks to school or a bus stop when it's time to go back to school on Monday.
- Intersections, though they may be plowed, are quite dangerous because of all the snow piled up.
That's all for now. I'm tired of talking about this. Nothing will change...
7:19pm: HOLY CRAP!! A plow just went down the street and back up. And now he's coming down the street again! WOO HOO! Of course, this means I'll need to go out and shovel the plow wall from the end of the driveway before Hubby and Keeper Boy get home from hockey practice...
8:00pm: False alarm. Plow guy did two passes down the street and two back up and then disappeared into the night. Guess we're stuck with a single lane until all the white stuff melts. In June. Good news is he did such a half-assed job that there's no plow wall to go out and shovel.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
WEDNESDAY, 2/10/10
9:48am: C-c-c-cold!! And windy!! Probably have another 8-10 inches on the ground. Hard to tell, though, because of the wind. Keeper Boy is already banished to his room, and J-Mav is bouncing off the walls. It's gonna be a LONG day!
11:20am: Just realized I haven't even opened my makeup bag since Friday morning. I have kept up with showering daily, however. :)
1:45pm: Still snowing, but it's definitely slowed down somewhat.
2:15pm: Still a few flurries; wind seems to have died down. My boss sent me the following funnies... appropriate for sure!
2:17pm: I take back what I said about the wind. If our deck furniture wasn't under a [new] foot of snow, it would've just blown away with the gusts we're having.
3:13pm: School closed for the rest of the week. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
3:24pm: Power went out.
4:36pm: Power back on. In that hour, we played two games of Yahtzee Turbo, made J-Mav run up and down the stairs to burn off some energy, put flannel sheets on both the boys' beds, closed all the doors to bedrooms and bathrooms to keep what heat we had in the main living areas, and started gathering candles and flashlights while we still had daylight. Even though the power is back, we're thinking about trying to head out for dinner... just to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE...
8:10pm: It's flipping snowing again! WTF?!?
9:48am: C-c-c-cold!! And windy!! Probably have another 8-10 inches on the ground. Hard to tell, though, because of the wind. Keeper Boy is already banished to his room, and J-Mav is bouncing off the walls. It's gonna be a LONG day!
11:20am: Just realized I haven't even opened my makeup bag since Friday morning. I have kept up with showering daily, however. :)
1:45pm: Still snowing, but it's definitely slowed down somewhat.
2:15pm: Still a few flurries; wind seems to have died down. My boss sent me the following funnies... appropriate for sure!
2:17pm: I take back what I said about the wind. If our deck furniture wasn't under a [new] foot of snow, it would've just blown away with the gusts we're having.
3:13pm: School closed for the rest of the week. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
3:24pm: Power went out.
4:36pm: Power back on. In that hour, we played two games of Yahtzee Turbo, made J-Mav run up and down the stairs to burn off some energy, put flannel sheets on both the boys' beds, closed all the doors to bedrooms and bathrooms to keep what heat we had in the main living areas, and started gathering candles and flashlights while we still had daylight. Even though the power is back, we're thinking about trying to head out for dinner... just to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE...
8:10pm: It's flipping snowing again! WTF?!?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
TUESDAY, 2/9/10
8:30am: Awoke a little bit ago to, "Mama, I think I'm going to throw up" as J-Mav is standing next to my bed. He didn't.
9:00am: Now he did. BTW... Day 4 of Snowmagedan... AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
9:30am: And now he did again.
10:00am: And again.
10:45am: Finished editing first document of the day. Getting a quick shower and taking J-Mav to the Minute Clinic for a strep test.
2:15pm: Back from Minute Clinic (and three more rounds of throwing up) and Giant. Hubby met me at CVS and brought J-Mav home. Quick strep negative, but she sent it out to fester overnight, so we'll see. Got next round of provisions at Giant. Ready for the next round of snow. Roads in our subdivision are horrible. Got stuck leaving our driveway.
3:30pm: After a long nap and some Spongebob, J-Mav is BEGGING for food.
4:05pm: Saw a snowflake.
5:30pm: Deck cleared off and ready for the next two feet of snow. Opening to street widened to avoid getting stuck the next time I attempt to leave... whenever that will be. Hubby's office closed tomorrow. J-Mav acting COMPLETELY normal again.
9:25pm: There's a good couple inches on the ground. Ugh. I'll be happy when Hubby and Keeper Boy are safely home from the rink...
10:10pm: They're home. :)
8:30am: Awoke a little bit ago to, "Mama, I think I'm going to throw up" as J-Mav is standing next to my bed. He didn't.
9:00am: Now he did. BTW... Day 4 of Snowmagedan... AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
9:30am: And now he did again.
10:00am: And again.
10:45am: Finished editing first document of the day. Getting a quick shower and taking J-Mav to the Minute Clinic for a strep test.
2:15pm: Back from Minute Clinic (and three more rounds of throwing up) and Giant. Hubby met me at CVS and brought J-Mav home. Quick strep negative, but she sent it out to fester overnight, so we'll see. Got next round of provisions at Giant. Ready for the next round of snow. Roads in our subdivision are horrible. Got stuck leaving our driveway.
3:30pm: After a long nap and some Spongebob, J-Mav is BEGGING for food.
4:05pm: Saw a snowflake.
5:30pm: Deck cleared off and ready for the next two feet of snow. Opening to street widened to avoid getting stuck the next time I attempt to leave... whenever that will be. Hubby's office closed tomorrow. J-Mav acting COMPLETELY normal again.
9:25pm: There's a good couple inches on the ground. Ugh. I'll be happy when Hubby and Keeper Boy are safely home from the rink...
10:10pm: They're home. :)
Monday, February 8, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
MONDAY, 2/8/10
8:30am:And J-Mav has pink eye. Lovely.
11:27am: We have one lane plowed down our street! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, it's on the other side of the street, with a good amount of 3-foot high snow separating our shoveled out driveway from it. Still going nowhere until we borrow a snowblower or do a ton more shoveling. Ugh.
2:00pm: Same narrow lane has been plowed THREE times. We are able to get out now if we need to. Borrowed a neighbor's snow blower to get rid of the snow on the street between our driveway and the plowed path.
3:00pm: School closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
8:30am:And J-Mav has pink eye. Lovely.
11:27am: We have one lane plowed down our street! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, it's on the other side of the street, with a good amount of 3-foot high snow separating our shoveled out driveway from it. Still going nowhere until we borrow a snowblower or do a ton more shoveling. Ugh.
2:00pm: Same narrow lane has been plowed THREE times. We are able to get out now if we need to. Borrowed a neighbor's snow blower to get rid of the snow on the street between our driveway and the plowed path.
3:00pm: School closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
SUNDAY, 2/7/10
9:17am: Day three; still no plow in sight. Sun is shining bright, but it's cold. Feel like I got run over by a truck...
11:00am: Fetched J-Mav's best buddies and have three rowdy 6-year-olds downstairs. J-Mav's bud R. lives down the street. His other bud J. lives in another part of the subdivion. His mom is the one who had the baby yesterday. His dad plowed through the snow in his Land Rover and I met them at the bottom of the street. It's quit a workout to walk in 2.5 feet of snow!!
11:30am: School closed tomorrow.
3:05pm: Spent the afternoon helping a neighbor who needed to get to the store for his daughter (who is awaiting a kidney transplant) get off the street. It was a long process of ramming through snow, shoveling, backing up, and ramming some more. But he made it amidst all of our cheers! Also visited with other neighbors, including the ones down the street who have been in the Bahamas for the past three years. We didn't realize they were back. Good timing! NOT! They're living in an apartment while they have some remodeling done and were just here to clear the driveway and walks. Came in to discover the Caps had come back from being down 4-1 and won 5-4 in OT! Way to rock the red!!
9:17am: Day three; still no plow in sight. Sun is shining bright, but it's cold. Feel like I got run over by a truck...
11:00am: Fetched J-Mav's best buddies and have three rowdy 6-year-olds downstairs. J-Mav's bud R. lives down the street. His other bud J. lives in another part of the subdivion. His mom is the one who had the baby yesterday. His dad plowed through the snow in his Land Rover and I met them at the bottom of the street. It's quit a workout to walk in 2.5 feet of snow!!
11:30am: School closed tomorrow.
3:05pm: Spent the afternoon helping a neighbor who needed to get to the store for his daughter (who is awaiting a kidney transplant) get off the street. It was a long process of ramming through snow, shoveling, backing up, and ramming some more. But he made it amidst all of our cheers! Also visited with other neighbors, including the ones down the street who have been in the Bahamas for the past three years. We didn't realize they were back. Good timing! NOT! They're living in an apartment while they have some remodeling done and were just here to clear the driveway and walks. Came in to discover the Caps had come back from being down 4-1 and won 5-4 in OT! Way to rock the red!!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
SATURDAY, 2/6/10
9:20am: Still snowing. :-( Still have power. :-) Hubby measured 18 inches. K-Dog NOT happy.
12:15pm: In from helping Hubby shovel. Driveway and sidewalk are clear for now. Still snowing fairly heavily, though. And cars aren't all the way clear, so driveway will need to be shoveled again.
12:19pm: Got a text from my friend... she had a healthy, beautiful baby boy... 7lbs. 9oz.; 20.5" long. No name yet.
4:30pm: It appears to have FINALLY stopped snowing!
4:51pm: I lied. It's still flurrying.
5:30pm: I think it's finally over.
7:15pm: Just finished shoveling about half the snow off the deck. Not that I doubt my dad's construction, but just leery after hearing news that a local ice rink's roof collapsed this afternoon. (No one hurt). Final snow tally seems to be around 26 to 28 inches. Sheesh!
9:20pm: Watched our niece's production of The Wizard of Oz (she was the Wicked Witch of the West) for family movie night. Boys are now in bed. Power has been flickering a bit for the past half hour. Flashlights are at the ready...
9:20am: Still snowing. :-( Still have power. :-) Hubby measured 18 inches. K-Dog NOT happy.12:15pm: In from helping Hubby shovel. Driveway and sidewalk are clear for now. Still snowing fairly heavily, though. And cars aren't all the way clear, so driveway will need to be shoveled again.
12:19pm: Got a text from my friend... she had a healthy, beautiful baby boy... 7lbs. 9oz.; 20.5" long. No name yet.
4:30pm: It appears to have FINALLY stopped snowing!
4:51pm: I lied. It's still flurrying.
5:30pm: I think it's finally over.
7:15pm: Just finished shoveling about half the snow off the deck. Not that I doubt my dad's construction, but just leery after hearing news that a local ice rink's roof collapsed this afternoon. (No one hurt). Final snow tally seems to be around 26 to 28 inches. Sheesh!
9:20pm: Watched our niece's production of The Wizard of Oz (she was the Wicked Witch of the West) for family movie night. Boys are now in bed. Power has been flickering a bit for the past half hour. Flashlights are at the ready...
Friday, February 5, 2010
SnOMG!! '10
Depending on what news source you are watching/listening to, our area is predicted to get anywhere from 18 inches to five feet of snow between now and tomorrow afternoon. I guess we'll wait and see.
9:54am: I don't know when it started, but I just looked out my office window and it's definitely snowing. A little ahead of schedule at this point. Nothing sticking yet.
10:30am: Snow begins sticking to cars in the parking lot. Told to leave work.
10:45am: Home from work. Boys are playing Rock Band... still in their PJs. Hubby working at dining room table... still in PJs.
11:30am: Make meatloaf for dinner and put in fridge. Banking on any power outages we may suffer kindly waiting until tomorrow.
11:45am: Mailman delivers mail. Wonder when we'll see him again?
12:21pm: And the bickering has begun in earnest.
12:56pm: Hubby headed to Giant for last minute provisions. Keep thinking of things we should've gotten. I didn't get bread the other night because we had almost a full loaf. Suddenly we're down to a few slices...
1:21pm: Kids have gone outside to sled/snowboard on the neighbor's hill. Ahhh... nothing but the sound of my keyboard tapping and the space heater and furnace kicking on and off.
2:15pm: Checked in with my friend who is scheduled for a c-section tomorrow at 11am. Asked what her plan is for getting to the hospital tomorrow... or if she just plans on heading there tonight and camping out. She says her husband says their Land Rover will get them there...
4:58pm: Sticking to the road now. Up to 6+ inches. Meatloaf in the oven. Heading outside to burn some energy off J-Mav. He's a wildman.
5:45pm: Inside again. The boys (big and small) are still outside pummeling each other with snowballs. Attempted to do down the hill on the snowboard. Fell on my butt twice. Hubby didn't do too much better on his first couple of attempts, but then improved a little. Time to get dinner together... Caps game at 7.
7:00pm: Wind definitely picking up...
7:45pm: Rink closed tomorrow. J-Mav's skating class and Keeper Boy's game both cancelled. We are officially off the hook for the weekend. Nothin' to do but hunker down and wait for the plow.
9:40pm: Over a foot of heavy, wet snow now. Caps game is over and the win streak is alive (lucky number 13 tonight). Tried figuring out my learn to knit kit... got the casting on, couldn't figure out what to do after that and gave up. Thought it would give me something to do this weekend. Oh well...
9:54am: I don't know when it started, but I just looked out my office window and it's definitely snowing. A little ahead of schedule at this point. Nothing sticking yet.
10:30am: Snow begins sticking to cars in the parking lot. Told to leave work.
10:45am: Home from work. Boys are playing Rock Band... still in their PJs. Hubby working at dining room table... still in PJs.
11:30am: Make meatloaf for dinner and put in fridge. Banking on any power outages we may suffer kindly waiting until tomorrow.
11:45am: Mailman delivers mail. Wonder when we'll see him again?
12:21pm: And the bickering has begun in earnest.
12:56pm: Hubby headed to Giant for last minute provisions. Keep thinking of things we should've gotten. I didn't get bread the other night because we had almost a full loaf. Suddenly we're down to a few slices...
1:21pm: Kids have gone outside to sled/snowboard on the neighbor's hill. Ahhh... nothing but the sound of my keyboard tapping and the space heater and furnace kicking on and off.
2:15pm: Checked in with my friend who is scheduled for a c-section tomorrow at 11am. Asked what her plan is for getting to the hospital tomorrow... or if she just plans on heading there tonight and camping out. She says her husband says their Land Rover will get them there...
4:58pm: Sticking to the road now. Up to 6+ inches. Meatloaf in the oven. Heading outside to burn some energy off J-Mav. He's a wildman.5:45pm: Inside again. The boys (big and small) are still outside pummeling each other with snowballs. Attempted to do down the hill on the snowboard. Fell on my butt twice. Hubby didn't do too much better on his first couple of attempts, but then improved a little. Time to get dinner together... Caps game at 7.
7:00pm: Wind definitely picking up...
7:45pm: Rink closed tomorrow. J-Mav's skating class and Keeper Boy's game both cancelled. We are officially off the hook for the weekend. Nothin' to do but hunker down and wait for the plow.
9:40pm: Over a foot of heavy, wet snow now. Caps game is over and the win streak is alive (lucky number 13 tonight). Tried figuring out my learn to knit kit... got the casting on, couldn't figure out what to do after that and gave up. Thought it would give me something to do this weekend. Oh well...
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