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...

And they're off...

Gma G is off to Hawaii for two weeks to meet her newest grandbaby... a GIRL!

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...

Grrr...

And school is closed for tomorrow on the prediction of a buttload of snow.

I would laugh if it doesn't happen. I mean, it seems like a slam dunk that we're going to get at least a foot, so I suppose it's the right call, but why not send them and then dismiss early? I guess the thinking is that they'd rather not have all those busses and kids on the roads when the precipitation starts, but the worst is predicted to be tomorrow evening into the early hours of Saturday. Of course, when has a weather forecaster around here ever given an accurate forecast? We were only supposed to get a dusting to two inches for last weekend's six inch mess.

Logically, I know it's the right call. It's just annoying. This school district seems to close if someone sneezes. So even when it's warranted, I'm annoyed. The kids lost Presidents' Day from yesterday's closure (snow day #4). For tomorrow's closure (snow day #5), they lose a teacher work day on April 12. I'm not to torn up about that one. The elementary teachers in this school district get a half-day work day EVERY Monday afternoon, and one or two days at the end of every quarter. I'm not a teacher, but that seems like more time than a lot of teachers get.

Anything after tomorrow, we alternate between getting freebies that don't need to be made up snow days #6, 8, and 10) and tacking days onto the end of the year (snow days #7 and 9). If we get to snow day #9, the kids will be a week shy of going to school into July. Ridiculous.

Alright, I'm done complaining now. I'll be at work tomorrow waiting for the big event to occur. It's Hubby's turn to stay home with the kids...

Provisions

So. It is predicted that we will be pummeled (again) with snow this weekend. Considering we didn't see a plow for four days the last time we got more than two feet of snow (right before Christmas), AND the Superbowl is on Sunday, we decided one of us should head to the Giant last night for some provisions. In no particular order, here is what I got... first the non-superbowl-related stuff:
~ DIET COKE
~ shredded Mexican cheese
~ tortilla shells
~ Egg Beaters
~ Eggs
~ Whole milk
~ Skim milk
~ bananas

And the stuff I got for munching on during the Superbowl:
~ shrimp
~ wings
~ 7-layer dip
~ Scoops
~ taco shells (for the taco fixin's we already have)
~ cheese (to go with the crackers and ring bologna we have)

I may run back tonight (late) to grab some batteries, kidney beans (for chili makin'), and onions. Then again, maybe not. We'll see. I've got Diet Coke. That's all that really matters.

Accountability

Finally! Some progress. My leader asked me what I've done different. Nothing, really. More situps. Slightly more exercise. I haven't changed my eating much. Will try to do more of the same this week!

Correction to last week: The person who weighed me in was obviously math-challenged. I actually gained 0.4 pounds last week (not 0, as I had reported).


TODAY'S STATS
Change from last weigh in (1/27/09): -2.0
Change since starting WW (6/08/06): -16.4
Pounds to new, doctor-approved goal: 15.6

Heard...

You look like a man, mama. Are you wearing Daddy's clothes?

Hmmm... it's not like J-Mav's never seen me in a suit before... I wear one maybe once a week on average. Not sure what made him step up and take notice this morning. I also think his idea of mens' clothing needs an overhaul -- I'm wearing a tailored (for a woman), short, pinstriped jacket and a baby blue silk blouse...