Snowstorm February 2011

SNOW DAY!

So I took LOTS of pictures with my camera this morning and will have to download them to the computer & post some here. But this we took with David's phone. It doesn't do justice to what is outside my house right now! Record breaking snowfall! 24-26 or more inches!!!! Right here in NWA! My office closed today and has already closed for tomorrow. At 6 a.m. tomorrow it is supposed to be -7 degrees! YES I SAID MINUS SEVEN!!! (Not sure why I'm yelling, probably for effect - ha!)

We got up at 6 this a.m. & turned on the news, everything was closing. XNA (our airport), all the major schools including the UofA. Got an email from work saying to wait & come in at 10 unless you could get there earlier. Well, there is almost nothing David likes more than to bundle up & get out on the snow and drive. Especially in the new(new to us) Mitsubishi. So it was off to work we went. By the time we got to the gas station my work had closed. So we ran to the grocery store & came home. I took pictures the whole way. It's hard to describe. The snow was up to the tops of the mailboxes in our neighborhood. The snow on the road was up above our front bumper! The Corolla in our driveway? You can't even find it! And I have to admit it-it was kinda fun getting out & seeing the neighborhood like this! I've been working from home most of the day. David's work called & they are transferring the phones to him tonight so he doesn't have to go in. JJ's work shut down. Eddy however, HAS to be at work tonight at 5. And he's on call right now. Oh, and get this: For the first time e.v.e.r.....Walmart Home Office is closed! That's how serious it is here. I told David I hoped this wasn't the beginning of the Apocalypse!

We hadn't been home long when Eddy called-and guess what? They lost electricity! That is not good. They have no way to heat their apartment and keep little Hunter man warm. So yes....they bundled him up & came to mama's house! I was so anxious & worried waiting on them to get here, but when I told David, do you know what he said? "I'm not worried at all. They will make it. That's MY boy you're talking about & he'll get here fine!" Sure enough, 2 hours later (It usually takes 15 min)...they were here safe.

I've got some things to blog about coming up, but am not ready to put into words yet...so for now, I better get back to work! me

Boogie's Longest Retreive EVER!!!!

Ice & Snow in NWA

It is COLD here in NWA! We had a huge storm come in through here Monday night & Tuesday. It dropped ice first, then about 8" of snow!! My office was even closed on Tuesday, and that NEVER happens. Yesterday we opened at 10 and David drove me in. We close at 3 on snow days, so I didn't get as much work done as I would've liked. Today, I go in at 10 again. David is on his way home from work, so I am up & ready to go so he can drop me off & come home & sleep. I may just stay til 5 today so he can actually get some rest.
One great thing about all this is that the kids came up here to stay in case their electricity went off. We have a gas fireplace, so we knew even if we lost electricity we could keep little Hunter man warm & toasty.
It got down to minus 5 here last night. But it is warming up now, it's up to ZERO - ha! I am bundled up let me tell you.
I started those crazy steroid antibiotics Monday. The good thing is my ears and throat don't hurt anymore. The bad thing? My ears are STILL ringing! It's been 2 WEEKS of that now, and it's about to drive me crazy. But I will prevail, as always.
That's about all I've got this morning...it's way too early to do any deep reflecting or anything like that. See you soon blog....me

Finally Friday!

So TGIF! Seriously. This has been such a long week. I got sick in the middle of last week. Double ear infections, a ruptured eardrum, bronchitis...it was awful. And I'm still not at 100%. I had to go to a specialist yesterday for my ears & she gave me a script for a steroid antibiotic. The rumor here at work is that I'll get all my energy back & more when I start taking it. That's good, because my house is a complete disaster!

I haven't blogged in so long that I don't think I'll be able to catch up on everything, so I'll just hit the high notes & go from there.

Jeramiah (Brittni's boyfriend) finally got a job! YAY! David has been really pushing him to fine one, he just didn't think it was fair that Brit worked 2 jobs & went to school full time & JJ didn't work. He started at Papa Murphy's today, and may have a 2nd job at Jimmy John's too.

Brittni started back at the U of A on Tuesday - Thank you Jesus. She is officially a full-time student, a Junior this year, and we couldn't be more proud.

My little Hunter man is growing up SO fast. He actually took 4 steps at our house on Tues. night. With me being sick I haven't got to see him as much as I'd like, but I'll make up for that now that I'm feeling better!

The trip to Stuttgart was AWESOME! Eddy, Des & Hunter even came down for 3 days. We got over 7 inches of snow while we were down there too. I absolutely LOVE those trips. Good times with friends & family can't be beat. And David & I needed some together time as well.
And, are you ready for this??? I actually learned how to "pluck the ducks". And I plucked 5 of them, all by myself. Looking back on it now, I realize how STUPID it was to do that. Now David know that I can do it, am not too grossed out by it, and will expect it from now on! HA!

Well, I gotta get back to work...so that's it for now. Til next time.....me

Stuttgart 2011