WOW! What a Whopper storm! P and I woke up at 10:00 this morning to roughly 7 inches of snow. We got our two kids out there shoveling with us and that took an hour. We then ran an errand in preparation for the 2 day hibernation, came home and him and I shoveled again. That was about an hour and a half later and there was another 3-4 inches on the ground. Two more hours later P and I went out a third time to shovel...we waited too long and were shoveling 4+ inches. By the time we met up at the end of our really big drive, both of us were moving very slow, struggling with aching backs and really sore left arms....
Now, there's probably another 2-3 inches on the ground laughing at us as we look at it with dread...BUT we decided to wait until Monday to get out there and shovel. With winds at 25-35mph and gusts up to 45mph, we're expecting to have to go fix that damage on Monday anyway....so my back is thanking me profusely.
Our oldest daughter asked me an odd question though. She's the one I dragged through the knee-deep snow in 1991 with that really heavy cast...she asked me if the storm was named A----, her little boys name. (I should note that he's almost 2 years--she had turned two that October.) I thought someone was just messing with her but I thought wrong.....the storm is in fact named Blizzard A----, different spelling. How exactly does that happen? It's just these little coincidences that truly mystify me but in this case, I think that is the coolest damn thing in the whole world! 1991 was a pretty significant year for us with her broken leg and that odd winter storm.....now this.
Just wow....now if ONLY we could win a snow blower or the lottery or something...life would be great then!
2 comments:
I was wondering how you guys were doing in your blizzard! Glad you're making it ok.
It's pretty amazing out there...haven't seen so much snow in a really long time. While our backs are screaming at us, the view is spectacular!
All in all, we're doing great!
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