Southern snow from a Northern Perspective

There are so many things that I hope we remember from this storm. So, maybe if I write them down here I won't forget as quickly.

1) this is my 1st ever snow day as an adult. Yayayayayayayyaaayyyyy!

2) the Cancellation list on the news. Lets begin w/ the fact that its not just schools that run down a list in alphabetical order. Everything here is closed so they need to be more organized than that. You have The Cancellation List....and then subcategories that scroll in alphabetical order. Such as.... Businesses, County Schools, Daycares, Government, Misc., Private Schools, Universities. And there were so many things on the list that it actually takes about 20-25 minutes from start to finish. Waiting to see VCU show up on the Universities list was forever!

3) The cancellation list on the news begins the night before when the snow starts. Not by the time the roads are actually lousy in the morning.

4) People refer to snowplows as 'shovelers'. Jame & I had a good laugh about how that explains everything...it certainly will take a whole bunch of shovels a really long time to clear the roads.

5) Apparently - according to a radio broadcast - when you can see blacktop on the roads you develop a false sense of hope...whatever the hell that means. I assume she actually meant a false sense of security but who the heck knows.

6) Do not, under any circumstances, attempt a grocery trip the day snow is in the forecast.

I'm sure there will be more to come on this topic. For now I'm just going to sit back, relax and enjoy my long weekend. It was actually a pretty intense storm that came thru here. For awhile last night we thought the siding might actually be ripping off our house but it appears to be okay. Around 10pm the power went out and so Nattie slept with us. Its shocking how much space a 3' tall, 26lb child can take up in the middle of a king sized bed. This morning was very cold - about 55* inside - and so we tried to huddle under blankets for awhile. Eventually the 2yo in all of us just couldn't take it anymore so we got dressed and went outside. Its cold here - by any standards - with wind chills in the high teens. I don't even have a winter coat that will zip at this point so we didn't stay out long. Just long enough to have a good time and get some pics. And then, voila, at 11am the power came back. yayayayaayayyyy! Snow days are really a lot nicer when there is heat and lights. Here are a few pictures that I love from this a.m. More updates from the weekend to follow....