February 5, 2008

• 12 inches is more than enough!

  Get your minds out of the gutter! I'm talking about snow. Our little town made state news because we got so much.

  Sunday morning, the weather man was saying we could expect 1-3 inches of snow. By noon, it hadn't started snowing yet, and hubby even asked, "What happened to that three inches of snow we were supposed to get?" Shortly after noon, it did start snowing, coming down in that real small powdery stuff. By 2 p.m. it was coming down in great big flakes, and fast. We left the house a little after 3 to take some cheese dip up to the Super Bowl party at the Eagles and as soon as I stepped off the porch I knew the weather man had lied. The snow came up over my ankle and I told John, "This is a lot more than 3 inches." He had come with me to the Eagles. We were looking at possibly having a pop (soda of those of you who don't live in the Midwest) and eating some of the chili another Auxiliary member was bringing. He only came for the chili and grumbled that he didn't want to get roped into watching the Super Bowl. It's a good thing he came with me because for the 5 or 10 minutes we were inside the Aerie, the car was covered in snow and I was stuck. He had to push me back out of the parking space because the car kept wanting to slide sideways into the car parked next to us. About 15 minutes after we got back home, someone from church called to tell me they were canceling church for the night. Good thing, too, because I don't think I'd have gotten back up the driveway.

  About 5 p.m., John went out and started shoveling the driveway. He came back in for a break saying it was hard to breath out there. While he was inside, the snow came down so fast and hard you couldn't tell where he had started by looking out the window. By 9 p.m. it had stopped and we went outside to shovel the walks. We live on a corner lot, so there are twice the walks to shovel as most houses. We both were sore last night after lifting all that wet, heavy snow. By the time it was over, we had 12 inches of it.

  We are expecting another round of it tonight. They are saying we are in for the same amount. WOW!!! This is the most snow I've seen since we moved here 12 years ago. John says this is more what it was like when he was growing up. I've always teased him about how he told me I would have snow up to my butt before we moved here. If we get another 12 inches tonight, it will be pretty close.

  Iowa sure is making the south look good right now. We leave are leaving for a round trip to Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma Friday (hopefully, if the weather is good for driving that day). I'm so looking forward to seeing my mom and brothers in Arkansas, two of our kids and grandbabies in Texas, and my sister in Oklahoma. It's going to be a nice trip. Yesterday Mom was telling me they are predicting 72 degrees for Arkansas on Saturday (WOOHOO). The 10-day forecast on weather.com today says more like 60 though. That's ok. I'll take it!!! Beats the heck out of highs in the 20s and 30s. We thought it was pretty warm here yesterday and it was only 35. It felt good to be above freezing.

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