Fair weather

So it snowed .... again.

It was pretty.

It went away fairly quickly.

It was not as chaotic as the one a couple of weeks earlier.

The south ... or well Atlanta was more prepared.

The kids were out for three days.... wait, they had a four day

holiday weekend already so make that a week off.

They finally went back on Tuesday.

All covered in ice

The words catastrophic, record breaking and others were thrown around

a lot.

Covered in ice

It was worse south and east of us.

We never lost power. Many did. That is what i was most stressed about.

A friend said she was officially a hoarder and a doomsday prepper.

I laughed ... then I realized I too had become one ;)

We had food stacked in the kitchen.

This was about 3 in the morning as the snow just started to fall.

Stormy and her smiley self enjoying the snow.

Stoney being his sweet, crazy self.

Little bit of an idea of what we got here.

We were to expect sleet and freezing rain. We got it.

A whole day of it then the temp dropped and the slush froze.

The snow started the next morning. It came down pretty good too.

Base of our little snowman.

Bless him ... It was their first try. The snow was perfect for it.

Then the sun came out.

For two days it melted and it sounded like little waterfalls

everywhere.

That is the way I like it.

Oohhh... that's pretty.

Ahh ... the sun and it's dry ;)

I hope that was it for this year.

But alas, I am told that we may get more before the month is out.

As for today ... well today my windows are open.

My heat is turned off.

It is in the 70's for a second day.

I have walked Stoney to school for the past two mornings

and walked to pick him up too.

I have been able to run/walk in a tshirt without a coat, 

gloves or cap.

The sun is in and out.

I love it.

I wish it would stay.

It is still February.

I girl can hope right?

#Atlantartic

We are in the middle of Snowpocalypse Part II

This is for the birds.

It has been sleeting since 6am.

It stopped for a a little bit but it really didn't matter.

It is slushy and icy and I don't like walking the great Pipponie out

there. I worry about breaking both our necks. Ha!

I will write more later on what happens tonight.

All the trees and power lines are coated in ice now.

There are trees down all over town.

Last I heard over 100,000 had no power.

Matt-Daddy had to trudge through it to get to 

get to the train to work.

He made it in safely (praise!) but won't be back here before

tomorrow night at the earliest.

He has food and an air mattress.

But we still wish he was here with us.

Boo.

Anyway, more later...

I am off to walk the Great One ;)

Here is a collage from the Snowpocalypse Part I

from two weeks ago.

Y'all be safe wherever you are!

A Hike In Winter…

Several weeks ago… I guess it was the tail end of January, beginning of February, the weather was amazing for a few days. One of those days was a Sunday.
We decided to go to the Vicery Creek Dam in Roswell. There are these beautiful falls. There is a little hike up to it but you can walk right next to the water on some of the hike.
We took a little snack to picnic with and of course our cameras. So much history at this place. The Old Mill from the 1800’s. There are markers with information set up periodically along the trail with history and pictures from back in the day.
It really was a gorgeous day. After the Winter we had had so far, it was a very welcome sight.

I hope you guys have had a good week and have an even better weekend.

We got a new laptop last week and I have been learning how to use everything and transfer from the big computer. I am blogging this on Windows Live Writer. So far I really like it. I am curious to see how it looks published. So without further ado…. let’s hit that publish button

Ciao,

Rox

Snowmageddon '11



So.. as I promised... a week ago.

Snomageddon '11 

Ha ha... It started on a Sunday evening.. and ended up holding us hostage for a week.

Nice.



This is about ten minutes after it started.



 Out the window ;)

The view from our LR window aka my office. heh...



Matt-Daddy and Stormy walking Pippin.
Taken from my office window. heh.




Matt- Daddy and the Great One ;)





My Baby Boy....




My Sweet girl....




Trekking up to the entrance.



I liked this shot...



Stormy and Matt-Daddy



Stoney and Matt-Daddy



Snowball anyone??



Stormy

The first day it was beautiful and quite fluffy.. that evening the the sleet started.
It covered everything with a shell of ice. Well it was so fluffy it was kind of hard to make a snowman.
So Stormy and Matt-Daddy scooped all the snow on the hood of the car and she carved
eyes and a mouth into and exclaimed "Mom! Look at my Jabba the Snowman!"
Yea.. we've been known to watch a little Star Wars around here *ahem*.

So, again.. My hat is off to you guys up North..
Give me my heat.
Give me my humidity.
My flip-flops and shorts.
And My Air Conditioning kicking!

I hope that that is the last of snow and ice we see until next year.
Seriously.

Ciao!
Rox