It's a Bubble Bath Day...: snow days

Showing posts with label snow days. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Snowfall #2

For about 8 hours on Wednesday the most BEAUTIFUL SNOW fell all over the River Valley! ALL the neighborhood kids were layered up and outside, dads were out on 4-wheelers pulling sleds, I had hot soup and cookies made, it was a super fun day for everyone!

School was out the remainder of the week: parent/teacher conferences will be rescheduled, valentine parties are postponed, Homecoming was postponed at the high school, the junior high dance was cancelled, Lauren missed another swim meet, and there's lots of discussion about just how long we'll have school around June!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Snowfall #1

2011 has brought a lot of snow! There have been 5 major snow falls to hit Arkansas. The largest one stopped about 40 miles north of us and we just got a lot of rain. The second one was south of us and we got about 4 inches in about 5 hours. Kids have missed A LOT of school...and they now figure snow days as school days in June. We kept pretty busy last weekend...the kids got out of school at 11 on Friday and I immediately had them making lists of things they were going to complete...no "I'm bored." The big kids had friends over, we watched the Princess Diaries movies, Sheridan and I worked a 400 piece puzzle, make a valentine's day box, baked cupcakes and worked on AWANA verses. TODAY, we are under another huge WINTER STORM WATCH and the snow is coming down hard. There is already about 4 inches on my deck railing (the official measuring spot for me).

Thursday, February 18, 2010

What was I thinking?

Last week I was working across the state for Rhea Lana Inc. I love to train our new franchisees and so I was thrilled to be asked and thrilled to go for 3 days! When school was canceled the day I was leaving...and every TV station had a little winter weather warning map in the corner, I should've gotten a clue.

The truth is, I decided to leave at noon instead of my original plan of 4PM. The snow was beautiful! I was sure I was ahead of the biggest part of the storm. I am so thankful for cell phones as Richard and I started communicating about 45 minutes into my trip...

Evidentally the storm that was behind me had skipped our town and gone over us! I drove right into some VERY HEAVY SNOW. I do not panic at weather easily...know why? I'm usually inside! So all of the sudden, I'm driving into a WALL of snow. The interstate is one lane, and I've had to pull over and put my XTerra in 4 wheel drive. I'm thinking..."Why did my husband let me out in this?"

My neck muscles are bunched up and I look like I have shoulder pads on. I'm wishing I was driving to the chiropractor!

I got on the phone with the ladies I was meeting and we ended up stopping in Conway. You know you're in a storm when Chick Fil A closes it's doors at 2:15 and sends its folks home, while you're in the parking lot!

We spent the night in Conway, trained into the late night hours, and about 2:00 the next day I got on the road to go another 2 hours East. The roads were clear but the heavy snow remained. The fields were so bright covered with white!