Snow Day...Again

Well, I am really beginning to think that we have somehow moved to Vermont or something.  This morning we woke up to 3 inches of snow! As the morning progressed we got about another inch!

So, let's recap this week...Tuesday morning woke up to 2 inches of almost solid ice, Wednesday and Thursday we experienced some of the coldest temperatures ever, and today we got almost 4 inches of snow.  Its been a long, cold week!

After it stopped snowing, the sun came out and began to melt some of the ice and snow! I am ready for to all magically disappear! Hopefully we will be able to get out some tomorrow, I think we are getting a little stir crazy (even though we have both gone to work at some point this week), we are just ready to get out! And we need food, this week is the week I go shopping so our cabinets are a little bare!

Here are some pictures from today! (Even though I am not a huge fan of snow it is really pretty!)

Out the back door

Out the front door

Back door

Measuring the snow

He wanted a jumping picture!

The roads this afternoon- this looks good!

Walkway

Arctic Freeze

Saturday it was spring...today we live in the Arctic...literally! Monday night a massive cold front hit our area with a bang! It's the coldest its been in a decade.  I need a t-shirt that says "I survived the Arctic Freeze in Fort Worth".

We woke up Tuesday morning to about 2 inches of almost just ice and brutal temperatures. The high on Tuesday might have been 20 degrees (if we were lucky) and with the wind chill it felt about 1 degree.  Today the high is going to be 18 degrees and should feel just at or below 0.  And to top it all off we are experiencing rolling blackouts. People have been using so much electricity because its so cold, that the system is on overload.

I didn't even attempt to leave the house yesterday.  Donald went out for a few minutes to scrap the car and to check out the roads.  But for the most part we stayed in and kept warm.  The roads are still pretty bad today, but I did go into work.



Out our front door on Tuesday morning




Out the back door

I don't think I have ever experienced weather this cold before in my life (that I can remember).  And I have to say, I am not a big fan. I don't see how people who live in states where winter is always like this can survive.  My blood was not made to handle this kind of cold! It is so cold that the condensation on the inside of our windows is frozen. 


Icicles in the house

But the future is looking good...its going to be sunny and 24 degrees tomorrow and we might hit 32 degrees on Friday (woohoo!) And by Saturday we will be in melt down mode and back to regular Texas weather!  I can't wait!