Our Own Fortune Cookies!: Snow.. yet again.

Here we go again.. except now there’s that added precipitation… ice & sleet.. you name it! This time Atlanta and the surrounding metro area was NOT going to be underprepared. The governor, mayors and all canceled school early, got the word out that no one should be out on the roads. They had road trucks out early treating roads and going all the time. The power companies got help from surrounding states and had tons of folks standing by to restore power. It was great. Very much how we remembered it was after the first hurricane. Folks learned and acted accordingly. The ice was the big worry this time around. We had more sleet than freezing rain, that’s where it comes down as rain and freezes on contact.. that’s the stuff you worry about most with falling trees and stuff. We were lucky. I figure we had about 1/8” of freezing rain, then .75” or so of sleet then 2.5” of snow on top. Yea.. all three. We did not lose our power and were lucky to be home together. David and I went out early on Monday (storm came in strong Tues night) and got food and anything we thought we’d need to take care of us.

It was not fun to be cooped up again. Robyn and David were home Tues, Wed And Thurs. David’s school was already off for him on Friday, today. She went back today. The roads were fine when I took her in and it was a nice day to watch the rest of the snow melt away.

So Tuesday night is when the ice and sleet came down. Again we had more sleet than anything else. Then Wednesday night we got snow.. lots of heavy wet snow this time. We were able to build a snowman and toss snowballs.. Last time’s snow was powdery. It wasn’t as cold this time around either; which was good. The melting was robust on Thursday.. most of the trees were ice/snow free by the afternoon.. which was a huge relief.

We hung out in the house, did some baking and watching the Olympics! We did get to do some sledding and play in the snow before it began to melt. Robyn didn’t last too long, after about an hour, she was done, cold and wet. Can’t blame her for being miserable. We don’t own clothes that are water resistant… so the snow goes right through to her bones. Only her jacket kept her dry. I’ll have to keep a look out for that sort of thing at the thrift stores for the future. Or make them myself.

Here are a few pictures from the last few days. And have a Happy Valentines day!