Snowmageddon - Day 1 - Afternoon

Let's begin with saying I'm not amused at Obama jumping on the 'Snowmageddon' bandwagon. Seriously, he's got his own writers....jeez...come up with something fresh. (And besides, did it ever occur to you that maybe this whole 'incident' is the Gods' way of telling you they aren't at all happy with how things are going in Washington? Think about it.)

Okay what do you see in the photo below? (besides a giant glass of wine)

Hint: It's the same thing some nasty little rodent saw earlier this week, which is why we are blogging this subject to death in the first place.

O-M-G!  IT'S A SHADOW! AND TO HAVE A SHADOW WE NEED.....

Okay, now, wait for it.....

SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!

So it was short-lived, it's still snowing, but at a much slower pace. They say when it's raining and the sun is shining, the Devil is beating his wife, so if it's snowing and the sun is shining, does that mean she's kicking the crap out of him? Nonetheless, that few minutes of sol-estial joy brings us hope that yes, as Annie assures us, the sun will come out tomorrow, and this will all melt, eventually.

Now I am off to thoroughly enjoy that glass of Pinot Noir and continue piecing the batik French Braids...story at 11:00.

Snowmageddon - Day 1 - Morning

Only one photo so far. Rather than post a frame of nothing but white as far as the eye can see, here's a little something hopeful:

Of course, right after I took this photo all the snow above the bay window this tree is in front of came crashing down. I wondered if he survived the avalanche, and it was confirmed about 20 minutes later when I looked outside the office window and found that he had returned to the buffet line for seconds.

First thing out of bed  (even before I had coffee--the horror!) I had to pull on the boots and shovel some sort of path through 2 feet of the white stuff for the dogs. Let me tell you, they are not happy. Paco tried to run out the door the minute it opened, and disappeared into snow three times as deep as he is tall. Panic'd, he managed to turn around and tear back into the house. Once I shoveled a little path, it wasn't easy coaxing him from under the blankets in our nice warm bed where traumatized, he took refuge with his daddy. Short of tossing his little doggy butt out the door, he grudgingly complied with my orders to deploy outside. Maybe it was the threat of not getting breakfast unless he took care of business. At any rate, the dogs are going to need an area much larger than what I've cleared so far, especially since I can't foresee this melting for a month, but I'll get to that later. Or maybe the hubs will, but someone has to shovel the driveway in anticipation of being able to get out of here someday.

Speaking of the driveway, there is nothing worse than shoveling 30" of snow and then the plow finally comes up the street. (I usually cry). Effectively immediately I am claiming responsibility for all inside work this weekend, let the hubs be responsible for the outside (I can't remember the last time I saw him cry...it's time).

I'll be back later with more photos. Right now it's blizzarding and there's not much to see other than a sea of white. Stay tuned, and please join me in thinking happy, positive thoughts, that our electricity stays on (and is returned to the 76,000 people just up the road without power).

Snowmageddon Is Upon Us!

It has begun....SNOW DAY!

Toilet Paper?

Check

Bread?

Check

Milk?

More than we could possibly drink, check

Fabric?

Check

Thread?

Check

Snow shovel?

Check (wanna buy it? sell it to you for $200)

Coconut M&Ms?

Check (get those cross country skis out of the closet, Anna)

Red Wine?

Check

Vodka?

Three Olives, Chopin,Stohli, Grey Goose, Gordons, Pepper, Chocolate, Lemon, Vanilla......okay, check 

Snowpocalypse Now....BRING IT ON!

I'll keep you updated on the progress made in the studio and just how much snow we wind up with. Two feet is the forecast. The wait to check out in the grocery store has just surpassed an hour, they're offering big bucks for snow shovels outside the hardware stores (if you were lucky enough to get one from that last shipment that truck dropped off late this morning (and someone didn't punch you in your eye and take it away from you)). The lines at the gas stations are ridiculous....WHY? Where are you going to drive to if there's 24" of snow on your street?

Our office just didn't bother to open today. They could have as it didn't start to flurry until around 11 and the temps didn't drop to below freezing until an hour ago. But the Feds closed 4 hours early, so I guess we just figured why bother. Works for me!

I took one last stock of sewing supplies, waited for the FedEx man to deliver my new/repaired laptopsicle (I had to sign for it, and it was so cold I wanted to defrost it in the microwave), and then I bolted out of here to Hancock to pick up some Gutermann cottton thread for piecing and a few bottles of Mary Ellen's Best Press (wonderful stuff!).

Since I'll undoubtedly be stricken with cabin fever in about 12 hours, I headed over to Michaels and picked up some shadowboxes, mat paper, and spray paint and I'm going to maybe tear apart my machine quilting sampler and make three separate hangings out of it. Can't spray paint it yet until I'm sure it will work, but should I decide I need to do something more hands-on than stitching, I've got a project waiting.

I'm off to stack some firewood in the basement while I can still get to it freely. If I finish anything tonight (between taking turns shoveling the walks/steps/poop path for dogs/driveway), I'll be back with photos.

Wherever you are, stay warm and keep safe, and if you happen to see Ben Affleck, Billy Bob or Bruce Willis, please let them know that we could sure use them here in the Nation's Capital to deal with the upcoming atmospheric onslaught.