It started off innocently enough with lots and lots of wind and some snow flurries.
Nothing too terrible. The snow was so dry at this point; it reminded me of South Dakota snow. It blew across the pavement and collected against surfaces (like the pine needles in the above pic).
Soon, however, the ground started looking like this:
Knowing that a) I live way up on a hill, b) my little Mazda is not the best for snow driving and c) that this was just the beginning of the predicted snowstorm, I decided to go pick up Mara early from school. This turned out to be a good decision because not long after we returned that THIS was the sight from the window:
We hunkered down at home for the afternoon (Corky was at work but he had chains for his car), and soon the snow turned to ice.
To keep herself entertained during our time of being stuck in the house, Mara (who has an ear infection):
-watched Christmas movies by the light of the tree
-tried to teach Abby to read a clock
-played beauty salon with Abby (the most patient French bulldog that ever lived) and,
-pretended to take Mommy's body fat measurements (she saw corky and me doing this the night before lol)
That evening, corky and I ventured out to Safeway while Mara stayed home with corky's mom and brother. The place was a sheet of ice and we slid all over the place despite the chains. It was very exciting.
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