Routine, Thou Dost Elude Me
UPDATE: We have flurries! And it’s not even lunch yet! We are having Belgian Waffles in my new waffle maker I got for Christmas. I’d like to tell you we are having brunch because I’m trying to infuse some culture into my home. Truth is, we just slept that late and we are all still scrounging around with matted hair and pj’s. Hope y’all are enjoying the free day and are staying warm!
Original Post:
Just when I’d settled back into my Happy Place, some lame forecaster had to see a shadow on the Exclusive Doppler 5000 and predict Blizzard 2010. As in, we may get 2 inches.
Maybe.
But when you live in Alabama, maybe is all it takes to bring all operations to a screeching halt. Our schools have been cancelled for Thursday AND Friday and the first flake has yet to fall. In fact, the precipitation isn’t even anticipated until lunch tomorrow. But hey, we are serious about our weather preparedness south of the Mason Dixon. If you don’t believe me, just check out the bread aisles and milk coolers in town. There’s not a loaf or gallon to be had within the city limits. No worries, though. In our house, it’s much more practical to just buy a feed trough and 2 cases of Ramen noodles.
For real, I do hope we get enough snow for the kids to play in at some point. We used to have great ones in North Carolina and Kentucky but they weren’t old enough to remember. There was one particular snowstorm in NC that pushed me to the brink of sanity. Days 1 and 2 were amusing but when all was said and done, I was trapped in a seminary apartment with 3 kids ages 4 and under for 13 days straight. When we were finally able to drive out, I felt like Tom Hanks when he was finally rescued in Cast Away. I’m pretty sure I looked just that unkempt and was only communicating in grunts until Luke gently reintroduced me to civilization.
What do y’all do when you are snowed in? Please don’t tell me you sit around and play board games and exacerbate my feelings of inadequacy where engaging my children in meaningful activity is concerned. I’m perfectly content to keep the hot chocolate coming and the warm baths run for when they come in soaked. Or if this thing turns out like I suspect, when they come in with a marble sized snow/dirt wad they scrounged from in between the grass that is still showing through the dusting we’ll get.
But at least they are safe at home instead of risking the walk across the field to the school house.
You crack me up! I don’t think anyone has ever said that better (about our upcoming blizzard)!
Hahaha! Snow dirt wad!! That made me crack up! It’s so true though. All of our snow men look pitiful because they are half mud and dead grass!
I hope we do get some snow though. My little guy (who is 3) is SO hoping for snow. In fact if it doesn’t snow we may have some tears! He was looking out the window tonight for it! Bless his little heart! Our county schools are letting out at 11 tomorrow. We’re just praying that we have electricity and CABLE… there is a pretty big game on tomorrow night!! ;)
Roll Tide!
.-= Crystal´s last blog ..Real Peace =-.
Amen sista! LMBO at the Exclusive Doppler 5000!!!!! ha Bout had to fight some dude in Walmart but it’s ok…I have my Little Debbies and French Vanilla coffee…..just in time for the Blizzard 2010!!! Hey we can even go sledding sometime after 5pm tomorrow….maybe.
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife Reply:
January 6th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Crystal, have you heard that the Alabama weather men have been getting threats of bodily harm if they pre empt the game with weather alerts?? hahahaha
And Brooke, I’ve totally GOT to be there if you get in a Little Debbie smack down. Please do not let that happen without me..lol
I know exactly how you feel! I do believe we over here in SC have escaped, at least for now, the “threat” of snow–must be because you guys are going to get it. Your school canceling probably had more to do with the school officials wanting to watch every second of the coverage on ESPN of that little ‘ol game you guys are playing, than it did with an actual snow event! On this one and only occasion, I will say “Roll Tide!”
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Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Amen to the game thing Patty! :)
Kelly, you are every woman with your snow braving self! I don’t know if our town even has snow equipment? Never had the chance to use it!
Joyce, free for all. That would be the way I’d describe our days..
Angela – I’m all for closing for cold. I’d hibernate until May if I lived up north.
Mary – a month out of school? Did your mom lose her mind? Just sayin…I’m thinking I’d freak..ha!
Dana – precisely. I’m going to color my hair.
Jules – welcome !!!!!
Kelly – have I mentioned you are every woman?? :)
Love you girls!
When we lived in Maryland one year there was a blizzard. Granted it was a lot of snow but it had been on the ground for several days. They were hopeless with the plows there. My husband happened to be in Quebec with our oldest daughter chaperoning a highschool French trip (gotta love a dad who does that!)…anyway…they are in Quebec which I’m pretty sure is kind of like one of the snow capitals of the world and they had to stay an extra day…not because they couldn’t get out of Canada with its umpteen feet of snow but because the buses could not get into any of the parking lots in our town to deposit the kids. Something seems wrong with that.
Have fun in your ‘snowstorm’…I always started out industrious but by Day 4 it was pretty much a free for all.
.-= joyce´s last blog ..Good Fortune =-.
Funny! We are in your predicament as well…school is cancelled today for COLD weather. The rain has already come through but we are preparing for our “ARCTIC BLAST” (said in the deep voice of the guy who does the voice overs for the movie trailers). Oh, well, at least I don’t have to wake my babies up to go to school today!
As for what we’ll do. Probably catch up on laundry and make the kids clean the room :).
.-= Angela´s last blog ..Parker’s Funny… =-.
I agree with Patty – I think tonight’s game is of the utmost importance around your parts. Since I have some great friends in Hackleburg, I’m hollering ROLL TIDE tonight myself.
The only memorable snow storm I can recall is when I was in first grade – I think it was around 1977 in KY. We had a BLIZZARD – out of school for almost a month. And it was fun. We even made up days on Saturdays (just watched cartoons).
When it would snow, we’d play out in it as long as Mama would let us – make angels, snowmen, have snowball fights. Then go inside and have snow cones, hot chocolate, play board games (not much on TV back then to watch), toys, whatever.
We loved snow days. :)
Don’t get much of those here in Charleston,SC (I think we may get a FLURRY -haha late tonight) so I miss snow – at least a little.
:)
With a 1 yr. old and a 2 yr. old (both boys), dreary “snow days” like today are the days I can be guilt-free about staying in my sweats all day, without doing anything to my hair except throwing it in a ponytail. All the blinds stay shut, candles stay burning, the only work I do around the house is making sure things stay somewhat straightened and picked up so my husband doesn’t think the “blizzard” hit inside the house when he gets home, and the three of us enjoy a cozy day inside watching Planet Earth, drinking hot chocolate (or “coffee” as my 2 yr. old insists that’s what it is) and missing poor daddy who has to work all day :)
Hi, Lisa. New subscriber. Friend of Lisa (Writes). And, wife of a soon-to-be ordained elder. I’m new to role of “married to the ministry” so I’ll be stopping by frequently.
.-= Jules @ Everyday Mommy´s last blog ..Read. Your. Bible. =-.
I’m totally fascinated by the different mentalities between the South and the North when it comes to winter weather. I’ve had the most fun on Twitter and FB the last few days investigating the regionalisms.
That said, you should know that up here in Minneapolis, we are NEVER snowed in for days at a time like you describe. That’s the advantage of having an army of plows and a tough mindset. I think we might have been stuck at home for one day during the Halloween Blizzard of ’93, when we got 3 feet of snow. But even then, the snowplows kept moving. I can almost guarantee you, within 2 hours of the snow stopping, the main roads are cleared and people are out and about.
.-= Kelly @ Love Well´s last blog ..20 Weeks =-.
We had one day off school here in Dec. for 13″ of snow! We’re getting 6-9″ today, and they’re not even closing school early or cancelling evening events. Of course, I live in Wisconsin, where we also have armies of snow plows and salt trucks.
I still HATE below-zero weather though (which often comes after a big snow), and I’ve lived here my whole life so I have no excuse!
.-= Nancy´s last blog ..A decade =-.
Well, it’s not snowing here (south TX) but it is in the 30’s AND I home school, so as soon as the kids were done with their worksheets and such for the day…I gave them a Christmas present I had forgotten about (until I ran across it last night). Wii – Mario and Sonic winter olympics. They are entertaining themselves right now.
LOL@snow dirt wad! Y’all should try living in NH for six months… ;-)
.-= Heather C´s last blog ..Snow White (no dwarfs) =-.
We’re snowed in…..no school today or tomorrow. I’m from Florida….so living in Indiana has been a huge culture shock!
My kids went out (after sleeping in……all morning) at around 3:30pm. The sledding never lasts as long as the getting dressed for it does. Still….it’s fun!
My kids could care less about being entertained….they’re teenagers. They just want to sleep, watch tv, eat, play video games, Facebook and I’m cool with it!
I’ve served my time…..coming up with all their happiness!
They’ve reached a stage that benefits us both!
I work as the mama-razzi while they party it up in the snow! Then post the action on FB for our southern families to see!
Happy snow dirt wad throwin!
.-= wanda´s last blog ..Whatever happens… =-.
I gave my man a waffle maker for Christmas! Our lives have not been the same.
What a good good thing to have!
(I’d spent 2 months looking for the one just like our friends have that he loved so much… FINALLY found it, it was on sale $100 off!… with free shipping!… so I ordered it, so excited to have something for him for Christmas he was not expecting. Then guess who was home off of work the ONE DAY it was delivered? I came home and there was this box sitting at the front door that said “Waffle Maker” on every side, top, and bottom. He met me at the door and when I asked him if he’d seen the box sitting at our feet, he very graciously said, “What box?” ….what a good man.)
We have been playing in the snow but it wouldn’t stick together to do anything with so they decided to make snow angels. We took a detour into the house when Jasmine was so wet she had soaked through to her skin. 1 hot shower later all was well.
.-= Vernie´s last blog ..The day is set! =-.
LOL!! Now THAT was an anti-climactic blizzard, wasn’t it? Hope you had a great time this weekend, hun. I’ve been praying for you as you bring it to our girls… :)
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