Blizzard Ends ~ Digging Out

Wow ~ and WOW again. The Blizzard of 2010 will certainly stay in our minds for a lifetime! It continued to snow ALL day today ~ ending at 5:00 p.m. We have 25" at our house. We are thankful to be safe and warm in our house ~ with power. Many people are not so fortunate.

We shoveled and shoveled and shoveled some more. It is supposed to get VERY cold tonight and wanted to get it shoveled before it turned to ICE. As we said, a neighbor bought a snow blower just this week and we are so thankful!

Greetings from our house ~ as the sun was setting tonight. What a gorgeous sight after two days of constant snow fall! As the snow stopped and the sky cleared heavy laden trees this morning as Alden started our driveway

One of the toughest parts is the area where the snow plow pushes the snow into your driveway area.....oh such heavy, icy snow

The entrance to our neighborhood off the main road was not plowed. Or I guess you could say.....they put up a steep wall with the plow (good grief!)

Alden standing on the main road.....looking toward our road (Parliament)

Steve and I standing on Parliament

Before I started shoveling! Alden and I have both had fevers and a terrible cough this week, but late last night my fever broke. Yahoo....we are on the mend.

breakfast in the sunroom watching it snow

snowing

Our b'ball hoop was full of snow

We thought it was FULL of snow, but really it was hollow!

Steve's car buried

slowly unburying it

Yay ~ it is on the driveway safe and sound (see the piles of snow!)

Car safe

had to make some cookies once we were inside

yum

Goodnight from the Smiths ~

expected temps for tonight

Many have asked: Hannah is stuck at work. She worked yesterday and today ~ they are in a "snow emergency" which means nobody leaves. She packed a bag and will sleep there. She said there is a fun bunch of people working ~ a planned snowball fight and walk at 7:30 p.m. Isn't that GREAT!