Snow Day!!

Didn't go to work today... wasn't worried about getting to work.. worried about getting home from work.  I took this picture a little over an hour ago..it is windy so part of it is wind -- but that's a six foot fence!!

 

I want Curt back!

After being in the "hole" on the radar for 10 + hours, it finally started snowing.
But being 10 hours behind we only got maybe 7 or 8 inches, by my best guess.

It did snow pretty heavily once it did start snowing, but we got nowhere near my friend in central Jersey who could only see the very tip of his 24" fence.  It did apparently snow hard enough that all flights to Newark from Atlanta for this morning were cancelled, along with Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Boston.  (but they could make it to Providence  and Albany - explain that!)  Curt found out by text that his atl -ewr flight was cancelled, and flew to Atlanta anyway.  He has been on standby for 4 different flights now.  With standby lists of 60, 112 and 132..  He is now #32 on a standby list for 7pm.  If he can't get on a flight today. he does have a confirmation for TUESDAY morning!!  he can't go on standby for tomorrow morning before 11, because if he's not delayed 24 hours, travellers insurance won't pay for the hotel.

 

If Curt can't get home, the least we could have gotten was the fun snow!  Angie and I had a "girls day" starting on Friday night. We went out for sushi - place by us has 50% off if you buy more than $20 of sushi (not counting drinks or other food)  So it's a good deal since we split a pot of tea, get 2 glasses of water and each order 2-3 rolls and 2-3 types of pieces (4-6 pieces) and spend 25 including a nice tip.  Saturday we got pizza for lunch and made shrimp risotto for dinner, watched  New In Town, with Renee Zellwigger and Harry Connick Jr.  and played video games and board games.  I even got some knitting in.  Today we shoveled out the cars and watched tv, and played some more games and basically waited for curt's next text.

 

We did drive in the snow!

It did snow yesterday!  It started snowing while CUrt and I were in the Mall.  (all shopping done except his sister and dad)  After lunch and  a brief nap it was still snowing.



So Angie and I went driving in the snow.  First though she had to clear the car, so it wasn't one of those mobile "igloos" I can't stand.





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No actual pictures driving.  She did good.  Not sure about how my heart faired though!

Happy Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!! It has been snowing steadily here since about 6:30am. Wonderful white fluffy snow! (Of course coming from a woman who doesn't really clear snow except for on her car) Winter is my absolute favorite time of year! love the crispness, the cold, the way the light looks when there is a good coating of snow on the ground. The sight of Orion in the sky.

Snow!

We got about 5-6 inches of snow yesterday! YAY! Near my mom and my FIL's the snow turned to sleet so they have a slushy mess.. but we have real snow!! I left work early on Friday as I was finished with everything but the carpet truck ( we were getting some driver named Zeke - seriously I almost stayed to see what he looked like- I didn't think we had any Zeke's in NJ) And decided to let Dan unload it. It took me about 45 minutes, not that bad. It's kind of funny, around work they get significantly less snow and it tends to be warmer than where I live, fewer hills too. Yet the highways are in worse condition there than here. So I was actually in slower traffic in less snow. THe problem is when I crossed the "line" as I call it, the roads got better, but visibility was only about 200 feet. Still it's 22 miles so not that bad.

Some pic's out my balcony