Ice, Ice Baby (And a Little Bit of Snow!)

Earlier this week my children got the news they had been waiting for all winter. The weatherman predicted snow starting Thursday afternoon lasting until late Thursday night! Nothing strikes fear into the heart's of adults and adulation into the heart's of school children like snow in Georgia. Make sure you are stocked up on eggs, milk and bread because for some reason everyone likes French Toast during a snowstorm! Forget about school or work the day after because we crazy Southerners have no idea how to drive with snow and ice on the ground. (It's kind of like how those crazy Northerners don't realize you need air conditioning when its going to be above 90 degrees!)

Sure enough the weatherman was right. On Thursday afternoon, just as the kids were coming home from school, the snow began to fall.




It continued to snow (and sleet) late into the evening.



The next morning we had a nice dusting on our lawns and cars. Not a lot compared to what they see up north, but enough to make the kiddos happy! Of course, as predicted, there was no school. There had been quite a bit of ice during the storm and the roads were rather treacherous. It was also really cold! When we woke up it was about 15 degrees with a wind chill of 6. That didn't deter Ashlyn. She still went out to investigate.





Unfortunately for Kenny he still had to go to work. He called and told me he didn't think the roads were too bad. He did warn me the neighborhood had some icy spots. I had some work I still needed to do so I made the not so smart decision to attempt to go out. I got to the front of our neighborhood and hit a slick spot and slid into the curb. I was going slow so no harm done, but I took that as a sign from God that work could wait. I went back home and spent the rest of the day cuddled on the couch with my kids and a few issues of People magazine. A perfect snow (or ice) day for me!