Snowpacalypse, Part Deux

The Snowman { Snowlady? } Saga continues.  Two mystery neighbors, whom I saw out the window from a distance today, brought a costume change for the Viking-Clad-Material-Girl and Bikini-Martini-Babe.  Girls, clearly you are fun.  Please come join our Bunko group!

Meet Snow White...

{ Get it?  Snow White?  Clever neighbors. }

And Alice in { Winter } Wonderland.

{ At least the cards on the skirt lead me to believe it's Alice. }

And then we took a field trip to CVS.  To pick up really important provisions { i.e., diet Coke }, since it's looking more and more like we'll be home again tomorrow and we're running low.  Guess whose idea it was to brave the weather in the car?

{ 10 and 2, buddy.  10 and 2. }

Oh yes.  I white-knuckled it the whole way.  And do you know what his response was when I asked if he was sure we wanted to do this?  "If your Dad can make it all the way to the airport, we can make it to CVS."  Gee, thanks, Jimmy Boy.  Thanks for setting a good example.

The hardest part was getting out of the neighborhood, but the main road was fairly decent.  Fairly.  I'm guessing this is because we only drove about a mile and that the one bridge we had to cross is so notoriously icy it was covered in like four inches of sand and salt.  When this mess freezes hard again tonight, any hope of a morning commute is toast.

Needless to say, we made it back safely and even got to see Taylor-Brawner park all snowy and beautiful.  The Snowpacalypse lives another day.

Cabin Fever. I gots it.

No one will appreciate this as much as my sister.  But in light of the Snowpacalypse... enjoy.  { PS - I've tweeted and/or written "Snowpacalypse" so many times that my BlackBerry SureType is starting to recognize it as a real word. }



And great, now I'm stuck in this house and I have the Muppets Cabin Fever song stuck in my head.  Can we please go back to work tomorrow?

Snowpacalypse 2011

We missed the snow at Christmas because we were at my parents' house... but not to worry.  Jack Frost brought even more last night!  We went to bed to find big, fat flakes falling at an alarming rate.  And we woke to a email saying the office was closed because of the winter wonderland.  And good thing, too, because we'd have never gotten out.  Observe Exhibit A:

{ This is after ten minutes of trying to open the door to the deck because there were 6" of snow in the way. }

And at 4:00 this afternoon when we finally ventured out of the house, all of that nice, fluffy snow was covered in about a half inch of ice.  Observe Exhibit B.

Which, coincidentally, makes for some seriously craggy peaks when you walk. { Does the word "craggy" or any reference to the word "crag" remind anyone else of Nickelodeon GUTS?  No?  Okay.  Moving on then. }

On our afternoon expedition we came across a few other neighbors out and about.  There was sledding in a kiddie pool { and not just for the kiddies } ...

And of course you know Spencer was all about making some snowballs.

We also discovered that we have talented neighbors in coming across two hilarious snowmen.  One of which resembles some strange combination of Madonna and a Viking.  The other one is wearing a bikini and has a martini.  Please someone take credit for these!

My husband will tell you that the cool thing about ice is that it enables large pieces of snow on the bridge railing to stick together like a sword... and that they're fun to throw into the creek.

Even our cute little royal bulldog, who's under a covered porch, was blanketed in snow.

{ Alison, we LOVE him! We named him Rex. }

Given that the temperature isn't supposed to get above freezing for several days at least... we'll be home tomorrow, too.  Good think I fought the madness at Publix on Saturday!

Stay warm out there!