Winter Wonderland

The weatherman was bold--he predicted several inches of snow and very coooold weather. Ricky got his hopes up that it would snow (initial projection was for late Friday night). We went to bed Friday and woke up to some flurries mixed with rain on Saturday but nothing special. The projection on Saturday was for snow overnight. We woke up on Sunday to flurries, went to church, and spent the afternoon working on some Christmas shopping while the sun shone beautifully. At 9am it was supposed to be here by noon, and at noon, well, we gave up hope and the weatherman's prediction became a joke... "Be careful in that snow," Ricky teased as I walked to check the mail from the previous day. Ricky was disappointed. He really wanted a snow day because he had already put in to take Tuesday off and head to Portland with me for a job/internship interview. He was banking on a 4-day weekend.

By 9pm Sunday it was snowing and by 11pm we knew school would at least be delayed 2 hours. Ricky and I made hot chocolate and put in a movie. We stayed up late and enjoyed the time together. We went to bed at 2am with the snow still coming down--Ricky was excited to (potentially) have a snow day.

Monday morning we woke up early and checked the news. Bethel school district--closed. Snow day! We were lazy around the house most of the day, eventually made it to the hardware store for new bathroom paint (the previous paint wasn't for high moisture areas) and supplies. We drove cautiously to Target and browsed around before coming home to make dinner. We primed and painted the bathroom and got ready for bed. The high temperature never broke the freezing mark. Our street was a solid sheet of ice and most of the highways weren't much better.

Well, that brings me to today. Snow day #2. This day is sad because we couldn't make the trip to Portland. The roads were just too dangerous, so I had to reschedule my interview. Looks like it's going to be on 1/2 the morning after we get back from AR. We'll stay the night in Portland and then go to my interview before driving back to Eugene. It works ok, but isn't as fun. I was looking forward to spending today in Portland with my husband and to getting the interview out of the way. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I'll have a job lined up for fall. That would be great.

It's not supposed to get above 28 degrees today (it's 18 at 10:20), so it's likely we'll have another snow day tomorrow. The ice doesn't seem to be in a hurry to melt, and the weatherman is calling for more snow/freezing rain tomorrow and snow on Thursday. It's possible we may be experiencing a snow week. Keep your fingers crossed and prayers for us to have a safe trip to Portland Saturday night and safe flights on Sunday back to AR.

For now, enjoy the pictures of our back yard. And...I'll keep ya posted. ;)