First Snow of the Season - 11/9/11

Apparently, I wasn't keeping up on the weather because this snow storm caught me totally by surprise! The roads were total yuck so I didn't leave work after my 1:00 quit time. Oh, I tried!! But after driving a mere two blocks I decided to turn back and see if they needed help at school instead of driving anywhere. Walking up the walk to the doors of the school, I noticed that it was awfully black inside....and, yes, indeed, we had no power. Throughout the lunch hour, the power was teasing us with little blinks several times but we had lucked out. The power did come back on before school was released at 3:10, though.
The trip back home was much better as the plows had finally made it out! Walked into the house to go dig up the snow pants, boots, winter coats, etc. from the basement. Flip on the lights.....NOTHING! Flashlights come down with us, we find the goodies and just head outside to play, shovel and all the good stuff. Jake decided that snow is actually kind of fun....as long as he can head back to his nice warm house when he is done!
Terry called home to check on his shopping list of hamburger - asking if I needed it tonight. Well, YES! I need it for supper. Then he asked the question of WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT.....with no power? Wwwwell - now that was something I hadn't thought of! So, he picked up pizza and headed on home - about the time he got home, our power came back on. Thankfully, as it was starting to get just a wee bit chilly in the house and we were cold and wet from the soggy snow that had fallen.
But, hey! We did get to enjoy a good old fashioned snow ball fight!!
Happy winter, y'all!