wow!

a lot has happened lately! first, i came down with a really bad cold that didn't go away for about 1.5 weeks! :/ then, it snowed! almost a foot of snow fell in our area. this snowstorm was said to be the record for march snowfalls since 1980. the last time i remember having this much snow was christmas day, 1998: the huge icestorm.

we lost power sometime during the night sunday. all day monday was definitely a task for my mom and i! my dad is out of town on business, so my mom and i had to start the woodstove, keep it going, cook food on it, shovel paths for the dog outside (and paths for us of course!), and manage with no water or other electric appliances. we melted snow on the woodstove to keep the house from drying out. we found it takes 6 times as much snow to melt into water. that's a lot of snow! :)

yesterday, we also drove up the road-just to get out of the house! i drove the jeep, 4-wheeling in the snow! that was fun for the first time. of course, i didn't go over 30 mph! on our trip out, we saw a power line down right around the corner from our house.

well, we finally got our power back sometime today around noon. almost as son as it came on, i called the shower first:)

well, i have pictures from the snow, but i'll save those for another post. i'll also try to take a few more before i write that post.

:) <3