Ice Storm of 2013

So today marks the third day that we are home bound! We had been warned by the weather man that a storm was coming to Texas starting onThursday night. It was kinda hard to believe because on Wednesday it was 77 degrees! On Thursday the weather seemed to drop quite drastically and by 1pm it started to sleet, not snow, sleet. So everyone in the Dallas area left work early...around 3pm or so. They had to of because it took forever to get home. It took me about an hour and a half and took Scott around 2 hours. The farther north we got the worse it got. By Thursday night the Dallas/Ft. Worth area was shut down for the weekend. I mean almost everything! Church was cancelled on Sunday, stores were cancelled. They warned everyone to stay at home and so we did! I personally love staying at home. I have so many projects I need to get done and so that was wonderful news to me. No cabin fever here! :-) So I baked cookies and got some cleaning and organizing done. It has been so nice.

In my Christmas letter this year I mentioned that I had coordinated 14 weddings, 4 events and moved offices as well as helped my mother-in-law move...plus had a full-time job. It was so nice to have a reprieve to get some home things done for sure!

Here are some pictures of our ice storm. This is the front of our house.

 

Our icy street

 

We tried to take a walk a couple of blocks away to take back the movies we rented. We walked to the end of our alley and it was pretty much like ice skating with boots on, so we turned around and went back to the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside there was cookie making going on...

 

Our traditional Candy Cane Cookies!

 

Raspberry tarts and Cranberry Oat Bars

 

It's nice to have great neighbors to hang out with as well! We spent some time last night just playing cards with them. We are greatful to have heat as well. Many did loose power.

 

It's actually going to get above 32 degrees today so we might venture out for a walk. At the busiest time of the season we got to slow down. Thank you God for the ice storm!! :-)