Our first snow came on December 3. It snowed. And snowed. And snowed. And then it snowed some more.
We have 2 days of snow and accumulated about 12-15 inches of snow over the three days. Since we haven’t had temperatures above freezing, the snow just stayed.
Then a couple of days ago it snowed again. All day. Another several inches. Monday, we shoveled (we being Bethany and Seth) snow for a long time and got the bid cement area in front of our house cleared. They finished that about 3:30 (it gets dark about 4:00). We woke up yesterday morning and Mary looked out and said, “You don’t want to look out the window.” That’s never a good sign. Around here, it could mean anything…
It was supposed to rain all night Monday night, but instead, it snowed all night. And it must have snowed HARD all night. Another 8-10 inches. Because we hadn’t been to the grocery store for several days, we were out of most essentials and planned to leave at 9:00 to go get groceries before I started working (Tuesday is my all day work day from Noon – 8:00 p.m.). We went out and promptly got stuck in the yard. I would get the van free, then it would get stuck again. So we started shoveling. (This time, we was Seth, Blake and me.) We shoveled and shoveled. Then Yuri came out and brought his tractor over and finished clearing the cement area and the driveway.
Finally, off we went to the store for the much needed foodstuffs. We bought a LOT. As a side note, one of the managers who talks to us was watching our total and when it passed a certain level, she said we needed to take our receipt to the administrator’s office and get a free ticket to the aquapark! Woot woot! And now back to our regularly scheduled program. We got all the bags loaded and got on our way back home. When we got here, I got my speed up to make it up the driveway, through the gate, and across the yard. Only one problem. The garbage man came and his big truck was parked in the gate, blocking access. Hmmm… what to do. Up to the doors in snow… another car coming the other direction… garbage truck blocking our gate…
Thankfully, I was able to navigate the street and get enough speed to make it into the yard. Phew. Crisis averted.
Our quick trip to the grocery store? 9:00 – Noon.
That’s why, dear friends, that I say repeatedly that everything takes longer here. Everything.
Be blessed. Thank you for your prayers, your friendship and your financial support when possible.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!