So as you know, I'm from West Texas. Its really the only place I remember living. Word on the street is that I was born in the midst of a Blizzard in the Panhandle of Texas. (It also took me 48 hours to make my appearance... perhaps that is why I am typically late... I was born that way!)
Anyways... January 29th the Hubs and I were thinking that we would really enjoy one more snow. I forgot to get pictures of our house in the snow... and I'm doing a cruddy job documenting our first year of marriage in pictures... my memory stinks... so when my kids ask me what our first house was like, what our furniture was, what my hair looked like... I'll need the pictures to reference or who knows what picture I'll paint for them.
Anyways... our wish was granted February 1st. We woke up to a beautiful white covered house and yard. I quickly called the work weather hotline and was assured that we were indeed closed for the day. Rejoicing rang from my lips!! Then I rolled over and slept till mid morning... it was glorious!! (Hubs had the day off as well... he also enjoyed the extra sleep time!)
Here are some video that we got of the kids (dogs) going out in the snow...
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Coming soon... I can't get it to upload as of right now.
To answer your questions:
1. Yes I am wearing my comfy robe... don't judge... It was still before noon. (There are NO pictures to prove if I did or did not wear it after noon... so I will tell you I changed... and my robe did did not become part of my attire until the late evening... but I might be lying.)
2. Yes those are our precious babies!! We love them to pieces. We are currently obsessed with them. They hate each other but love us unconditionally.
3. Yes I talk to Cami like she is a baby... a real live baby. Just call it practice. No I'm not embarrassed by it... ok a little... but still... she
IS my baby!!
4. Yes... Andrew took video of Buster "tinkling" and yes... he "tinkles" like a girl. HEHEHE stupid dog!
Later that morning we decided to fix some delicious soup for dinner... you know one that we could smell cooking all day long!! The perfect kind for a snowy day inside. We decided on Chicken Enchilada soup... which we happened to need several things for.
In my head I heard the hubs say "Babe, you stay here in your snuggly robe and snuggle with our cold babies, I'll trek to Homeland and get the stuff!!"
My Hero... sigh
What was said is: "Babe, bundle up. Its cold out there and we are going to walk to Homeland."
I said, "How sweet of you to offer to go to Homeland so I can stay here in my snuggly robe and snuggle with our cold babies... did you say WE... Walk..."
He said "yes, and yes! Better bundle up!!"
We didnt talk for the next few minutes... this is what happened...
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| Lace up the shoes... |
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| This is our door... thats about 3 inches of snow on our porch |
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| This is our WARM living room... where we SHOULD be staying... |
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| Must have the warm fuzzy hat... |
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| Mittens... CHECK |
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| Headband earmuff things. scarf, huge jacket, 3 shirts, 2 pants, 2 socks ... CHECK... |
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| The snow was up to the bottom of Andrew's 4 Runner |
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| Our porch... about 4 inches deep |
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| The view into our yard... Winter Wonderland... |
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| Did I mention I had on polka dot rain boots? |
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| This is looking across the street... can you tell where the road is?? Yeah... me neither. |
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| Note that the snow is ABOVE Hub's shoes... |
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| Snow drift |
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| Looser Cruiser! |
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| Hubs bundling up |
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| Don't forget the scarf |
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| Yes thats right Hubs, you go ahead and walk to Homeland... alone... |
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| yes ... you are hot even bundled up. |
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| my turn to bundle up |
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| Personally I think the jeans tucked into the boots ROCKS |
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| once again... my boots in the snow |
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| This is 3 houses down from our house... and why we didn't drive |
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| Our house is quite pretty in the snow isn't it... |
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| walking... |
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| I'm not happy here.. |
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| deeper snow... |
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| still walking |
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| he is happy as a clam... who is this man?? |
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| Finally we arrived at Homeland... we quickly had to strip of all our warmness... it was SOOO hot in there! |
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| Yes dear, you made me walk in the snow... you get to carry ALL the groceries back! |
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| he is THRILLED!! Seriously... see the smile? |
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| Its snowing again.. |
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| somewhere under there is the Looser Cruiser |
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| The back yard |
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| MORE snow that afternoon... we are up to about 5 inches on our porch alone... |
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| More of the back yard.. so pretty |
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| poor dogs... had a hard time finding some where to tinkle |
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| So much snow... |
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| Snow is almost to the top of the doghouse.. |
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| Snow blocking the way to the doghouse |
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| Back yard drifts |
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| Do you see that precious little baby girl?? She is FREEZING!! She won't even sit down on the step because it is so cold... |
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| My car... has never looked better! |
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| This is what I woke up to on Wednesday morning. |
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| They love their daddy!! |
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| Buster is JABBING Hubs with his elbow... hehehe |
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| Get comfy Buster... |
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| This poor little girl... |
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| My sweet baby love ! |
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| Handsome Brother! |
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| Buster is just trying to love on Cami... however, she is NOT feeling the love! |
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| Daddy sleeps, Buster sleeps... Cami doesnt sleep... |
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| The second stair from the bottom is Buster's favorite sunspot ! |
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| Getting some rays! |
The soup was delicious! I doubled the recipe so that we could eat on it for a while. We actually ate it for dinner tonight. It is amazing and ... EASY...
Now we are supposed to get more snow this week. I'll be ok if there is only a few inches... I'm not sure I can handle more than that. Not that I will complain about a day or two off... but good grief.
That was the end of the "Snowmagedon" in Bartlesville Oklahoma.
I'll be ok if we don't see anymore snow
until next winter ever.
Being snowed in did give us time to think about our vacation options for next summer...
We are thinking about a cruise.. somewhere warm. Any suggestions?
