The Most Expensive Free Trip Ever - TR Link is Up! Pg. 164

[kangaand2roos]

And the snow begins! It's not sticking to the roads and sidewalks yet, but there is a coating on the grass already...

 

[glennbo123]

And the snow begins! It's not sticking to the roads and sidewalks yet, but there is a coating on the grass already...

Nothing here yet, but it's coming.

 

[All7OfUs]

So are you all snowed in yet?? Still have power??

 

[kangaand2roos]

So are you all snowed in yet?? Still have power??

WE still have power. Can't speak for the rest of the Mid Atlantic! I just walked the dog and had to shovela path for him. He's a French Bulldog puppy and kind of short! The snow is up to my kneesish...over 20" I'd venture!

 

[All7OfUs]

WE still have power. Can't speak for the rest of the Mid Atlantic! I just walked the dog and had to shovela path for him. He's a French Bulldog puppy and kind of short! The snow is up to my kneesish...over 20" I'd venture!

Wow!! I just saw on BBC a headline that read "Blizzard Paralyzed US East Coast". I'll go read it now. Sounds like a few days off school maybe for the kiddos. Be warm and safe.

 

[kangaand2roos]

Wow!! I just saw on BBC a headline that read "Blizzard Paralyzed US East Coast". I'll go read it now. Sounds like a few days off school maybe for the kiddos. Be warm and safe.

Oh I hope NOT!! They have off from the 12-16 anyway. I'm not sure I'm ready for that much togetherness! Plus, snow days really just mess up the rest of the year! I hope they have the roads and sidewalks cleared for the kids by Monday! DH and I have a school dinner auction to go to tonight, and it is going ahead snow or no snow, so I hope we're plowed out by tonight. Otherwise, we're walking!!

 

[glennbo123]

So are you all snowed in yet?? Still have power??

WE still have power. Can't speak for the rest of the Mid Atlantic! I just walked the dog and had to shovela path for him. He's a French Bulldog puppy and kind of short! The snow is up to my kneesish...over 20" I'd venture!

Wow!! I just saw on BBC a headline that read "Blizzard Paralyzed US East Coast". I'll go read it now. Sounds like a few days off school maybe for the kiddos. Be warm and safe.

Oh I hope NOT!! They have off from the 12-16 anyway. I'm not sure I'm ready for that much togetherness! Plus, snow days really just mess up the rest of the year! I hope they have the roads and sidewalks cleared for the kids by Monday! DH and I have a school dinner auction to go to tonight, and it is going ahead snow or no snow, so I hope we're plowed out by tonight. Otherwise, we're walking!!

Snow update coming soon. I don't think they'll cancel school on Monday. The snow is supposed to stop later today so they'll have a day and a half to clear the roads.

 

[glennbo123]

Here are a few pictures of the progress the snow is making at piling up around here.

Here's my deck and back yard last evening, a little before 6 pm, shortly after I saw the first flakes in the air. You can see there are still some patches of snow from last week.

Then at about 9 pm, just before I cleared a path for the dog to go out for his last pit stop before bedtime. Looked like we had about 5 or 6 inches by that point already.

Judy volunteered to take him out this morning, and I didn't object! Here's what it looked like when I came down about 7:30 am.

How deep, you ask? Well, let's stick a yardstick in the snow piled on the rail-thingie on the right in the above pictures.

What, you can't read it? I need to get closer? Okay.

So, it's at least 17 inches, and maybe upwards of 20, depending on where in the drift you measure. And the snow is still coming down.

Marlene had to get a picture of Swiffer in the snow.

Judy said he jumped down the steps before she got them completely cleared and didn't quite know what to do. Quite a funny sight, apparently.

We haven't lost power, I don't expect to. That usually only happens with thunderstorms. We'll just "hunker down" here for a while.

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[All7OfUs]

Holy smoking snow castles!! That is one large amount of white stuff!!!

I've never seen that much snow, even when I lived in Flagstaff, AZ.

 

[jenbear123]

Yikes! That's a lot of snow!!!!

I love the progressive time line of the snowfall. It really show quite the contrast.

I love Swiffer. He should come over and play with my dog, Pixel Poor Swiffer. That snow is way over his head. I have to do the same for Pixel when there's a giant snowfall around here. If I don't, she'll go right in front of the back door. And that's not a nice sight right outside the kitchen window Fortunately, there hasn't been a large enough dumping of snow to have to do that.... yet.

Hope you parked the cars in the garage

 

[glennbo123]

Holy smoking snow castles!! That is one large amount of white stuff!!!

I've never seen that much snow, even when I lived in Flagstaff, AZ.

I grew up near Erie, so I've seen this plenty of times.

Yikes! That's a lot of snow!!!!

I love the progressive time line of the snowfall. It really show quite the contrast.

I love Swiffer. He should come over and play with my dog, Pixel Poor Swiffer. That snow is way over his head. I have to do the same for Pixel when there's a giant snowfall around here. If I don't, she'll go right in front of the back door. And that's not a nice sight right outside the kitchen window Fortunately, there hasn't been a large enough dumping of snow to have to do that.... yet.

Hope you parked the cars in the garage

Swiffer wants to go out, then he doesn't know what to do. He jumped in some of the snow on the deck, couldn't move, and jumped back into the path again.

Vehicles are definitely in the garage! It'll be enough fun clearing the driveway, I don't want to clear off cars too.

 

[All7OfUs]

I just got off the phone with my sister in McLean, VA (just outside the Beltway) and she has 22 inches. They say by next AM, they should have around 33"!!!! Most snow since 1922.

 

[kangaand2roos]

I grew up near Erie, so I've seen this plenty of times.



Swiffer wants to go out, then he doesn't know what to do. He jumped in some of the snow on the deck, couldn't move, and jumped back into the path again.

Stitch too. He tries to leap through it, gets frustrated and runs for the door. He's a little dude too:This is him a few months ago. He's a bit bigger now, but still little:

 

[jenbear123]

Awww what a cute puppy, kangaand2roos! Perfect name for him. He looks just like Stitch

I am so glad we've dodged this storm

 

[kangaand2roos]

Awww what a cute puppy, kangaand2roos! Perfect name for him. He looks just like Stitch

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Looks AND acts like him!! He's lucky he's cute!

 

[eandesmom]

WOW! That's some serious white stuff.

 

[glennbo123]

I just got off the phone with my sister in McLean, VA (just outside the Beltway) and she has 22 inches. They say by next AM, they should have around 33"!!!! Most snow since 1922.

They were definitely in the bulls-eye for this one. We have enough!

Stitch too. He tries to leap through it, gets frustrated and runs for the door. He's a little dude too:This is him a few months ago. He's a bit bigger now, but still little:

He looks just like Stitch!

Awww what a cute puppy, kangaand2roos! Perfect name for him. He looks just like Stitch

I am so glad we've dodged this storm

Hey, you beat me to it Jenbear.

You're lucky to miss this one. But I bet you get a few more per year than we do, usually.

WOW! That's some serious white stuff.

I just ran the snowblower on the driveway. I felt kinda dumb because it's still snowing like crazy, but it'll make it easier later on when it finally stops. Fortunately it's cold enough that the snow isn't real wet/sticky, so the snowblower can handle it. But it's still tough because the snow is way higher than the snowblower. Judy and I worked out a system where we clear a path down the driveway, then she goes along and knocks the snow into the path with a shovel and I go through and blow it out of the way. Then repeat multiple times. It looks like it snowed a couple more inches while we were out there.

 

[carissanboys]

I do not know how it happened, but somehow I became unsubscribed to your PTR. I kept thinking, "Hmmmm - no updates to Glenn's PTR in a while." Then I saw you post on Cynthia's PTR and thought something wasn't right.

Anyhoo - you have an awesome backyard!! Before moving down here to Virginia Beach last June, we lived outside of Baltimore. To think - we could have been "enjoying" all of this crazy snow right now!! I'm glad we're just having rain.

My husband's family lives in Reading so I'm assuming they're getting all of this snow too.

 

[glennbo123]

I do not know how it happened, but somehow I became unsubscribed to your PTR. I kept thinking, "Hmmmm - no updates to Glenn's PTR in a while." Then I saw you post on Cynthia's PTR and thought something wasn't right.

Anyhoo - you have an awesome backyard!! Before moving down here to Virginia Beach last June, we lived outside of Baltimore. To think - we could have been "enjoying" all of this crazy snow right now!! I'm glad we're just having rain.

My husband's family lives in Reading so I'm assuming they're getting all of this snow too.

I don't know how many times I've almost clicked on "unsubscribe" instead of "last page" when I'm on my User CP page. I don't think I've done it yet, but I've come close a bunch of times. I'm not sure why.

Thanks. It is a nice backyard. It's kind of secluded with trees all around. A bit much to mow, but I don't have to worry about that at the moment.

I feel sorry for you that you don't get to enjoy this. I'm sure Reading is getting some of this storm.

 

[carissanboys]

I feel sorry for you that you don't get to enjoy this. I'm sure Reading is getting some of this storm.

Our area got hit "hard" last weekend with 8 inches of snow. That's almost unheard of for this area. Schools were closed for 3 days. Imagine what would happen if we got as much snow as you're getting? The rain is starting to switch over to snow right now. It's very odd. It looks like it's raining pretty hard, but then you see bits of snow flying around.