Western Washington peeps

[Michelle67]

Did you guys see this on Kiro?? DH and I were rolling, in a we've been under too much snow for too long kind of way! http://www.kirotv.com/news/18346903/detail.html

It looks like we're snow bound for Christmas, I'm really sad about it. This is the first time we've missed out on Santa pictures with the kids and we won't be at my moms with family.

I'm so sick and tired of being stuck at home, and it doesn't look like I'll be getting out any time soon. I went out and just about killed myself clearing half of my driveway yesterday...at least moving enough snow that it was down to 2-3 inches that I can drive over...and it DUMPED snow overnight and is still snowing hard. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!

 

[staley7580]

Its RAINING in Lakewood. Im SO BUMMED. I have been loving all this snow. Of course.... my husband has had the past few days off, and we havent had to go anywhere.. So thats probably why I am loving it so much!

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

I'm so sick and tired of being stuck at home, and it doesn't look like I'll be getting out any time soon. I went out and just about killed myself clearing half of my driveway yesterday...at least moving enough snow that it was down to 2-3 inches that I can drive over...and it DUMPED snow overnight and is still snowing hard. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!

We got another 2-3 inches last night too, I am so freaking over it!! I have shoveled my steps and walkway 3 times now and finally gave up on the driveway, it's 6 inches of compact snow next to my truck. It's still snowing out here.....BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

 

[Michelle67]

I'd love to shovel my steps...but I don't have a snow shovel and my kids played with the garden shovel and dropped it out there somewhere on 3 acres...BEFORE it snowed. My parents are supposed to come for Christmas tomorrow, and I told my dad that if they are able to make it out here at all, they need to honk when they get here so I can open up the garage door and let them in that way. My mother is quite steady on her feet, but she is 71 and I don't need her falling down on my steps!

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

I'd love to shovel my steps...but I don't have a snow shovel and my kids played with the garden shovel and dropped it out there somewhere on 3 acres...BEFORE it snowed. My parents are supposed to come for Christmas tomorrow, and I told my dad that if they are able to make it out here at all, they need to honk when they get here so I can open up the garage door and let them in that way. My mother is quite steady on her feet, but she is 71 and I don't need her falling down on my steps!

I had to go dig my shovel out of the front yard with a rake, but our yard is much smaller than yours! I bought the kids a snow shovel from Target, it's short and small, but I've been using that too.

My parents want to come out tomorrow too but I'm trying to get it through their thick skulls that it's not safe to drive out here, just because Bellevue is drivable doesn't mean it is out here!

 

[Michelle67]

I had to go dig my shovel out of the front yard with a rake, but our yard is much smaller than yours! I bought the kids a snow shovel from Target, it's short and small, but I've been using that too.

My parents want to come out tomorrow too but I'm trying to get it through their thick skulls that it's not safe to drive out here, just because Bellevue is drivable doesn't mean it is out here!

I hear ya. I keep telling my parents they might not be able to get out here, but my dad has 4wd and he's a crazy Indian. There's no telling him he can't drive anyplace there's a road (well actually for that matter he will drive where there is NO road). Of course you can't SEE the road, but that's no big thang you know. At least down here the road doesn't slide off into the Strait (like it does by his rez).

 

[Vexorg]

2 more inches here this morning, and it's still falling (but starting to taper off.)

 

[Michelle67]

Okay I'm happier now. I called my ex (my husband is in Iraq, for any that don't already know it) and he can't get me a snow shovel because everyone in town is sold out. However, he has a truck with 4wd and a really heavy tool box in the back so he's going to come drive up and down my driveway a few times to try to make me a cow trail, and he'll go get my mail for me.

 

[goofy's friends]

Puyallup, here! It's melting!! We got alittle bit of rain/snow mix this morning. Now, it must be over 32, cuz it's starting to melt.

 

[Michelle67]

Puyallup, here! It's melting!! We got alittle bit of rain/snow mix this morning. Now, it must be over 32, cuz it's starting to melt.

I'm jealous. It's still snowing like crazy here. BUT I'm still happy, because help is on the way (when he gets off work in an hour or so...).

 

[jordansmomma]

Okay I'm happier now. I called my ex (my husband is in Iraq, for any that don't already know it) and he can't get me a snow shovel because everyone in town is sold out. However, he has a truck with 4wd and a really heavy tool box in the back so he's going to come drive up and down my driveway a few times to try to make me a cow trail, and he'll go get my mail for me.

Well that's nice of him!!
I am so glad I bought a shovel 2 wks ago. Everyone is sold out here. Not that Moses Lake has that many stores to choose from but..

I really wish that it would stop snowing!! This is just crazy!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas Eve!!

 

[Vexorg]

The good news is that I managed to get the walks cleared off for the third time this week. The bad news is that the handle broke on my snow shovel! Hopefully there's not too much more of this stuff, or I'll need to go back to using the dustpan...

 

[Michelle67]

Well...this isn't good. I was down the driveway, trying to clear some of the snow off by rolling ginormous snowballs, when I heard a CRACK! I came running up the driveway to see what it was, and my carport has collapsed onto my friend's Bayliner. It's one of those Costco types, made out of PVC pipe with a soft top. I feel so bad! He drove over after he picked up his wife from work to take a look, and there's just nothing to be done about it right now. The windshield is broken and the canopy is smashed. I keep hearing cracks out there now and again. Ugh...I am so sick of this snow.

 

[bumbershoot]

Molly~ I hope you are ok after your fall. OUCH!!

Thanks! I'm feeling better. It was funny b/c my right knee got it in the first fall, then my left hip in the second, so I couldn't even limp! I just was sort of Frankensteining around.

We made a nice Snow Santa today. It has two faces; one facing the house and one facing the road. Here he is, and also a couple of artsy fartsy shots of my roses and raspberries. LOL

We couldn't get any snowman-type snow! Our snow was too puffy to make even a snowball, and then it got a layer of ice hidden inside the snow, then it snowed more and the ice was down about 3 or 4 inches (sneaky ice). No snowmen.

Molly do you live in the Stadium district?

I do I do! And there's construction on our street so we've had a HUGE digger sitting outside our door (and across the road), collecting snow. The other day a Subaru must have gone skidding down the hill (that's closed, but there is an alleyway that's open going perpendicular to the hill), and got about 8 feet away from hitting the digger. We checked to make sure no one was sleeping in it, thankfully there wasn't.

I haven't looked outside today, I'm having the blues for a few reasons, but I really should have gotten out with DS today. Well, hubby has tomorrow off (guess the Amazon Sellers can fend for themselves?) and we'll get outside then. DS got a nice WARM coat for Yule so he was toasty outside ever since Sunday when we opened our gifts.



The talk about the '96 storm makes me smile and shiver. That year, at the beginning of the year I was living in Virginia just outside of DC. And there was a "blizzard of '96" that year there. Then over the year I decided to move back to WA, and I got here on the 24th or 25th. Was sharing a condo that was halfway out over the Hood Canal in Union. Then the storm hit, and we were blocked in both directions (just that one road out!) from snow, slides, and downed power lines.

The power went out but we still had water, and we could walk to get wood. The big hotel out there, which is now a different place, opened their doors for the locals to have pancakes on the first morning the power was out. But we still had water, b/c it came down by gravity.

Alas, about 4 days into it, we lost the (freezing cold) water because the tanks were empty and it required electricity to fill them! That day we decided to get OUT. Spent hours shoveling the driveway to get my friend's Volvo out. And then a neighbor's grandson came barreling through in his 4 wheel drive truck and went through our snowpile, and sent it all over the driveway again. And he left. My friend and I got into an argument, I shoveled some more (she did most of the first part of our shoveling), and we got OUT. Went to a friend's place in Shelton, and for some reason they didn't have water/heat in the house, but had a generator for their jacuzzi. We got in the jacuzzi, washed our hair (pouring the sudsy water out over the side, not in the hottub), and felt much better. Then while staying over there that night, we discovered that my friend's kitten was going into heat! Miserable night for her and us!


OK that's enough outta me. Since I was in Union, I had a totally different experience than everyone else out in Seattle and Tacoma, and sometimes hubby and I forget that we had SUCH different experiences that year!

 

[Vexorg]

And we're getting clobbered again here. 2" of new snow so far, and still falling heavily. The forecast is saying this will be at least 3-5" before it's done.

 

[Nicolepa]

And we're getting clobbered again here. 2" of new snow so far, and still falling heavily. The forecast is saying this will be at least 3-5" before it's done.

I'd say we have 3-4 up here on the Plateau. I have to go out and measure although I'm running out of areas to measure the daily snow! I have at least 12 inches on my table. I will go out later and measure the tire tracks. I think that about the only place where I can get my daily measurement from.

My inlaws & niece are supposed to be coming tomorrow from Florida. The inlaws are not happy about the weather but my 10 yo niece will be in heaven. The only snow she's ever seen is when we took her to the pass 3 years ago. I'm so excited for her.

 

[disykat]

I didn't know snow was falling for some again today! I haven't turned on the news this am and we're clear here.

Last night was interesting. We had pretty good crowds at church considering the weather, but several of the area churches had totally cancelled services so we got a lot of neighborhood people who normally go elsewhere. It was fun. We had last minute company - friends who also had to go to both services and didn't want to chance going home between them. We only live a few miles away. We had a great time and may have started a new tradition.

We're getting in and out of our neighborhood pretty well now. We still have chains on, but our friends that are coming later have 4WD so they'll be fine.

As I type, light snow just started falling here too.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

Snow/rain mix out here. HUGE snow this morning for awhile though. Two houses over from me is the area on the other grid, they have no power. Heard a huge crash this morning and the snow slid off half of the neighbors roof, took the antenna with it.

Closing in on 3 feet of snow....

 

[Alex2kMommy]

We got huge snowfall last night and this morning as well. Sometime in the night a large limb from the neighbor's tree came crashing down, pulling down other limbs along the way and taking out part of our fence. DH is on crutches right now, and the neighbors don't do any sort of home/yard maintenance, so it's going to be awhile before we can get it repaired. The power flickered several times this morning, but so far so good! We've been very lucky this year, really.

DH says we'll all start to thaw out tomorrow as temps are not expected below freezing after tonight. The kids will be sad to see the sledding fun disappear, but I admit it will be nice to be able to go out and about again. And how wonderful was it to have a white Christmas???

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

After spending the morning shoveling out our hill with a bunch of neighbors and still having a compact snow and ice mess - 10 inches at the highest point. I emailed the city to ask what the deal was, they plowed everything above us and below us, leaving our hill blocked in with large chunks of snow. Well an hour ago they showed up and plowed - three times!!!

I am leaving my house tomorrow!!! Wonder what it's like in the real world....