Snowed in from Blizzard 2011

So, I had hopes of chillin and using up some of our free Dish Pay Per Views during this blizzard thing.

It started yesterday. We got out of work at noon. Oddly, when I drove to work in the morning, there was basically no traffic anywhere which is strange since I work downtown. Whenever I pull onto the main street, I usually have to wait as there are scores of cars heading in both directions to work or school. Nothing...pulled right out. However, as I left work at noon, there was traffic everywhere. I pulled into the Hardees that is across the street to grab lunch before heading in for what I knew would be a long time. There was a LONG line and it kept coming behind me. I figured it out...everyone downtown was being let out of work too for THE STORM! I picked up the girls at great-grandma's and headed home.

With the hours that Josh worked on Tuesday during a blizzard, one would think he was emergency or law enforcement personnel...nope. They apparently go for records to see who can stay open the longest I guess. I'm glad he got his hours, but as the evening dragged on and the wind picked up I couldn't help but wonder if they would even be able to see to get home. Fortunately, I had suggested to Josh that he get a ride with the person who owned the big black Ram truck 4x4 that I saw in the parking lot while visiting him on Monday. He checked and the co-worker had the same hours and said he would pick him up. You see, we have cars...not SUV's, not trucks. They are mid-sized cars and they do okay, but once the snow reaches 8 or more inches, they simply do not GO...ANYWHERE. Well, Josh arrived home safely. I was worried about the co-worker that brought him home (at 10:30 pm)as he had much further to go and it is more in the country. He texted Josh when he got home 1 hour later SAFELY...praise God!

My Ugg-slippered feet were busy the minute they hit the floor this morning. It turned out to be the same time I get up every day. A day snowed in for us means catch-up. We don't get "snow days" from school because we are the unconventional homeschool. We make sure to be diligent in January & February so that we can get out in March. Today was no different. I supervised Aliyah & Kiki while they did their work. Josh made us a wonderful snow day breakfast. Laundry was washing throughout the day.
The UPS man delivered 2 packages sometime yesterday afternoon during the blizzard (I was impressed). That meant Josh had some items to assemble. I purchased a bookcase for the girls. Aliyah is an avid reader and Keirah (4) is learning to read and will be an avid reader as well. Right now she is an avid looker and read-to-me girl. They have amassed quite a collection of books that were taking over their bedroom. I ordered this with the idea of it being in the basement. Once Josh put it together, I was way more impressed as it was much better and prettier than I hoped or imagined. So, it got a different spot...upstairs. We moved the books from their closets and dressers upstairs to their new spot. I organized them. They filled that bookcase almost completely with their books.
After the great book organization, it was re-arrange/clean things in their room. We had a Silly Putty nightmare as well. There was SP in a bed on the sheets and all over pj's...not fun...keep your children away from this horrid object!!! I also did the organize clothes in closet task. Since our 8 y/o is tiny, she can wear things for quite some time. In her side of the closet, the clothes go back all the way to size 5!! I took all size 5 and simply transferred it to the other side for Kiki. The size 6 went in a pile as did the size 3 for Keirah. I also took out a few things that I wish to retire. It freed up closet space and the rest went to the basement for putting away and then some for our annual garage sale. I did the same in Noelliah's closet and dresser.
Josh proceeded to put together a nightstand for N's room. We put it in her room and rearranged a few more things. In between all of that we ate a really late 3 pm lunch and cleaned up afterward.
Tonight, it was vacuuming, putting away laundry, making beds, getting trash out, me doing some work emails etc...
Josh turned to me and said, "I saw all of these people posting on their Facebook statuses about watching movies and stuff"..."we don't ever have time"....he's right. At 9:45 I asked him if he wanted to get one of our PPV's from Dish and he said we probably would fall asleep. He was right. Instead, we watched a few short shows that we had dvr'd.
I'm thankful for a snow day to get all of this done, but boy am I tired! I didn't take one picture today and I haven't even looked at or uploaded pics from our lovely weekend with Noelliah's dedication. Oh yeah, I didn't even post about it yet. Oh my...well, maybe when I get more caught up.