Snowmageddon

The power is out. We went to bed Thursday night to the sounds of sleet and freezing rain falling heavily outside. We awoke to a dark house and neighborhood. The power went out once and came back on, but went off for good around 3am. Salem sent the closed email at 6 am so Hayden and I bundled up under the covers and went back to sleep for a few hours. We got up and ate breakfast, fed the dogs and retreated back to the somewhat warm bed. We played a few rounds of Cars Monopoly Jr and were on our third game of "Who Shook Hook?" when Lila woke up. At noon. 

We had a little lunch, of what we had in the pantry and fruit bowl. We cuddled back up under the covers and used what was left of my laptop battery to watch Shrek: The Final Chapter. That took us right to nap time and after I put the kids down, I headed outside. I wanted to be able to go out since it was just slushy and not icy. So I set out to shovel the driveway. 

What a job! 40 minutes and an outfit change later it was done. I felt super accomplished and decided to brave the cold water for a shower. To my surprise, we still had hot water!! I took a super fast shower just in case the water was a fluke but man it felt good! We packed up after nap time and went out in search of hot food and civilization. 

We grabbed some food and made our way around town without many working traffic lights. We decided to stay with my brother once Lila's lips turned blue...