February 1,2011 Snow Daze! Snow DAYS!!!!

Hello

Yes we are experiencing "Snow Daze" and the girls will have some more Snow Days!  I think we are past our snow day limit....they'll be going to school until July!

I can't believe we are having another storm and this one sounds like a whopper!  I'm really hoping that Bob opts to not go to work.

I know people who know my "weather obsession"   (laughing) would never believe that this storm came out of no where for me. I've been so caught up with doing all that needs doing to buy the Lenox house and move that I have NOT...I repeat have NOT been keeping up with the weather.  When I read about this storm early yesterday morning I realized that our roofs need shoveling before this storm hits!  There was already at least 2'feet on the roofs..including chunks of ice that have fallen from the roofs above.

 Bob did a bit of  it before leaving for work with the Roof Rake, however, because there was that crunchy layer he couldn't get much off..basically was able to just scrape the top layer off.  Most of it was still left because of that icy, crunchy layer.

Since Bob was going to work and I didn't want to do this "monkey work" while  home alone I called neighbor and friend Matt  (he helped tremendously with the leaf issue)...and asked if he would be willing to come and work a couple hours to help clear the  roof.  He used our little  snowblower..YES ON THE ROOF.... and blew most of the snow off...the beauty of that is he blew it  WAY into  the distance so it wasn't all next to the house.  I'll post some photos another time....they are still in my camera..my camera is in the entryway which is where the pups are sleeping and I'm not ready for THEM to be up yet!!!!


Because this project took longer than I expected I didn't have time to go food shopping before picking the girls up . I had to do some food shopping in case we get stuck inside some days.

I called my friend Shouroq and asked if I could leave the girls with her while I  do my errands.  (She will be my neighbor..less than 1 mile away)...when we move to Lenox.  She was happy to do it.  The girls enjoy playing with Shouroq's to children Aziz and Danah...plus of course there is Baby Leena..who is only 3months old!  Adorable!  They are from Saudi Arabia and is living  here while her husband works at Sabic...I think Leena doesn't know what to think of these blonde haired girls looking at her..she stares in complete disbelief!!! laughing

The stores were a madhouse.  That took me much longer than I thought so Shouroq made us dinner...THANK GOODNESS because  when we got home at 6:45 with a car full of groceries..2 tired girls and 2 hungry dogs that had been in the car since 2:45  the last thing I needed was to make dinner!!!

When I spoke to Bob around 5 he was leaving the office.   I called Bob's  cell on the way home..I tried the home number a few times first but it just rang......I wanted to ask him  if he would be willing to get the girls bath going if he got home before me ...That's when I heard he was still in the parking garage in  Albany! His car was stuck in the parking garage ..it would not start.   He tried jumping it
and no luck.   so he waited and waited and waited..Bob was stuck in Albany waiting for AAA for 3 hours !  Totally unacceptable.!  A lettter needs to be written to them....not only did he wait for 3 hours
not once did anyone call HIM to tell him the status. He called like 3 times.

ANYWAY. they finally came and got the car going ...i think they popped the clutch....our neighbor followed  him to Gt/ Barrington to leave his car at Dominic's shop...I suggested doing that so NOT to   turn it off here and have it not start again....IF the car  didn't start in our driveway then plowing the "monster storm" would be complicated and probably very limited.  sooo...

Bob did NOT have a good day.    He's been battling Thrush AGAIN so that makes talking more difficult for him.

Before work someone from Wheeler and Taylor was supposed to be here at 8am to look at the house to help us rent it and the guy never showed.  Bob didn't get out of here until 9 am  and he likes to BE at work by 8:15-8:30.  ......  Wasted time waiting for a no show!   So that was the beginning of the day and the car issue was the end of the day.   He didn't get home until 10:30.  He was exhausted.

So...that's what is happening now.

As you know If you write to either of us and we  do not respond it means we don't have internet service My guess is that this storm WILL interrupt our satellite internet service.....as well as possibly phone and electric....soooo....We may lose power and phone as well...if the phone just rings
you'll know why!

More later in the week...