Happy Tuesday: The Rest of the Story Post Ice Storm
Our power went off last night about 8:30pm so after reading by candlelight for a little while we went to bed early. I got up at 1am to get a drink of water and as I walked through the kitchen with the penlight from my work name badge, the lights suddenly came on around me and the stove and microwave beeped at me. Scared the hell out of me for a second!
On the other hand I didn't wake up wondering what time the lights came back on. That's for sure. 1:05am on the dot.
I don't about the rest of the Midwesters but I'm getting really tired of ice storms.
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The ice is so pretty, but I hate driving to work in it! I can't believe how fast it came down yesterday. This is nuts.
Posted by: Addie | February 12, 2008 at 02:16 PM
yes i agree "freaky weather" i dont know if it was sticking but i seen it snowing earlier today!! yuck!!! my doors were frozen shut had a time getting in them last night and this morning...cant wait to go out there when i leave work to see how long it takes me to "break in" :)
hurry up spring time :)
have a good evening!!!!! :)
Posted by: lacey | February 12, 2008 at 04:59 PM
Addie-I agree! It's beautiful as long as I'm snugly at home looking at it.
Lacey--No kidding! I was so thankful the other morning when I realzied how bad it was going to be leaving work and that the night before I'd managed to get a spot in the parking garage and on an inside wall. Whew!
Posted by: Glenna | February 12, 2008 at 05:39 PM
Oh, my heart goes out to you! That looks fierce. The winters can be brutal in the Midwest. I was able to handle them when I was growing up there. But, I'm a total wimp now!
Posted by: sher | February 12, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Our first ice storm in Dallas, put a huge tree in our driveway where I usually parked my car! And the kids got there one of only two snowmen that year.
Know what you mean about the lights coming back on. It's a spook if you're awake but then you know.
Posted by: MyKitchenInHalfCups | February 13, 2008 at 05:10 AM
Tag - you're it. I think you guys got the worst of this go-around again. We had ice too, but not near as much as you guys. I began to watch the trees start to bend again, and wondered at what point I should start to collect the batteries and flashlights. But the sunlight through the branches against the blue backdrop of sky today was a spectacular sight, and now all the ice is gone again. . .till the weekend! Yeehaw.
Posted by: Lynn | February 13, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Yep. I'm sick of them. Our power went off again today.
Posted by: Emiline | February 15, 2008 at 03:15 AM
Sher--I'm not sure I'd like the high winds you guys get though either!
Tanna--Hey cool! A tree in the driveway. Okay, not really fun but a great story, like a badge of honor from the storm!
Lynn--I know. I loved the way the sun turned all the ice to diamonds in the morning. It's also beautiful to see the trees in the parking lot at work under the streetlights and with the fog. Beautiful! As long as the lights are on I can handle it...
Emiline--Hopefully that was our one big one for this year and we can now calmly go on to spring...
Posted by: Glenna | February 15, 2008 at 04:32 AM