For the last few days we have been digging out from under all the snow that has fallen across our area! Last Wednesday I left work early to beat the snowstorm home, and to get home before the roads got icy. It was snowing slightly Wednesday afternoon, but nothing major. Thursday morning I woke up to the kind of snowfall that I’ve never seen before! We had well over a foot of snow…so much snow that it came up to my knees! Wesley made me wait until it was fully daylight outside (obviously, with the road conditions the way they were, I did not go into work Thursday) before I went outside and caught my first look at actual snowfall. It was beautiful! Cold…but beautiful! The snow was so powdery fine…like dust. It was not wet snow at all. And it snowed practically all day Thursday. It let up for about an hour or two, and it was back at it again. So I spent the day with Wesley, and after we got done feeding the heifers & steers that morning, we turned in for the rest of the day. It was wayyyy too cold outside to do anything else. It was about -8 that day. Thursday night into Friday morning we got about another 6 inches of snow, taking our total to around 16-18 inches of snow in two days! Since the roads were icy again on Friday I was told to stay home from work again. Jiggs and I hung out in the house all morning while Wesley went to feed, then we all had lunch together, and went and picked up a bull his dad purchased from the neighbor. That night Sarah, Clint, and little Jack came over for dinner and card games. We had a lot of fun with them. I held Jack all evening (imagine that?!). We played a board game, had dinner, then played some cards. We are supposed to get together with Clint & Sarah again this coming weekend, so we’ll see!
Saturday was more cold weather, but no snow! We tried to go sledding on Saturday, but the snow was so light & fluffy still that I just sank down in it! Wesley tried to give me a running start, but even that didn’t work! So we put the toboggan away for another day (possibly this Saturday), and played some games inside together. Saturday night we had the card party at his parents’ house. That was a lot of fun. Wesley won for the highest total score, and I won for the lowest. It lasted pretty late into the night, but it was a lot of fun for us.
Sunday we fed the cattle, then painted our office before watching football. We were disappointed that the Patriots and Giants were going to the Superbowl, but whatever. We won’t be watching that game because neither of us like either of those teams.
We are slowly thawing out here, but there is still a LOT of snow on the ground. We got rain Saturday night so that helped “pack down” some of the snow, but it also made it really slippery…and really icy on the roads! We don’t have much planned for this week since we got all of our painting done (for now), and look forward to a quiet weekend. Hopefully we won’t be getting anymore snow…that was quite a bit at one time for this Texas girl. But I must admit, it was a pretty amazing sight to wake up to everything covered in the powdery white stuff…it was beautiful!
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