Snow Storm

It FINALLY just started here! I'm so excited, lol! I just hope it snows like heck and then we have off or a delay on Monday. I'm horrible, aren't I?? We teachers are worse than the kids when it comes to delays and off when it snows. AND... it's only supposed to snow on the weekdays, not the weekends! I was hoping it wouldn't start at all until tomorrow, but noooooo... it had to all start today. Oh well.. it's snow, it's supposed to be a lot, so thta makes me a happy girl!


BTW.. my biscotti baking is going well. I'm done with the hazelnut cinnamon biscotti and am on to the chocolate hazelnut biscotti. I'm just waiting for Dave to get back with more parchment paper for me. I totally ran out and had just a tiny piece of it left, so that's all I have for one pan. I need more before I put my other pan in. Hope he didn't get into an accident, he's been gone for a while. :(

I'm so jealous of you guys!

I have a love-hate relationship of snow. I hate it, but I love having it.

Right now we have MAYBE 1 inch, if you look really hard. It's snowing right now, but I don't *think* we're supposed to get very much.

I'm in Richmond, VA and we have had about a foot. As I love looking at the snow, I hate it keeping me cooped up in the house. I left earlier for about an hour. I dug what I could from around my car, and then 2 neighbors gave me a quick push and off I went. I had to work until 8 last night, and although work is really close to my house, I managed to slide into the curb pretty hard last night and I didn't have my seat belt on ( I know, no lectures please :)) and I hit my head on the top of my car. Went to sleep w/ a headache but have been fine today...I still have alot of Christmas shopping to do, too!!

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Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

It FINALLY just started here! I'm so excited, lol! I just hope it snows like heck and then we have off or a delay on Monday. I'm horrible, aren't I?? We teachers are worse than the kids when it comes to delays and off when it snows.

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When do you get out for Christmas? Schools closed yesterday, around here, and reopen on January 4th.

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Originally Posted by 3Catcondo

I'm in Richmond, VA and we have had about a foot. As I love looking at the snow, I hate it keeping me cooped up in the house. I left earlier for about an hour. I dug what I could from around my car, and then 2 neighbors gave me a quick push and off I went. I had to work until 8 last night, and although work is really close to my house, I managed to slide into the curb pretty hard last night and I didn't have my seat belt on ( I know, no lectures please :)) and I hit my head on the top of my car. Went to sleep w/ a headache but have been fine today...I still have alot of Christmas shopping to do, too!!

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My son is in Midlothian, and drove down from Frederick, Maryland last evening - after picking up his oldest son at Hood. He said it took him about 3 hours to get from Fredericksburg to home - normally a one hour jaunt.

The snow started here in Trenton before dawn and hasn't stopped all day!!! Our local weather reports have been saying we could get 15" to 25" before it stops tomorrow morning. Earlier this afternoon I did get outside to walk around in it and it was so beautiful!!!!!! I love winter and the more snow, the better.

There's an old farmer's legend that says the date of the first trackable snowfall is how many times it will snow during the winter. The one year I kept track, it was right on accurate!!:D!!!

Hey snow, keep on coming!

Be safe, all you East Coast PT'ers. Fritz03 and Catmandu, further north, how are you doing? We've got the wet, slushy, hard-to-shovel stuff here.

Hannah and daddy, Belle and Beezer, you look like you had a ton of fun in the snow! :D

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Originally Posted by Grace

When do you get out for Christmas? Schools closed yesterday, around here, and reopen on January 4th.

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Our first day of vacation is December 24th, and we go back on Jan. 4th.

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Originally Posted by momcat

There's an old farmer's legend that says the date of the first trackable snowfall is how many times it will snow during the winter. The one year I kept track, it was right on accurate!!:D!!!

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I hope not! I like snow too, but don't know that I want to see 18 more storms this season.

Right now we have about 18"-20" and it's still snowing. Unfortunately, of the 3 cars in the driveway, one of them might be able to get out with a little bit of work. However, the other 2 have snow drifted around them to the tune of around 3', and blocking them in. The motorcycle and lawn tractor are snug and dry in the garage! :rolleyes: Of course, still no plows down the road, since they can't even keep the main roads cleared with all the drifting. Glad we keep a well stocked pantry and freezer. At least we won't go hungry! :)

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Originally Posted by Grace

When do you get out for Christmas? Schools closed yesterday, around here, and reopen on January 4th.

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Our last day was the 18, and we go back January 4 as well! Two glorious weeks of no school :love:

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Originally Posted by 3Catcondo

I'm in Richmond, VA and we have had about a foot.

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My cousin recently graduated from MSU and moved to Richmond, lol. Sorry, that's random.

We decided to use Beezer as our measuring device. sent him out into the snow to see where I came up to on him and then measured from there.

We have 15 inches so far

the dogs are bunny hopping through it LOL

Just an update from a little south of you...it's still going, but nowhere near as strong. I have no idea the total, but we have so far exceeded twenty inches I can't even imagine by how much. We plowed off about 9-12 inches earlier in the day and at least a foot has fallen since. This is unbelievable. I'll see if I can post pictures tomorrow.

I must say, I'm a bit disappointed in this storm. They were calling for 18", we might have 6" right now. At least I got to finish some Christmas projects since I was off from work today :D

I do have to admit the driving was awful when I left work. It was also quite funny to drive through separate sections and know which town/city/borough was responsible for plowing. One street would be clean, and the next would be scary.

Our storm has just started now, even though the forecasters were sure it would have started hours and hours ago ... we'll see how much we end up getting!

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Originally Posted by catnapper

I must say, I'm a bit disappointed in this storm. They were calling for 18", we might have 6" right now.

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Count yourself lucky. We only ended up with 1 - 1 1/2 inches:rolleyes:

I'm sorry, but after having seen the great blizzard of '78:D with snow drifted to the roof of my house, and having to shovel snow into the bathtub to get out the sliding glass door; none of these 'blizzards' I've seen since look like much to me.

I've also noticed the more they hype it up, and the more people swamp the stores for supplies, the less snow we end up with.