Snowpocolypse 2010

Got that title from my cousin John and thought it was funny.

First off, I've been out of work for 8 days, tomorrow being the holiday will round it off at 9 days off. So weird. Last week I had 3 days off helping Jeromy with taking care of the affairs of his mother who passed away last week- thank you all for your love and support for Jeromy during this time. Here's my exhausted husband...

Had a weekend off.. nice... got some presents wrapped- I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet- don't judge me!

Then the Snowpocolypse of 2010 hit. It started out innocently enough. Pretty snow, just a light dusting- so the weather man said. We got 4-5 inches.

Then the power went out... but not before I got dinner cooked. Perfect timing actually. I had 3 burners going and the rice cooker going and everything had about another minute or so to cook and out went the power. We got candles and flashlights and had dinner by candle light... niiiice...

I also called work and said I wasn't going to risk driving in the snow- they of course- understood. So everyone in the house still had juice in their laptops so the kids did their thing and Jeromy and I watched a couple movies on his. Other than the bitter cold we were all right. Everyone was layered in blankets and we all slept pretty warmly. Was that some crazy wind or what? Our yard has tons of snow and top of that all the leaves and branches that got blown down!

The next morning it was soooo cold! We headed over to Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Lee's house. They didn't lose their power. And it was only going to get colder. We also had to maneuver a rescue operation. Kent's poor turtle Dynamite slept all night in the bitter cold- she didn't have her heat lamp all night. Kent lovingly held in a scarf on the ride over to my parents. He was really worried about her.That's better. Sitting in a warm stream of sunlight. Grandma also found a mini halogen light to shine right over the top of her.Grandma was in full blown baking mode... making cookies here...

I'm glad Jade likes baking with Grandma, I was never really into baking. Maybe when I retire...Kent chillin' with his best friend... laptop....Did I mention that my mom has been spoiling us with delicious food? She made us french toast for breakfast yesterday. A yummy dinner last night, oh and how about a piece of apple- pear pie???? It was delicious!

Called the shipyard emergency number and they announced that they were canceling swing shift- all shifts for that matter. You do not even know how happy that made me! Tell me to not go to work? And you're not going to use my vacation time? Just tell me to go home and you're going to just give me 8 free hours of pay? Ok I say.

Jade drawing. Both kids brought all their drawing supplies.I decided to work on my scarf. I bought this amazing yarn last month while Jeromy and I were on our anniversary trip and I just have not had time to start it. This yarn was beautiful and expensive. I would not have bought a scarf for as much as I bought this yarn, but it was just gorgeous. It changes textures and colors thru out the whole thing, but all staying in the same color family- sorta- my favorite colors of blue, purple, and then silver and sparkle thru out!When it got time for bed, I was feeling really fortunate. If we were at home we would be freezing and in the dark, along with over 50,000 other people in Kitsap County. But we were warm, full and had my parents fold out couch, and the kids had this memory foam thing to sleep on on the floor complete with grandma's home made quilts with love in every stitch. Come ONNNNN-- we are blessed! Look how cute Kent is coming down stairs and thinking he gets the bed! Nope!Then next morning, we decided Jeromy and I would make an attempt to go home and gather all our Thanksgiving food- cause we were planning to have it at our house this year. But with no power... well we just thought we'd cook it over at Grandma's house! We left the kids home cause I wasn't sure how the roads were going to be. This huge beam had fallen by the gas station right by our house, took down some power lines with it, could be why we lost power.

We also stopped at the super walmart for my parents to pick up a few things. It turns out we did have power when we stopped at home, but it must have just turned on cause the house was still frozen. Since we had already decided to just have turkey day at my mom's we stuck with that plan.

There's mom making homemade cinnamon rolls. I think we've all gained 15 pounds since we've been here.OK, now it's my turn to bake. Part of my Thanksgiving was that I was going to make my first pumpkin pie from scratch. My friend Maranda blogged one that she made with her daughter and it looked awesome and she said it tasted great. So I brought all the ingredients to my moms and the recipe Maranda emailed me. Here's the pumpkin...As soon as I cut into the pumpkin I had a sinking feeling. I think it had passed it's prime. It was totally mushy inside. My mom and I both decided it was BAD. LAME!!! I was totally disappointed. My big plans of making a homemade pumpkin pie slammed! Oh well, I'm just not a baker. But check out my mom's cinnamon rolls! She also had vanilla frosting to go on top... maybe we all are going to gain 20 pounds. And we haven't even had Thanksgiving dinner yet!I'll just stick to what I'm good at.... making scarves!!! I finished it! I wish I had a little more of that amazing yard, I would have liked to make it a little bit longer. But with tassles I think it will do. It is now my favorite scarf. I think it was the most fun to make, unraveling the different colors.This picture doesn't do it justice.There's my mom with her feet kicked up... master cook extraordinaire! But not before she made us all a yummy pot roast dinner. You're not making it easy to leave mom! So, now we are all getting ready for bed. Going to get up at 6am to start the turkey preparations. I got a new recipe for the turkey from my friend Christy, pray it turns out better than my attempt at the pumpkin pie.

Hug all those close to you tonight. Hope you're warm.