Digging Out

Hey everyone! Hope that all of my friends in Hercules' path remained safe and warm. I woke up this morning to hear the whipping winds and see the swirling snow still coming down. It has calmed down and is now sunny... which is what I've come to expect after big storms. I think it's Mother Nature's way of giving us the finger or smirking at us. I'm still at my brother's house and we easily got a foot of snow with the drifts and everything.

When I woke up it was still coming down like crazy and very grey.

The weird thing was that it barely stuck to the cars at all! They were all pretty much clean. One less thing for me to clean up.

It was very overwhelming to me to have to dig everything out myself but luckily my brother has nice neighbors that came to my rescue (after I put in a good hour by myself so I got my workout in for the day, ha). It is currently about 1:30 pm and the plow still has not come so the street is still a mess. My 1998 clunker won't make it down the block in that so I'm taking a snow day and I'll probably have to dig out again after the plow comes. Luckily I moved my car into the driveway behind my sister in law's so I'll only have a little to dig out in front of the driveway.

I have to say that even though I hate snow in general that it looks really beautiful today. It is really powdery because of the bitter cold temperatures and it glistens like glitter in the sun. So pretty!

It wouldn't be a post from my brother's house without pics of the fur children. I only have Tyler and Eddie today but they are adorable...

Tyler was so cute!! He built himself a little fort in all of the pillows and blankets. It was drafty in the bedroom so he kept himself warm in his adorable little fort.

Here he is all snuggled up in his fort. I've been loving all of the snuggle time! He's such a cuddlebug.

Eddie has been extra affectionate this visit. Of course my allergy to him is driving me nuts but I just can't kick that face off the bed. He's so cute and worth the sneezing and itchy eyes and coughs ;) He sleeps on the pillow next to me at night and has taken to laying on me while we watch TV. Tyler is always right by my side too.

So that's been it for the last couple of days. My 21 day 80-10-10 Challenge starts on January 5 and I'm excited/nervous. I'm planning on going grocery shopping Sunday or Monday (I have enough produce to get me through Sunday if necessary) and will show you my haul. This first week will probably be a Trader Joe's haul since I have gift cards. Yay! It'll be a huge help.

That's all from my neck of the woods. How did all of you do with the storm? I know the accumulations weren't extraordinary in most places but the wind and cold temps made it brutal. Hope you are all well and warm! XO and Happy New Year!