Cursing and Shaking my Fist at the Snow Gods

We leave for Grenada at 3pm tomorrow.....

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

* SNOW COVERED ROADS FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR

* DIFFICULT TRAVEL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW DEVELOPING AROUND MIDNIGHT... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND END AROUND NOON.

* LOW VISIBILITIES OF HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

Chickens

I want them. Again. I did a really good job taking care of them in Augusta, and feel like I would do a good job here again. In case anyone is interested, here are pictures of the type of coop I would like.

Yikesies

I just went up to check to see why Meredith was crying instead of napping. I found her dangling from the outside of her crib. She had gotten her little body all the way on the other side but was too afraid to let go to drop to the floor. She was crying " I need my Megan". I guess Meg is in and Mom is out.

Princess Stink Eye

Yee Haw!

Well, I am busy here, which is why I havent posted. Really there is so much to write about but then I sit down to write something and cant figure out which thing to write about. Anways, I will try to be better!

This weekend we went to Gatlinburg, TN for a big family reunion with the outlaw side. We had an awesome time, and really hope it becomes a tradition. There were 21 of us in one huge mountain house. Sixteen of us went skiing the first day, and there were seven cousins all in ski school together. It was a looooong nine hour drive to get there but really it was worth it.

Gatlingburg is basically redneck central. The world headquarters of redneckness is about ten minutes down the road in Pigeon Forge, home of Dollywood, sadly closed for the winter. A close comparison would be Panama City. There were about twenty or more go-cart racing places in a three mile span. I was kind of amazed that every second person smoked and there were signs up at the go cart track and bungee jumping handwritten in on the front saying "do not bungee jump if you are pregnant". Also airbrush, henna tattoos and lots of bungee jumping and loop the loop type things. Seriously, who is into that?
The drive back was basically torture. I woke up at 4am the day we were supposed to leave, and saw that there was a severe storm warning at home (because I check my iphone in the middle of the night if I wake up- bad I know). I woke up J and we considered leaving right then, but then fell right back to sleep because, we are Bells and that is what we do. But then we woke up at 730 and were out the door by 8. The last hour or so of driving was so scary- there was icy sleety snow coming down, and the stuff on the roads was like a sing icey. The girls were sick of being in the car so I was sitting in the back with them trying to entertain. Meredith ate like 100 tic tacs in between telling me she was " I Mommy buddy, no, Daddy buddy, no, Mommy buddy". BUT- we made it back and though my accuweather app had predicted 1.5 inches of snow, there were actually more like 8. J and I both feel like we have PTSD from today's drive.

Blizzard!!

We are under a blizzard warning starting tonight, expecting 12-18 inches of snow. I am really excited, I know that is crazy, but it would be my first 'real' snowstorm in three winters of being a mid-Westerner.