Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Snowed in on Cape Cod

I'm sure you are hearing stories left and right about this past weekend's snow storm.  We hunkered down on Friday as the snow began thinking, "This really isn't going to be too bad."  We got the kids to bed and then ourselves with little more than a coating of slush all around....Then we all woke the next morning with cold noses and ice covered windows.  Power was out and had been most of the night.  The hubs and I quickly began assessing if we would be able to make it to his parents about 8 miles away to thaw out by their wood stove.  Our attempts to stay warm by the fireplace was proving lame and well we were getting nervous.  Hubs shoveled what he could and came in the house with a quick, "Ok we can make a run for it!"  (It sounds far more exciting writing it than it felt at the time!) Bags were packed and kids bundled and out the door we went praying the roads were better than what was outside our door!  They weren't awful (then again I had my eyes closed 3/4 of the ride!) and we made it safe and sound.  Hours of shoveling (I did help a bit but no where near as much as Hubs and my Father-in-law) and reading, and anything else to pass the time and this running mama became restless!  I kept reading post by all you awesome people about your long runs and workouts and I couldn't help but growl a bit!  In the end I am thankful for heat and power now (something I certainly take for granted) and I know soon we'll have internet and cable and life will resume as normal (until the next storm).  Kudos to the crews at NStar who flooded the Cape in droves and got us back and warmed up after only a few days!  I'll leave you with some scenes from our blizzard fun...sorry for the sideways fun but apparently my computer still isn't up for playing nice!
Snuggled up in front of the fire before we made a run for it!



One of the reasons we had no power!!!
Was more than excited to spend some quality time with these bad boys this morning!!!


12 comments:

  1. Snow is so beautiful when viewing it from the west coast, haha! I'm glad you got to run this morning.

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  2. Glad you survived the weekend and have power again. your snowy pictures are beautiful and those shoes are so pretty!

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  3. I thought what we got was bad - but you guys really got nailed. So glad you are back in the warmth. No power would be very bad.

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  4. Good thing you had your inlaws to go to! Think you'll get back to school this week?

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  5. Wow. What an adventure. So glad 1) you had a warm place to go, 2) you were able to get there safely, 3) you could enjoy the beauty of the snow, and 4) you are now warm at home again :)

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  6. Oh wow. Crazy stuff! Glad you guys were able to get to some warmth. I have to admit that it all brought back bad memories from snowmageddon here and I was glad it was there! (which means karma will come and get me in the form of a snowstorm!). Glad you got in a run finally!

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  7. Wow! Glad the power is back on:)Love the shoes!

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  8. Happy to hear you were able to get to family to wait out the storm! That was a crazy storm!!!

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  9. Wow- beautiful but brutal! Glad y'all survived! Love, love the shoes :).

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  10. hope you are finally OUT AND FREE!!

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  11. The horror stories from our friend in Plymouth are enough to convince me that I could never survive a New England winter. You guys are tough!

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