Well, we’ve gotten a little snow and a lot of ice over the last 2 days. One of the things I do not like about the DC area is that there rarely are good snowfalls. Although we rarely get good snow, that doesn’t stop area schools from closing simply for the threat of snow.

Once again, we didn’t really get much snow, but we did get a lot of ice. It was both beautiful and scary at the same time. The beauty was watching the icicles, seeing everything encased in glittery ice. The beauty was hearing the “clinging” of the ice-encased tree branches as they brushed up against each other - reminding me of those glass wind chimes, but this experience could be heard everywhere.

The bad was no power. We were without power all morning, then power was restored for about 5 hours. By 5 o’clock we lost power again and were wondering when we’d get power restored. So, on Valentine’s Day evening, we packed up the girls and went to Bob Evans for some warm food. It was our first warm meal of the day. After dinner, we went to a local motel to see if they had any vacancies and were pet-friendly. Sure they were pet friendly, but they didn’t have any vacancies.

The other “bad” was that we were moderately concerned for our safety. We have a very large pine tree in our front yard, and branches were falling left and right. In fact, our front yard is covered, yet our pine tree looks incredibly bare now. Needless to say, we may have to suck it up and pay to remove the tree.

The good news, however, is that after our visit to the motel, we found that our home did have power. Strange, considering that the homes just across the street had no power. Anyway, we’re safe and sound. It looks like I’ll have to invest in a chain saw so I can remove the debris this weekend.

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