HOUSE FIRES

Due to this bad weather that caught a lot of people off guard, there
are quite a few house fires. Along with the blizzard we had yesterday,
there were lots of stranded cars, trees falling on top of homes and
destroying them tress falling on power lines knocking out the power to
at least a hundred thousand homes in this freezing temperatures.

This morning a neighbor friend's home caught fire. Brandy said it was
started by s space heater in the garage. Many people in our
neighborhood park their cars outside and convert their garage into a
play area for the kids. The garages are freezing cold this time of
year which is why some use space savers. I am assuming that this is
the case. This particular house that caught on fire belongs to two of
Mimi's classmates Bryton and Colton. Apparently dad Todd was home
alone with their 6 kids ages 10 and younger. He managed to get all the
kids out safely barefooted. Dad went to see the house and said the
whole back of the house was burned. The neighbors all got together to
give what they could. The family is staying with neighbors. Dad and
Mimi brought over some food and clothes.
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SNOW DAY FUN

You could see the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. More snow
fun for Mimi today followed by a family movie. Cute movie but kinda
boring.

DAD'S DRIVE HOME

Yesterday's commute home last night. Today the sky is gorgeously blue, clear with a few clouds. On her own, Mimi said she wanted to go out and play. So now at this very moment she is having the time of her life sledding up and down the driveway. One nice thing about snow is that she can play outside by herself and no cars are zipping up and down the street.

DAY AFTER THE STORM

Snow is still everywhere. Snow makes everything look real pretty.
Sunny outside. None the less it is 22 degrees outside with a forecast
of 11 degrees tonight. YIKES!!!!!

News said that there were around 117 reported accidents and 200 metro
buses out of commission. Sea-Tac also suffered with delayed flights.
Lots of abandoned vehicles everywhere. The main concern now is ice.
Black ice is the worst cause you can't see it and won't even know it's
there until you hit it . Therefore lots of people staying home today.

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MAKING SNOWFLAKES AND MUSIC VIDEOS

After Zoe and her family left for home it was time for bath, dinner and a bit of homework thinking we still had school tomorrow. When we got the call for no school tomorrow tomorrow due to bad road conditions, you should have seen Mimi whoop it up yelling "I knew it!!! Woo Hoo!!!"

Dad says that he plans on staying home tomorrow since he left work early (4:30) and did not get home till 8:00 this evening. He says that there a couple of accidents and everyone was driving 30mph all the way from Everett (about 90 miles from our house).

After the homework was done, Mimi kept herslf busy with making snowflakes and music videos. She thinks that dad and I know nothing about making the snowflakes therefore she had to give a demonstration. I had no idea that she was making a music video but that's what happens when I leave it where she can find it.

AFTER SCHOOL WINTER FUN

Although technically it is still Fall season, it feels and looks like Winter to us. Still conference time for the kiddos so this time I babysat for Shelley. Of course dad had cleannes out the garage this past weekend so that he could park his car in the garage. Getting the sleds out was something else as I only have the use of one hand. But I did it!

After sliding down the driveway tired them out, they all came in to warm up. Hot cocoa and graham crackers all around. Even Butch went out for some fun, but it was not long before he was in front of the fireplace again.

The snow stopped long enough for the kids to play outside before it started coming down in droves again. No gymnastics tonight. Poor dad, he has to drive a long ways home in this snowy weather.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Stockings? Check. Long johns? Check. Long sleeve shirt followed by
favorite short sleeve shirt? Check. Beannie, snow boots, snow jacket?
Check, check, check.

I know you can't really tell from the picture but it is coming down in
droves this very minute.

Although the doc said it is ok to drive short distances, I'm not sure
if I want to chance it in this condition.