what else is there to say?

I feel a desire and an obligation of sorts to blog right now, but the problem lies in the fact that the train of thought around these parts is pretty much traveling along just one track in this snowpocalypse redux round two. This snowcation, as it were, is all that anybody in the mid-Atlantic area can talk about, blog about, and think about. Yes, the image out the window is nothing but a white-out. The piles are higher than ever here, and it's expected to continue to snow all day long. And, I just heard that more snow is expected in five days or so. So what else could be on our minds?

Now, the trends in the snowversations seem to follow a few paths, with some variations being:

• snOMG- I can't stand it. I'm going crazy. We've run out of milk. We've run out of bread. WE'VE RUN OUT OF BEER! The kids are insane. The tv hasn't been turned off for 72 hours. We may begin to eat our young. Send warm temperatures... or else.

• Our power is out, we can't open our front door, and our only connection to the outside world is through my blackberry/iphone. Oh, and we've run out of beer. Not looking good.

• My body hurts from a cumulative 12 hours of shoveling, and now there's more snow coming. All I can say is &$(# you, you @)!(%* weather $(#!)*#$ system. Need more #*(^*#@ beer.

• We've baked bread, cookies, cakes, made soup, pizza dough and even a souffle. Allrecipes is getting a workout on my computer, that's for sure. Almost out of flour, not sure what will happen then. Oops, there's the oven timer, gotta go.

• Schools are closed, works are closed, the world as we know it is pretty much closed. (It's the end of the world as we snow it.) We've got a fire going, the kids have painted and built Legos and played games and watched DVDs, and the craziness factor is high but not much different than any other average day. We're grateful for our underground power lines and our plentiful wood pile, and we're trying to make the best of it. (Oh, and hubby's happy because there's still beer, and I'm happy because I have hubby home with me- a friend and a partner.) Life is good.

How about us? Well, I'd say we've got a little bit of all of the above, but certainly the majority of it lies in the last option. I'm pretty much selfish, what can I say? It's been like an extended weekend around here, and that makes me pretty darn happy. Before we could really go anywhere, we played outside, went for a fabulous family walk, played and ate and relaxed the "screen time" regulations, and actually chatted with many neighbors in our court for the first time. Once we could drive very carefully down the semi-plowed roads, we popped in on some friends a few streets over (no sidewalks or paths to be found!) and had a large 'playdate' (as in- the kids played downstairs, the husbands went out for more provisions at the grocery store, and the moms drank some wine and ate some chocolate). We even met up with several families at the pool yesterday for some much needed physical exercise.

Now the second round is in full effect, so we're back to being hunkered down. Some major household chores are beckoning, so laundry and cleaning are taking top billing today, but I'm still surrounded by the people that I love, the power is still going strong, the pizza dough for tonight is already prepared, the oatmeal cookies are on today's agenda, and the view outside is amazing and beautiful... to the person who won't be responsible for the shoveling, that is.

Lots can be said about Snowmaggedon 2010, and it's we all have our own perspectives and experiences. I'm thankful that ours have been safe and warm experiences, certainly. Eh, what more can be said? I'm not at snowverkill just yet.


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