Birthday "Blizzard"

On March 1st it began snowing right after lunch. We were sure it would never stick to the ground since it had been raining all day and there were puddles of water everywhere in our yard. Sure enough, six inches of snow stuck around for a couple of days causing power lines to fall and power outages to last for days. Luckily we only lost power twice - 12 hours on Sunday, and 12 hours on Monday evening- unlike others in the county who were out for two or three days straight. This situation was not the ideal way to spend my 27th birthday, but it was defiantly memorable. Everything was cozy, fun and enjoyable until the power went back out on Monday after lunch again. Before then I was thinking it was a wonderful way to spend my birthday - all snowed in and cozy with my family. Jon was home from school because of canceled classes. Mae and Nate were enjoying a new experience with snow and a crackling fire was ablaze in the family room's fireplace. Ahhh...and to top it all off there was a pancake breakfast I didn't have to cook or clean up after. If only the power had stayed on and we didn't have to give the kids "cowboy baths" after a roasted hot dog supper and then bunk down in the family room together for another sleepless night (sleepless for Jon and I because we had to watch the fire and make sure the kids were warm, sleepless for the kids because they just wanted to be in their own beds). I have to say, it was beautiful to see all the snow and it was another one of those "life experiences" that tested our life skills (like the time we ended up in Seattle the day before our family reunion cruise and we had not given one thought as to how were were going to get around town and unless we wanted to just take the shuttle to the hotel and stay in that room all afternoon -we didn't take into account the time difference either in that we would have practically a full day in Seattle- we had to figure something out and quick. Since Mae was only 9 months old it was all the more interesting. But that's another story. Let's just say I've learned to be more prepared and look at a situation from every different possible outcome - like what if the power doesn't come back on at 6:00pm like the Georgia Power automated answering system says it will, we better keep that fire going strong and use up the last bit of daylight to our full advantage!). I've decided that I enjoyed power outages and snow days much more as a kid! Anyway, I think Mae enjoyed the snow thoroughly - in fact she was attempting to rebuild her snowman today in the sandbox while we were playing out in the 80 degree sunny weather. You never know what to expect during March in Georgia!