Adventures Braving the Bitter Winter Cold

So being the super scatterbrained organized person that I am, I finally uploaded some pictures from our camera from last month. For those of you who don't keep up with news from the Pacific Northwest, we had 11 inches of snow, an ice storm, freezing rain, and a massive power outage. These pictures were taken right after our power went out, snow day 7 (yes, our son was out of school for a total of 11 days. I had never heard of such a thing till we moved up here). Around this time, everyone was going stir crazy, and now they had lost their T.V., computer, not to mention the little things like light and heat. We were under the impression that the lights would come back on any minute (as we know now, this didn't happen for three days. Ignorance is bliss). So we tried our best to entertain the kids without electricity.

This worked for a while. The played fashion show, and played with some puzzles. But 18 month olds and puzzles don't quite fit (no pun intended), so after about 12 minutes of indoor fun, we headed outside

As you can see, the little kids are wearing different hats. No these weren't taken on two different occasions, the hats became drenched within the first 5 minutes. (note to self: buy water resistant gear). Unfortunately, this activity didn't last much longer than the first. Everyone was cold and wet. At this point our electricity had been out almost 45 minutes. We called to ask WTF, and this is when we learned of the massive outages due to trees falling under the weight of ice onto power lines. So of course we fled the city and toughed it out at my parents' condo in Seattle. I am not more aware than ever that I am not the kind of person that can live comfortably without modern technology. If other can that's great, but I am not one of them. If Armageddon happens, and there's no technology to be found, I'll deal with it then. But for now, I am happy the lights are back on.

On another note, Steven had his first job interview yesterday. I was so happy for him, yet still really nervous that this is his first interview since he started his job search months ago. He said it went well so I am really hoping he gets this job. Fingers crossed!

I will leave you with some Valentines Day cupcakes I make. Try not to lick the screen.