Ice Storm Part 2

Ice Storm Part 2

After the ice, we got pounded with snow for most of the day

Second layer of ice

Kids played vet that afternoon

So on Wednesday, we woke up to MORE ice! The second wave came through Wednesday night. The winds were really bad, and there ended up being around 80,000 people without power. Our lights flickered several times Tuesday night, but we never lost power. Rachel woke up at 5:30 scared by the wind. It sounded like we were about to have a tornado. Thankfully, we had no trees down or limbs down. The base was closed again, so Chris stayed home. He had phone conferences to do, so he did that while we finished school. Wednesday night activities were canceled at church, and I couldn't get to the commissary again. Around lunch time, we headed to the bank to get the check cashed, and then stopped for lunch at Wendy's and ran into Kroger to pick up some meat for dinner that night. It was nice to get out if only for a little while. We saw many tree limbs and small trees down throughout our neighborhood, but the roads weren't bad. Needless to say, we are ready for things to get back to normal. Wed afternoon, the kids played so well together. I love days like this where I can see them just genuinely having fun. They decided to play vet with Rachel's vet set. Jason put on his doctor coat with a tie. He told me he was a smart doctor because he was wearing a tie. For over an hour, they played vet with Molly and Izzy and then started trying to sell me and Chris things so they could buy the cats. Very fun afternoon!!

Ice Storm 2011

Chris and Jason trying to knock first round of ice from driveway

Frozen basketball goal

Ice on trees

Today has been another LONG day - these dreary, winter days in Ohio are getting depressing. We woke up to ice on the roads, driveways, trees, everything. Chris called the base weather report, and they had delayed reporting until 10:00. He ran on the treadmill, and by the time he called again at 8:00, they had closed the base. Thankfully, he wouldn't have to get out in this mess, but unfortunately, that meant the commissary was closed, also. We have enough food, but hopefully, we have enough until I can get to the store. If the power goes out tonight, it might prove a blessing that we don't have alot of food in the fridge.

Nothing has come down during the day, but now at 7:00, we can hear the freezing rain starting up again. The second round is supposed to hit overnight and be worse than yesterday. Hopefully, we will retain power. I pray for everyone who has to be out in this mess to try to make sure that doesn't happen, and those who had to go to work anyway despite the weather.

The weather is dreary, and I feel worse. I pray I am not coming down with the flu, but I have been all achy and tired and stopped up and cold all day! I pray I can get a good night's sleep tonight and that we wake up with power.

Getting ready to curl up on the sofa and watch The Biggest Loser and maybe do a little cross stitching! Need to do something productive!