Snow Chronicles 2015

 Two weeks ago, northwestern Georgia got hit with snow - and my house was a direct target. There was a very definitive snow/no snow line that went through metro Atlanta - and my house was on the snowy side of that line. It was really amazing - I have friends that live just 35 minutes south of me and all they got was a very cold rain.

Doug surprised me a few days before the snow by telling me he needed to go on a business trip to Chile. Yes, that long, skinny country in South America. He was going to fly all night Monday and get to Chile on Tuesday. And then he was grabbing a flight back Wednesday night in Chile and planned to get back home in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday. It was a bit nerve wracking because we knew the snow was coming - just how much was the big question. If you remember Atlanta's "snowpocalypse" last year, you know Georgia doesn't do very well with snow. And Doug missed it completely last year by being on a business trip in Florida.

Doug got out of Atlanta fine that Monday night, and then it started to ice/sleet/snow in the very early hours of Tuesday morning. The roads were slick for sure that morning, so even though it was just a dusting of snow/ice, school was canceled.

Bri was excited even with just a dusting of snow...

We made a tiny snowman...

We were picking up chunks of ice off of the bbq grill...

I live next to a nature area, so we took a little stroll near the creek...

This is a video of the pretty creek and some Bri silliness...



Even though we were outside for just about 45 minutes, it was still nice to sit by the fire when we came back inside...

The snow/ice was melting by afternoon and we had our friend Ella over for a short while (didn't get a picture - ugh!) and then Izzy came over after that. Izzy brought over a rice krispie bar that was the size of the girls' heads! Heh. The girls split it (and couldn't even get close to finishing it)...

Dressing up for Minecraft...

Mei Mei could have cared less about snow outside...

Tuesday afternoon, the weather forecasters were telling us another snow front was coming through most likely Wednesday afternoon. School was canceled once again. I had a doctor's appointment Wednesday morning that I decided to reschedule because I refused to ever get stuck on the road again if the snow decided to come early like it did last year. The snow did hold off until around 2PM though. And then it came down like crazy...

Bri ran outside in pajama bottoms...

Catching snowflakes on her tongue...



It was coming down so hard and fast, and Bri and I ran out to the golf course behind our house to take advantage of some sledding (and I made Bri put some real pants on)...

Then Bri wanted to have a snowball fight...

This was the type of snow that stuck together amazingly well. Perfect for snowballs and snowman building...

By late that afternoon, the neighborhood looked like this...

That evening though, the temps went up a bit and it started to snow/sleet/rain. The rain started to wash away some of the beautiful snow...

The big stress that I had that afternoon revolved around Doug. He called several times from Chile asking what the weather was looking like. That afternoon, I was concerned his flight might be canceled. But as the evening wore on and the temps went up, his flight took off as scheduled. (It ended up that the airport was on the side of Metro Atlanta that only got rain - thank goodness.)

My next worry was even if his plane landed - would he be able to get home or not. Luckily, with the temps warming up and the rain falling, he was able to drive home slowly and got home around 6AM.

I walked around the house early Thursday morning to take some pictures (school was obviously canceled once again)...

I got Bri up kind of early because I knew the snow wasn't going to stick around all that long once the sun was up for a few hours. Doug went to sleep and I took Bri to the golf course again...

The rain/sleet/snow mix made for awesome sledding...

Seriously, Bri was sliding right across the golf course...







She did have one little tumble when she tried to stop herself, so there were some tears. But she brushed herself off and went again a few times. After a couple of hours of sledding, it was time to call it a day. And luckily, Bri got to have another indoor play date with Izzy.

So the snow was really fun, but a bit stressful at the same time. At least it wasn't even close to being as stressful as last year. I was home with my girl this year and I was so glad about that!

And Doug brought me some Chilean chocolate to make me feel a bit better about the whole thing. :)