Snow day 2015

Today there was a blizzard.  It would have been a more beautiful blizzard if we had a snow blower.  But since we just have shovels, it was just a disgusting, horrendous, snowy mess.  Even the dogs were not impressed.  About an hour ago I was pretty sure it stopped snowing and I was happy that we at least got our driveway plowed out and moved the cars around a little bit. However, I've just looked outside and there seems to be more snow falling. UGH.  Since everything in life was shut down today, there was really nothing to do but sit inside and craft.  I mean, I shoveled a bit, helped walk the dogs, and made chili, but aside from that, there was nothing to do but craft.  So a few weeks ago I bought a pair of plain white shoes to paint, just to try something new.  It took me forever to decide what to put on them, but I finally did it today.  I'm not really sure how I feel about the final product.  Personally, I think it looks too amateur.  Ok, I know I'm not a professional designer/artist, but I just don't love the way they look.  I don't hate it, I just don't love it.  I feel like maybe sharpie would have been a better choice than paint.  Anyways, I guess I'll let you be the judge on this one.  And on an unrelated note, I'm fairly certain running outside is out for the next few weeks.  There's no getting over this snow.  Looks like I better learn to love the treadmill, and fast!

Clean-up time

Nemo found us, hit us hard, and then left.  The snow stopped around noon on Saturday, but the clean-up started long before that.  We don't have a snow blower, so all snow removal was done by hand.  Can I just tell you, shoveling never gets any easier, no matter how many years you've been doing it.  It starts out fine, maybe even fun, but by the end, you're wet, it's miserable, and everything aches.  When there's 23 inches of snow covering your cars, it's no joke either. Today was better, but we went out to help shovel out a family friend, so we added 2 more hours of cardio to our day.
Due to the nature of the storm, there was a travel ban for 24 hours, from Friday to Saturday.  You couldn't drive and walking was almost impossible as well.  We made it through with full power, which was nice, as we had ourselves a Batman marathon!  After being inside basically all of Friday and Saturday, we ventured out when the ban lifted.  Ryan's truck has 4 wheel drive, so it was a breeze, really.  Lots of places were still not plowed out and many businesses were still closed today.  It was just nice to be able to get out of the house though.
We were supposed to go to the Jeff Mangum show in Providence tonight, but they rescheduled it for next Monday.  Sadly, we most likely will not be able to make that show.  I wish we could because I was looking forward to it, but I know it would be hard to get there in time after Ryan gets out of work and we wouldn't be home until late.  The snow has been keeping us busy here and I definitely was not able to even THINK about getting any running done in this weather, so there's not much to update on that front.  Instead, I'll leave you with some pictures of the blizzard. Enjoy!