Blizzard!!!

It was a long week for me here. I worked 9 days straight. Friday was my last day working before having the weekend off. Yesterday we took the Jeeps and went up Mt. Herman (a mountain outside of Monument, CO) and up into the mountains and back down Rampart Range Road which ends in Garden of the Gods. Hubby drove the Wrangler, I drove the new Cherokee. I took Buddy with me and Hubby had Petey with him. It was quite bumpy on the first road we were on, and we hit patches of snow. We should have pictures up soon on the website. I had so much fun driving. I was laughing. Buddy was a little unsure about what to think about all the bouncing around. Petey, meanwhile, in the other Jeep, doesn't seem to like it as much as he used to.

We got back down and drove over to my parent's house to show off the new Jeep. My mom was home so she got to see it. We came home and hosed the Jeeps off. They were pretty muddy!

We went out for dinner at Macaroni Grill. We had a gift certificate to use up. We also were wondering if we should stop at the store as a blizzard was being predicted for Sunday.

Sure enough, we woke up this morning to a MAJOR blizzard. The wind started last night, but the snow started early this morning apparently. By the time I got out of bed at about 7:45am the visibility was very low. At times, with the blowing snow I couldn't even see across the street!

About 8:45am, Dan, the owner of WnW called and asked how it was where I am. I told him it was pretty bad. We decided that not opening the store today was a good idea. I was not scheduled to work today, but I am the manager and the closest one to the store with 4 wheel drive. So, Brian and I hopped in the Jeep (the Wrangler) and headed off to the store to put a sign up and call employees. The trip to the store was pretty bad! visibility was less than 20 ft. We took a few pictures. We should have them up soon.

After that we stopped at the bagel place on the way home and had breakfast. There was very little traffic out and about. We finally made it home safe and sound. Our side gate keeps blowing open though, so we went out and screwed it shut with a board. Hopefully that will hold it through this storm! Once the weather is nice again, we are going to have to fix it permanently some how.

Well, I am going to take advantage of this weather and get laundry done, and dishes as well. I made a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread in my bread maker, it smells fantastic!