Let It Melt, Let It Melt, Let It Melt!

So for the people who live here in Coeur d Alene, Idaho you know how much snow we got back in December. For those who don't....in 24 hours more than 2 feet of snow fell here and we got a total of 80 inches. The forecasters "predicted" that we would have a mild winter. HA! They were so wrong! I couldn't get out of my driveway because I live on a busy, busy road and the snow plows would come by every 30 mins or so. By the time the day ended, I had a berm 6 feet high, taller than my truck. Now for those who don't live but live in a place where snow doesnt fall often, schools hardly ever shut down here. From where I'm from, a little town near Olympia, when an inch fell everything shut down. Its mainly because a lot of schools are built up on hills, and the school buses couldnt get up them safely. So here in CdA, to have the schools close was shocking!! Alexis missed 2 days of school from the first 2-3 feet that fell. Then as buildings roofs starting caving in due to too much snow, the schools finally closed for 2 more days to clear off the roofs. You would have thought the school districts would have used the Christmas vacation to do that, but oh well. They arent the sharpest tools in the shed if you know what I mean. My landlord (who is the best landlord ever) needed to have our roof shoveled off because we had 3-4 feet up on it and we were worried it would cave in. So he hired these 3 freaking idiots (honestly they were, I think....well nevermind) to do it. They worked on it for 2 days and then quit because after 4 feet of snow and negative temperatures it was solid ice. So Chris (landlord) told me he would pay me to do it. So....with my severe ear infection in my left ear, cough, runny nose, sore throat and everything else you can think of for 2 weeks, I climbed up on the roof after some dilemma about me slipping off due to the amount of snow, but it needed to get done. So even though it was absolutely HORRIBLE, I did it. I won't ever do it again...unless I own my own home or I'm helping my sisters with their homes. And then it rained. Which was a good and a bad thing. Good because it melted a lot of snow, bad because other homes with the 4 feet of snow on them were weighed down more. Then my landlord broke my snow shovel and we couldnt find one anywhere. And it cant be a POS plastic one, it has to be a metal one like I had. It lasted me 4 years and I was sad to see it go. But because we have 2 more months of winter left, you cant find those anywhere. I even went to Wal Mart on New Years Day to see if they had them, because thats where I bought it 4 years ago, and they were CLOSED due to the flat roofs almost caving in. They finally reopened a week later, but who wants to spend 2 hours at Wal Mart?!?! So the reason for this post is because we havent received any snow in the last 3 weeks or so and its nice to actually NOT have to put my truck into 4 wheel drive and the snow is melting. We are supposed to get more snow tomorrow though. We are 13 inches away from an all time record. We need 13 more inches to beat it. Even though the snow is beautiful and peaceful, I cant wait for warm weather.

What the back our trucks looked like with so much snow!


Our trucks. Cant believe how much snow we got here.



This is what I found when I opened the door at 7:30am.

Awww, the snow is melting. Wish it would melt a little faster though.

First blog...yikes!

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. My friend Carol thought I should start one so here it is. I'll add more as I learn how to do it..and I will probably become addicted to it.

Just a little more about myself. I was born in Olympia and raised in a little town called Shelton. I was then married at the young age of 19 to a man in the Marine Corp who I had met our junior year of highschool. I then had my daughter over at Fort Belvoir, Virginia on March 14th, 1998. She was an 8 pound baby and we named her Alexis Taylor. After moving around 4 or 5 times we settled in Silverdale, Washington at Sub base Bangor. Fast forward....

After divorcing in 2001, I started going back to school and Alexis and I moved to Spokane Valley, WA and we loved it there, but life happens. Fast forward again...

We are now living in beautiful Coeur d Alene, Idaho and its beautiful here. Alexis is 10-going-on 20 and is in 5th grade. She loves it! I will go back to school again in the fall and am changing my major from nursing to elementary education, so I can get my teaching degree.

Will post more later!