Snowpocalypse...or Snowmageddon...or just a blizzard..

People around here are calling it all kinds of quippy names, but let's just say we got some SERIOUS snow here in Tulsa! I know lots of places experienced this same storm, so before I say any more, I hope everyone is safe and sound....

We officially set records in Tulsa.. the most snowfall in an hour... the most snowfall in February...the most snowfall in....well...lots of things.. haha... We set records, people. Trust me. The official total for Tulsa was around 14 inches. A suburb area where my friend lives got TWENTY inches.

Whoa.

It's the subject of everyone's facebook, twitter, blogs, etc. around here...and yeah, I'm joining that bandwagon and blogging about it. :)

Get this...I cannot open the back screen door against the weight of the snow blocking it..haha.. I had to shovel a little path for G dog to go in the front yard and go to the bathroom. She is NOT pleased-lemme tell ya. Oh and uh... since this isn't something we're used to, I didn't have a snow shovel...and neither did the stores I went to yesterday looking for one. So, I may have used a dustpan to shovel a doggie path...haha. Whatever, I'm creative. Or something.

I took a few pics of my yard and stuff, but I haven't downloaded them. You can't even see where my deck ends and where the yard begins in some places... *yikes!*

Since I haven't downloaded my pics, I stole some of my friend, Matt's, pics from facebook....(If you're reading, Matt, these are AWESOME!!)

Yeah, the below is kinda what some of the streets look like... You see...here in Tulsa, people often think "Oh, it's just snow.. I'm not at all familiar with snow, but I should definitely try to drive in it in my non-four-wheel-drive-car...." You can imagine what happens. I know some people HAVE to get out in it, so I know a lot of people aren't out there by choice. :( 

I'm very thankful to have not lost power or anything, especially with below zero temps coming our way. *knock on wood* I lost cable and internet for a little while earlier today, but to my surprise our internet provider, Cox, was FABULOUS and not only provided great customer service when I called, but also got my services back on in the middle of a blizzard! I guess my whole area was in an outage. Major kudos to them. I'm totally fist bumping them from my blog. Thanks, Cox!

I was able to get a loaner laptop from work so now that my internet is back up and running, I can work from home. Since the temps aren't supposed to above 15 tomorrow, I highly doubt any of this will melt, so I'm pretty cool with hanging with Gracie dog and not going outside. My back tires on my car are completely buried except for the very top. Something tells me that means I shouldn't drive right now...;)

Due to my job, I spent a large portion of the day on phone calls with an incident response team, figuring out what to do/say in response to all this weather business. Have to say I'm pretty impressed with how my work is prepared for things like this and it's cool to be a part of it all. :)

Gracie dog keeps staring at me like I personally caused it to snow. Poor thing. She walks outside, realizes the snow it still there and looks at me like "Whatthehell?" :)

Hope you're safe and sound, friends! Very blessed and thankful to be in a warm home with power, groceries, and a job that lets me work from home if the roads are bad... Oh..and in reference to my previous post, I TOTALLY got wine. I waited in a ridiculous line for it, but I got it. Tulsans apparently freak out at the idea of not being able to drink for 2 days judging from that line....haha... But, glad I got some vino! *happy sigh* I also ate A LOT. What is it about being home all day that makes you wanna eat from boredom? Goodness.