Snow, Snow and More Snow

Last week we were hit with two snow storms, I don't think it was necessary to get the whole winter seasons' worth of snow in one week.


We got about 6-8 inches last Monday then it warmed up enough to melt most of it away until last Thursday.


At first it started out as rain, which made a nice sheet of ice on the roads, then the snow hit and it snowed for three days.  We got a good foot of new snow on top of what we got earlier in the week.


Really made it hard to get around in my little car, had to drive the pickup all weekend. My car was drifted in at the house.  I finally got my car out on Monday morning.  The snow got compacted down from the traffic.  Getting around town is an obstacle course.  The city and state are plowing the main streets, but piling all that snow in the middle of the street. 


Gary got the snow blower out to get rid of the snow on Saturday morning, still snowing but he wanted to get it off the sidewalk before we got in trouble with the city and before it got deeper that it would have been hard to get the snow blower working.


The snow finally quit on Saturday afternoon, we even had a hint of blue sky out there.  We drove by Mom's house to check and see if her neighbor cleared her walk.  She pays him to do it, it wasn't done.  Gary and I were going to remove her snow on Sunday morning.


I ended up giving Jennifer a ride to work Sunday morning, so drove by Mom's and the neighbor did remove the snow off her walk.  Not a very good job, but at least there is a path of cleared snow so that a person could walk on the sidewalk.


It was very cold Sunday, I had to run an errand in the afternoon and there were two Mormon boys walking and carrying shovels.  They were shoveling snow off of walks for people as they went down the street.  They were not dressed for the cold, they were wearing their dress pants, shoes.  They at least had on coats, hats and gloves.  I wanted to give them some money so they could buy a hot chocolate. 


I finally found them down 3rd street.  At first they wouldn't take my money as they are not allowed to.  I finally convinced them to take it as a donation for their church.  As long as it was a donation then they were allowed to take the money.  I told them how much I appreciated the kind gesture.


They did not shovel everyone's walk, only those who had made an attempt to clear off the snow.  If the walk was buried they just kept going.


This morning we woke up and our cars were covered in a layer of ice.  Made driving and walking a challenge.


March certainly roared in like a lion, hope it goes out like a lamb.  This has been a very long winter and I hope we are done with it.  Still blame Jason and Jeni.  Ever since they moved to Hardin in November, we have had snow storms and bitter cold.