Mitch left me the Jeep and we got to go out today! Man, you can't believe how crazy all of the side streets are. My neighborhood is gorgeous and SUPER slippery. It is the perfect place to go sledding. And, we would, if we had a sled!! Snow like this just doesn't happen in Oregon, so we are not at all equipped. Maybe we'll have to remedy that.
So, we went to take care of some essentials.
First stop: Dutch Bros. I was seriously missing my Annihilator, and I figured that I deserved it after all that I have had to put up with the last week or so. $3 of heaven in a cup. Ahh.
Next: Safeway - which was totally crowded, completely out of ice cream and almost totally out of eggs. It's interesting to see people get all bent out of shape because there isn't any ice cream! In this freezing weather!
While I was there, I picked up some raspberry syrup from the Starbucks for snow cones. I was trying to teach Grant about the dirty snow and the clean snow and he asked about eating the clean snow. I told him that we used to make snow cones when I was a kid, which of course, led to the trip to the Starbucks counter.
Third: A quick pit stop in Mitch's office.
After that: Video store. Needed some new movies to watch. Grant picked a documentary about undersea life (surprise, surprise, right?) and I picked a kid movie that I have never seen.
Then: A quick trip to my friend Melanie's house to drop off a bit of the syrup so her kids can join in the fun.
Next: Stop off at a local restaurant for a GC.
And: Drop off library books.
Finally: Grab the mail and go home. All in all, it was a fun and productive trip. I feel ready for Christmas, now! It was great to get out!
Here are some fun pics!
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I love the snow cone idea. My parents always told me that if you ate snow you'd get polio, but I think that's a lie.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm totally stumped about what a GC is??
Merry Christmas, Kelleigh! I am very excited for you that you finally got to get out of the house and that your errands were productive!
ReplyDeleteI've never thought to make snow cones with real snow. What an awesome idea! Will have to try it the next time it snows here. (I think you guys got all of ours).
Have a blessed holiday!
Katy... Plucky here, just leaving a comment to link you to my blog... I'm showing off one of your templates for fancy bags, I created one using it and love how it turned out. http://katylarson.blogspot.com/ Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteAww! Looks like fun!! Glad you had a great time - hope you had a good Christmas!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat weather was SO crazy. For some reason I don't see that you updated your blog until like a week later and I seem to miss your posts! This makes me sad because if only I would have seen this post when we had snow I could have enjoyed snow cones too. Fun idea that your kids will remember forever. As long as they don't get polio they'll have great memories from the snow of '08.
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