4 DAYS ‘TILL CHRISTMAS!!!!
A couple of days ago (morning of December 18th) we got a really bad ice storm!! EVERYTHING was covered in ice!! It put us (and a lot of other people) out of electricity for a while. We had a generator (THANKFULLY!!) so we could still do a few things. But we had to have on only the necessary lights, so we did some things by candlelight, or in the dark. 
We were out of electricity for about 17 hours! But I guess a few other places are still out of it …so we don’t really have it too bad!!
We took a ton of pictures, but I cannot post them all on here…so I’ll have to decide on the best ones. The first one was taken the day before (17th), it was really snowing! The roads were slick and we got about 2 inches! Today (Sunday), we are getting a lot of wind that is knocking down twigs and ice! It is dangerous to walk under a tree (which is almost impossible with the amount of trees we have : ). It is somewhere around -13 degrees! And very windy too! Brrr!!
~The back sidewalk and the driveway covered in ice, with the barn in the back
~This is our big bush that is in the front yard, it is supposed to be taller and "bushier", but with all the ice on it, it sank down.
~All of our pine trees look like this!
~The destruction begins!! With all the weight of the ice, quite a few branches fell down!
~The big branch in the back on the ground is what you are supposed to be seeing One of our clothesline posts fell too!
~I thought this was hilarious!!! Someone set a paper bag outside the day before and the next morning it looked like this
Lately, we have all been sewing and the electricity keeps going off and on, off and on, some off’s are longer than others. And that makes sewing difficult!! When it comes back on, there is a rush to see how many stitches we can sew before the electricity goes off again I have already lost this post once due to the electricity going off
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We had some terrible ice also…our poor trees were sagging, and a huge branch almost fell on my part of the house…creepy!
But I must say, after everything has frozen and been covered in snow…I like the winter more than the summer…however summer chores are A LOT easier in the summer when you do not have to pass treacherous paths. 🙂
Have a Great Day!
Love
Maggie
http://www.painterofwords.com
Edited by magg93 on Dec. 21, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I like the pics =) oh the heine's drove past our house last night and the lights were on so my mom and everyone went home, except me and Emily..were helping my grandma pick up all our mess =)
sys
cassia,
thanks alot..I like her blog!
sys
katie-bug
The results from an ice storm are amazing though, aren't they? 😉
Aw, Cassia, I'm so glad you were blessed by the Christmas card, and that it arrived at just the right time – the Lords timing! 🙂
we have about three feet of snow in some places! But no, we live in washington. I just got done making a pathway through the snow to the generator so if we lose power it wont be for to long.
just remember to stay safe!
God Bless,
Aleesa
What lovely photos! Was it frightening to be without electricity for so long? We had a short icy period. It wasn't too bad though. 🙂
–Mara
no i didn't add anything to the URL…do I need to?
katie-bug
Edited by missladybug on Dec. 22, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Wow, those are good pics. We got some of our yard too! It was crazy! Our electricity flickered around all day yesterday! We have branches down everywhere! (Okay, how about LIMBS!)
🙂 I hope your weekend went well!
Hey! all those branches down look familiar! We had some great big ones down in our yard, but I'm sure we'll talk more about that later!
Watch your heads! )
~ The Absent Minded Goat Tender! )
sure you didn't come to our house to get those pictures? LOL! our place looks just like that! We lost a lot of branches and one of our trees split right down the middle!
Hope your electricity stays on so you can finish your sewing! I am going to get some material tomorrow to make myself an apron! I am pretty excited! 🙂
I am hoping we can get together soon!
Love,
Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com
Yeah that happend to us to and so we had to go to our grandmas house but we are back home now!!
Emma A. Kemerly
Are you an avid seamstress? I love to sew. 🙂
–Mara
I am mostly ready for christmas..I just got dad's present yesterday =) so I only need to get mom's, but that's kinda hard because she is the only one that takes us shopping =) it doesn't seem like christmas to me either…yeah I like rambling on your blog too =) I'll see you sunday hopfully!!!
<3katie-bug<3
ps those are hearts =)
Edited by missladybug on Dec. 23, 2008 at 9:10 AM
i love your pics they look a lot like our house lol
hopefully see you on sun
mary kemerly
Looks like you got a LOT of snow. So did I. It was just snowing at are house.
-Hannah
Marry Chirstmas!
I don't know what people did without internet… I cannot imagine… it would be wrong! 😛
Hopefully we will all get together soon!
HUGS and LOVE
Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com
The pictures are beautiful!
Looks like you guys had a wonderful chirstmas. That ice storm is very pretty.
-Hannah