January 26th-28th

 We were all very excited when school was cancelled for Monday. And then we were excited for Tuesday. And then we were excited for Wednesday. And then we were excited for Thursday. We knew we already had Friday off, so then that left us with a whole week out of school. And Ruby was all ready for valentines on her fashion adventure. 

It was the weirdest snow. I can’t remember the order, but it snowed, rained, then snowed again, or something like that, so that after the first few busy hours if you hadn’t stayed on top of it, it was a thick layer of ice. Like, many inches thick. We were watching the ice take over the bay a little more every day. 

The girls went out a little, but they were literally slipping and sliding - it was so funny! We stayed on top of our driveway and sidewalks, so that wasn’t bad. Neighbor Alex was out of town, so he hired the girls (+Matt) to shovel, or pick ax away at the layers of ice so everything would be ready for when they made it home. We also helped another neighbor down the street. Our side of the street gets more sunlight that across the street, so our wasn’t quite as bad, but this family we helped hadn’t stayed on top of things at all. It went like this. Chip away to break the ice with either a spade or something else sharp. We used our this metal pole thing we used to break the ground when we dug our French drain. The neighbor we helped hadn’t two guys out there, so the 3 guys (including Matt) worked to break the ice up and I shoveled/threw the pieces they’d broken up. I’ve never seen anything like it. It was pretty though because it was so smooth. 

Also, Survivor 50 just came out and they put out idols in all 50 states and I recognized ours as a tower in Baltimore pretty quickly. 

Matt and I could have gone up, but I’d have been so sad if we drove a full 2 hours out there and had the line be too long to make it. It’s tough being so far away from like everything. 

Anyways, we had a lovely quiet week off and it was a nice break, and then they added those days to our year at the end of summer. So that stinks.