Valentine's 2007

Snow Day

What? It snows in Austin?!?!

Looking out from our front porch

 
 
OK people did warn us that every few years it actually does snow here and they did warn us that when it does the city closes down. They were not kidding. School was canceled, work was called off and it was a bit like a ghost town. We found out because I thought I still had to go to work so Mike drove me down to the duplex to shower (day 3 of no water) and it was a bit like ice skating in a car. To the defense of these Austinites it is a little crazy because below that snow is a thick sheet of ice. There are no snow plows and no salt trucks so really you just have to wait until it melts.  And I am beginning to think that people actually pray for the snow because everything gets canceled but within a few hours the snow is gone and then you all got the day off. Target was busier then I have ever seen it today. ;)

Looking out my front door

Out the backdoor

Laurie

I am a little behind with everything that is going on but HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  GRANDPA    LAURIE!

The freeze

Last Sunday and Monday we were almost to 80 degrees here is Austin. It was great. The smell of BBQ was in the air, kids were running around barefoot, I was in heaven. Then the storm hit. Tuesday we dropped down to 17. That is very cold for Austin. People don't even own coats. After being in our house 3 days we woke up this morning to no water. After double checking that we had actually remembered to call and hook up the water we realized our pipes were frozen. They don't build houses for that kind of cold here. The only thing to do is wait until it warms up. They say it should get warmer in a few days. Lets hope it doesn't take that long. The good thing is we still have the duplex, just wrote the check for the vacant place this morning. So we are back to showering and getting ready over there.

Change of address

We have officially changed residences. Last Saturday some members of the ward came and helped us move all the big things over to the house. We still had a lot of stuff over at the duplex but we decided to sleep at the house since that is where our beds were. We gathered all the things we would need to get ready and go to church the next day and soon realized we had to gather everything from soap to shoes. Needless to say we forgot toilet paper so the one roll that was already left at the house just got passed around a bit. 
Over the last few days we have finished moving everything over and got the duplex all cleaned for the next renters (we just haven't found them yet).
The house is a huge mess with boxes and bags waiting to be unpacked. But, the missionaries came to dinner last night and we are having relief society presidency meeting there tomorrow, life goes on.  Oh and no I have not finished painting so we still are walking around ladders and paint brushes.