Snowmageddon aka Covidgeddon aka Snowpocalypse of 2021

Mid February 2021:

So we get through 2020 and think things are looking up when BOOM! A crazy historic winter storm hits Texas (and surrounding states).  Seriously?!

Here in Texas we were told that there would be rolling power outages  so as to not strain our overloaded grid. Well, what we experienced was not having power for 19 hours the first day, during a snowstorm, and subfreezing temps.  LM's room dropped to 49 degrees! So we fired up the gas fireplace and pulled both couches in to tough it out.  Thought about trying to go to a hotel but some of them had blackouts too.  I think the only places that didn't were hospitals.

The first night we didn't get much sleep.  After the initial dark 19 hours, were started getting power back for 2 hours then off again for 5-7 hours then back on for 2. We tried to nap but then we would hear the power kick on and you would jolt awake because we wanted to make sure things were charging and try to run the heater for a little bit.

It was a crazy mad dash to charge all the phones, make coffee and maybe a hot meal and hope for a hot shower.  I think we used our cars to charge our phones at one point.  The garage was our refridgerator and the driveway was our freezer. CRAZY!

Not everyone was lucky to get through it.  Some people were found deceased from carbon monoxide poisoning because they sat in their running car with the heater on but didn't open the garage door or back their car out.  An elderly couple was found cuddled together for warmth in a recliner in their freezing home.  Just a really sad situation.

This is a half hour difference. A lot of snow for North Dallas!

 

 Thank goodness for a gas fireplace!

Staying bundled up

The dogs stayed warm in their sweaters and blankets

A Look Back at our 2020

Lets face it..2020 sucked.  It was an eventful year but I'm going to focus on the "normal" day to day of our lives.  Not saying "new normal" because I was so sick of that expression within a week of hearing it!

Things didn't change too much for us during the lockdown since we are homebodies anyway and the hubs has always worked from home.  We focused on finishing the school year remotely and working on DIY projects around the house. Too much TV time for all and WAY too much snacking. Lol

Mabel supervising LM during school hours

LM 13th Birthday with friends via ZOOM

Neighborhood wildflowers

Ducks came to visit!

Fixing up the back patio

Don't know why since we can't have anyone over!

LM building the computer he wanted for his birthday

Handsome Henry

Sassy Mabel

Fixing the kitchen sink sprayer with the help of YouTube

Baby Anole lizards!

New umbrella for the guests we can't have over. :(

Finally traveled up to Okla to see family 

Grandma can't believe how much LM has grown!

Starting 8th grade remotely - Aug. 2020

8th grade school picture - so handsome!

Phase 2 of braces

The most wonderful time of the year!

Halloween 2020

We had a candy chute to maintain the 6ft social distancing

Added the graveyard and extra lights this year!

Christmas 2020

Just when we thought we made it through 2020, Mother Nature decided to smack Texas upside the back of the head with a crazy winter storm.  But that is another post.