Prepared

I was finally able to get the car out today.  The girls and I shoveled enough snow out of the way (the girls helped with their plastic shovels) to get the car out of the driveway.  I was able to back down the hill enough to get going fast enough to slip and slide up the hill.  The hill scares me because it curves with nothing but a cliff of blackberries on one side.  I have slid off the side before on icy roads.  I made it up the hill today on the first try while my girls watched from a safe distance on the porch.  Phew!  

It feels so good to have the car out of my driveway and parked safely on top of the hill ready to go.  I have not liked being stuck in the house feeling stranded.  Now, I feel free to escape to Arizona or somewhere warm...

After getting the car out, we were able to inch our way to town and get chains for the tires.  We also went to the very crowded grocery store and picked up necessary supplies (like chips, salsa, and Oreos) to prepare for power outages when our "blizzard" will hit sometime tonight.  We are supposed to get 8-10 inches of snow (on top of the 25 inches already in my driveway), wind with gusts up to 90 miles an hour, and cold temperatures.  It was -3 degrees this morning.  I don't think it can get any colder than that.  I have never seen it this cold and this snowy.  Apparently, it hasn't been since 1950.  Actually, by tomorrow afternoon the temperature is supposed to be warmer and the snow is supposed to turn to freezing rain.  I'm not sure what is worse....snow or freezing rain.  We'll see.  

Now that I have chains, I'm pretty confident that we can make it to Children's Hospital in Seattle on Tuesday and to the airport on the 29th.  We should be good.  I just really hope the power doesn't go out.