state of emergency!

the weather is so shit here in seattle that the governor has declared a state of emergency.  tons of snow, ice and downed power lines are creating havoc.  in normal places that get snow this would be no big deal, but here in seattle...CHAOS!

since it was just snowing yesterday and the buses were running,  i decided (foolishly) to go on in to work.  it took me 2 hours to get there and 3 to get home.  and i only stayed for 4 hours.  needless to say, i did not go in to work today.  instead i'm staying home with maya (so far this week she's spent a record breaking 2 hours in school and today is thursday) and the cats and the dog.  alistair had to work a thursday, which never happens.  but we live so close to his work that he just walked.

maya and i just went over to the store and took some shots on the way.

here's the view from the porch

and the porch itself!

the street in front of our house: 35th ave NE, a heavily used and major street in our neighborhood:

the neighbors across the street made some snowmen!!

safeway is up and running and has plowed their parking lot :)

the front yard:

my little tacky quail is all buried!

and the gnome water sprinkler looks pissed at all the snow.

all in all, i feel like i'm back in idaho.  except you can't get to work.  i was telling maya how in places where winter actually happens, this is no big deal.  SNOW DAY?  who ever had a snow day?

ok...i'm gonna go make some cookies now and kick it in front of the tv!

wooooooo!

snow in seattle...

the annual once a year snow has finally showed up here in seattle.  and by tomorrow morning i expect the city to be in full panic mode.  this place is hilarious when it comes to snow.  totally not prepared, ever.  and the problem is all the damn hills.  since there is really only snow once a year, the city has almost no snow plows and will never buy them.  so therefore, complete pandemonioum reigns whenever it snows.
it snowed a little bit yesterday and then today it started snowing at about 8 am and didn't stop until about 1.  i walked on down to the library and got 1/2 block before the first ridiculous bus problem of the year was seen:

the bus is totally stuck on this little incline.  it completely ridiculous.  and turning the corner on the right there is the large metro semi out to pull the bus out of the street.  there is hardly any snow on the streets, it's not even icy yet and the bus is stuck.  hilarious!  this city kills me.

but the snow is really pretty and nice to see!

 a random side street where i'm sure an accident will happen. because people have no idea how to drive in snow and drive like complete jackasses.  kind of like how they drive in the rain.  like they have never seen it before.

our driveway is nice though!

and so is the yard:

q says hi.