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#snowmageddon, car repair, central minnesota, distributor assembly, food shelf, shoveling, snow, snowstorm, towing
The big news in central Minnesota today is the snow. On Twitter, Minnesotans have been calling this event #snowmageddon. Yes, that describes it well. When I woke up this morning and peeked out my window around 7:30, the snow was falling, but not heavily – hardly any accumulation.
By the time I went out to start the car, I had a bunch to dust off and when I was done, I had more to dust off. When I arrived at work, it was time to shovel. We have a long, large sidewalk to clear. It took me 40 minutes to get rid of 2 inches worth of accumulation and by the time I was done, you guessed it, I had to shovel again.
School closed early, so the kids were home just after noon. Our director told us to close the museum at noon, too, so I was home by 1 p.m. Happily, I discovered our children had already shoveled the walk, so I didn’t have to.
Meanwhile, Hubby had to deal with a dead car. It died, literally stopped while he was driving, when he got to the city where his college is located. He put the car in neutral and turned it off the main road. Then he called me at work (I had just gotten in) and together we formulated a plan. He had me look up a bunch of phone numbers so he could let the local police department know he was in a 90 minute zone, call his professor to say he wouldn’t be in class, and call a garage to deal with the repair.
Six hours worth of waiting, plus $870 for a tow and distributor assembly, and he was finally on his way and none too pleased about how his day had gone. He had signed up to volunteer at the local food shelf this evening, and even though he was exhausted by the day’s events, he went to fulfill his duty. He got to come home early because #snowmageddon kept people from venturing out to use the food shelf’s services.
Spring is sounding real good about now.
wow, if it closes school in minnesota, it MUST be bad. snuggle by the fire tonight and stay warm!
and also…. $870????? I just fainted a little.
Snowmageddon indeed!
I was planning to get together for a walk with a couple of laid off co-workers, and cancelled on account of snow. Except here in the Twin Cities, the advertised snow still hadn’t started falling as of around noon. So I felt kinda silly having cancelled on account of snow that wasn’t falling.
One of the friends I was supposed to walk with called me around noon, and I saw maybe one or two flakes come down every ten minutes or so. We start chatting, and fifteen minutes later, the street is completely white. Fifteen minutes after that, and I realized I’d forgotten to put sand on the ice on my sidewalk. So I went out to do that, but in spite of having a short sidewalk, I literally could not clear the sidewalk to get to the ice to put the sand down. The moment I shovelled, the sidewalk was covered again. I told my friend it was snowing like rain!
Anyway, I was thankful not to have to commute. Sorry to hear about your hubby’s car breaking down. What an awful day for that to happen!
Guess you don’t want to know we are wearing shorts down in Florida today.
Hi there! I have to admit, I’ve been reading your blogs on and off for 2 days now, and I have been very entertained! I recently came aboard wordpress, hit the “random blog” button and after a couple that didn’t interest me at all, your page came up. What amused me at first was the name, that totally pulled me in!
So, thank you for making your thoughts public! Much praise to you.
J. Snyder
Hi, All! We’ve successfully dug ourselves out of Snowmageddon. As happened with you, Amy, it started slowly and then dumped. It cleared out fairly quickly, too.
Dee – We’ll be wearing shorts in a couple of weeks, I’m sure. If it hits 40 above, Minnesotans are out in shirt-sleeves because it feels warm compared to what we’re used to.
I hope you’ve recovered from your faint, Erin. That bill does take the breath away, doesn’t it?
Hi, J. Snyder – Welcome to my blog. Glad you’re enjoying it, and really happy to know that the “random blog” button sometimes lands people here. Thanks for the comment.
The snow started the same way here at 10 am. I walked into the bathroom and could barely see any falling and by the time I walked back into the living room it was practically a whiteout. Once it started falling, you just couldn’t see anything. The strong north wind sounded awesome with it. We ended up with 7 inches but it’s gorgeous today and I’m going snowshoeing. Glad your all safe and warm now.
I was thinking about your Snowmagadin.
Oops hit the button to soon. Ok, I was thinking about Snomagadin as I was walking on the beach today.
Now you’re just teasin’, Dee!
(And I was shoveling in shirt sleeves yesterday.) 
It did get into the 20′s last night.