Sheriff Requested School Closure

The kids have been out of school for 2 weeks (plus 2 snow days), and are scheduled to go back tomorrow. But, the county sheriff's office has requested that all schools stay closed tomorrow. The biggest reason is the fact that so many kids walk to school, and the vast majority of area sidewalks are not clear - and the snow berms are taller than the kids. So, it looks like all area schools are going to be closed tomorrow - and we are under another Winter Storm Watch from 10 tonight until 10 tomorrow morning, which is expected to bring another 4-7 inches.

The good news, if there is such a thing at this point, is that we are supposed to be warming up starting on Tuesday, and there is no more snow in the forecast for the rest of the week. Instead, we have rain and possible flooding in the forecast!

Here are a few pictures I took today of the house, and the kids playing:

This is the covered area of our back deck - and that is the door where we are experiencing the new leak. John found a large ice dam up on that part of the roof today, and was able to get it broken up and cleared off - and the leak does seem to have slowed down.

This is the roof over the kitchen (on the left), and over our bedroom (on the right - with the satellite dish).

Here is the covered area outside the back of the garage.  And the large grey "box" is the motorhome.

Here's another shot taken from the back deck - looking toward the garage.

Believe it or not, this is our swimming pool.


The kids begged to go out and play on this last day of Christmas break, and as you can see, they had a great time.

Snow Angels~

I'll probably be in trouble for showing this next picture.  John didn't want me to take it for fear it would look like he was enjoying the snow.  So, I show this only with the disclaimer that it is not an accurate reflection of John's opinion of the snowfall! :)