day 4.
are you tired of hearing texans freak out about winter weather yet?
if so, then you might want to turn back now.
don't say i didn't warn you...

do you remember what it looked like outside yesterday?
here's a quick reminder.


a couple inches of just solid ice on the ground.
but this morning when we woke up, it looked like this!


the mailbox was really our only indication of where the sidewalk and street are.
if it's going to be crazy cold, then it might as well look awesome! i love it!

what you're looking at is about 6 inches of powder snow on top of a couple inches of ice.
a texas driver's worst nightmare.

but fortunately we weren't driving...everything was closed for the 4th consecutive day.
so it was our dream!
we have spent today totally appeasing the inner child. :)

when my husband and i were kids, i grew up near houston, where the closest thing to snow i ever saw was maybe a quarter inch of ice, and shomik grew up in the even hotter mumbai (bombay back then), where 65 degrees is freakishly cold.

so today was probably the first time either of us have been legitimately sledding.
i know...it's really sad.
but today we made up for lost time. i'm sure our bodies will hate us in the morning.


we trekked down the street to a golf course...which happens to double as a hilly sledding wonderland. and yes, we're using a dog crate liner as a sled...don't judge.


i don't think the dogs were quite as into it as we were...
but trust me, it was magical.

day 3.
the ice isn't melting.
more snow expected tonight.
the city is getting restless...facebook is getting very active.


sometimes i think God wants us to slow down a bit though.
besides the cabin fever setting in, the change of pace has been a nice break.

so what do you do when you're iced in for 3 days and your street looks like a frozen pond?

well, it's been nice to seriously catch up on some computer work. laundry. make lots of comfort food. do house chores. spend an ungodly amount of time on facebook. self clean the oven. (which i now know is a bad idea when it's too cold to open the windows). drink hot chai. watch netflix. sit by the fire. bollywood booty. (yes, that's an aerobic video! haha). snuggle with the dogs. rarely shower. and live in pajamas...sexy.

our furthest slippery slidey trek has been across the street to the grocery store for some more firewood.

oh, and taking the dogs for some iditarod style potty walks.


it's hard to believe that just this past weekend it was 75 degrees.
if it really snows tonight, you better believe that i'll be doing some sledding in a laundry basket tomorrow.

you gotta love the weather in texas...and if you don't, then just wait a minute and it will change. :)