oh sweet delicious coffee

[amand_r]

I take back all the mocking I did. I have never seen it like this. If you live in a place that get a lot of snow, feel free to mock me, but I just wasn't prepared for:

SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010

1. Lost power (re: heat) at 2 am. Ate the kid for warmth.

2. I kid, we did that huddle for warmth thing.

3. Discovered all coffee was unground. Used mortar and pestle.

4. No method of heating water. Did you know that when water is hot enough to burn you in the shower, it is still not hot enough for coffee?

5. Drank coffee anyway.

6. Went outside.

This was the view from my front porch:


This is the street from the end of our parking lot:


To appreciate the scale here, I want you to understand that that pile is on the OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, ALMOST RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUILDING BEHIND IT. THIS IS NOT A PERCEPTION TRICK. SNOW IS NOT TALLER THAN IT APPEARS. IT IS THAT TALL:


VIVI CLIMBS MOUNT SNOW:


I am sure there is parent fail going on here, as I scream, "Go higher!":


I shoveled our walk, and here is Viv, in the tunnel:


7. Went inside, peeled off clothes (PLUS: I have lost so much weight that I was able to wear my fleece pyjamapants under my old size 14 jeans. MINUS: COLD)

8. After lunch. POWER RETURNS! HUZZAH! COFFEE FIRST, CHARGE CELL, RUN DISHWASHER.

Comments

[curriejean.livejournal.com]

HOLY CRAP! I want a snowstorm. We've had a total of about five inches so far.

And you need a fondue pot. INDESPENSABLE.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

THE FONDUE POT ONLY WORKS IF YOU HAVE A MEANS OF HEATING IT.

I HAVE AN ELECTRIC STOVE. WHEN i GOT UP, THE VACUUM SIPHON MOCKED ME: "WELL I COULD MAKE YOU COFFEE, IF YOU HAD POWER."

*FIST SHAKE*

BARROWMAN!

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! 5 INCHES IS PLENTY!
Mandr, i for one really appreciate you taking this hit (of snow) for me :)

[feignhope.livejournal.com]

AND YOU LOLed ME!!!!! Its STILL snowing here. Your pictures are damn impressive. Mine are posted on FB.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAH I SHOULD GO OVER THERE.

[cyprinella]

We, thankfully, have not lost power for more than a split second. Our cables are all underground and we'd have to lose a junction box for it to go. *knocks on wood* Glad yours is back on. This is one of the reasons that I really wanted a place with a gas stove. Next plan is to get a wood burning stove installed instead of a fireplace we never use. This will guarantee that we don't get snow like this again for at least a decade.

I think when it comes to snow piles, it's only parenting fail if you encourage her to dig tunnels in them because that's supposed to be dangerous. The kids in my neighborhood played king of the hill on the piles in the grocery store parking lots for years without major injury.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

It was fun to watch her get so har up and then dlide all the way down on her belly.

I think my parent fail arose when she wanted to make snow angels, but all the snow was too high, so i picked her up and threw her in a big drift.

oh the lulz.

or me, anyway.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

WOW.

COFFEE. YOU HAZ IT NOW! AND HEAT. YAYS!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFEE.

On the other hand, for some reason, being snowed in has made me realise how dirty my house is. ::twitchy::

[mtgat]

COFFEE!!!!

*uploads you a snowblower and a generator*

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

*shakes USB port* It must be clogged from all the times mrsalemp tried to send me eggnog lattes over xmas! Dammit!

[pocky_slash.livejournal.com]

WE DIDN'T EVEN GET A FLURRY.

And it's weirdass weather patterns, too! priscellie says they got around an inch in the city, my friend who lives thirty-five minutes south of here can't get out of her driveway, and we're just sitting here, twiddling our thumbs.

(Well, actually we're watching old NCIS episodes on the DVR, but it's practically the same thing as thumb twiddling.)

WHERE'S OUR SNOWPOCALYPSE? I wanted to have an excuse to stay in my pajamas all day writing and scrapbooking. I will probably still do this, but I wanted an excuse!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OMG YOU NEVER REALISE HOW MUCH YOU NEED POWER UNTIL YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

I has snow, too. 'pocalyse is ending, though. Sun coming out. Took about 70pictures early AM. Will FB them, with link at my LJ.
I don't understand rugby. (england v. wales on BBCamerica).

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAH EVERYONE I KNOW IS WATCHING THAT GAME.

I LIKE THE WORD "SCRUM".

[wynkat1313.livejournal.com]

damn i miss snow. ok, for about ten minutes.

glad you have power back and only sorta ate the munchkin, she is really too cute to eat, you'd make much more money selling her.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

THE GYPSIES WANTED ME TO PAY THEM TO TAKE HER.

[cthonus.livejournal.com]

I've got a few electric heaters scattered around but the oven's gas. If I lose electricity I lose entertainment. If I lose gas I starve to death.

Can't quite take in how much snow is by your path. I mean... WOW! You could almost jump from the top windows and not get hurt. (pls don't try!)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I did that one year, actually, to get out of the house.

I don't recommend it.

Yeah, our heat is gas, but the blower for the HVAC is electric, so CURSES! FOILED!

[gypsylady.livejournal.com]

You need a chafing dish, the kind that uses cans of fuel. That'll make hot food. And I have a glass coffee service set that uses candles but can also use sterno (if you don't mind the water boiling all to hell and gone) which I've used when the power goes out.

I'm glad you didn't eat the kidlet. That's too much protein all at once in difficult circumstances. As Morticia said, "Too young!" (And also far, far too adorable.)

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that I needed some of those sterno things. I used to have stuff like that when Tianyu was aboot! Who knows where it is now.

Haahahah KIDLET IS TOO CUTE TO EAT, AND SHE DOES SMALL JOBS FOR ME.

[djin7.livejournal.com]

We're having one of the warmest winters on record. Hey! You guys want the Winter Olympics? We have snow!fail here. We have to cart it in. *tilts head*

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HAAAHAHAHAHAH OMG THAT IS HORRIBLE.

KIDLET HAS A VANCOUVER OLYMPICS TRACK JACKET. THOSE MASCOTS ARE THE CUTEST THINGS EVER.

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

ZOMG!!! That's snowy!
Glad you got the coffee back - and that you didn't have to eat the kid!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I hate an orange instead. It is higher in vitamin C and lowerin cholesterol. all those organ meats!

What's that word...?

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah...schadenfreude. (Enjoy your coffee-I would have had to shoot myself.)

Re: What's that word...?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OH MAN, I CLEARLY DIDN'T THINK THE COFFEE THING THROUGH.

I have a thermal carafe. I'm going to make a pot and have it on hand.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

We're going out again in a little over an hour! More pictures to follow!

Plus, these total assholes who live below us cleaned off their truck, but they threw all the snow in front of the cars next to them!!!! HAS NO ONE TAUGHT THEM APARTMENT PARKING SNOW ETIQUETTE?!!!! I am way tempted to clean off our car and put all the snow in front of their truck (if I could, uh, tell which one was ours). Only I'm not planning on doing any shoveling until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. It's still fucking snowing, after all!

Have a cup of coffee on me!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah man, I don't get why people don't understand parking lot ettiquette!

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad your power is back. We're hanging in there power wise and holy cow this is more snow than last time.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I heard more is coming. Brace yourself!

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

OMG that's awesome snow! I hope it stays fun for the kidlet and warm for you both :D

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

It is already old. Bleaugh.

[sthayashi.livejournal.com]

Yay! At least you got power back.

All my plans for today have been thwarted, but at least we didn't lose power. Sorry to hear that you did. Sir Sleep-a-lot is still here, because it seems wrong to send him back to his 2 bedroom apartment with 4 roommates.

Plus the buses aren't running, so he can't really get to work either unless he hauls his ass. And on top of that, he doesn't have all that much food stocked up, whereas we've been waiting for the apocalypse with our food.

The hill near my house had tons of people sledding on it and made me wonder if V would enjoy sledding (with a grown-up of course).

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I am sure that Viv would adore sledding. I'm thinking that when this snow abates and the roads clear up, this shit is going to be around for a while, so we might indulge in a little sledding action.

[aster-laevis.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeee!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

MUCHLY.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

We had like, three straight days of snow. All of which were about 32 degrees.

If it had been colder, I'd have an igloo. Instead, all I have is a mushy, slightly crunchy lawn.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I WISH I HAD THE ENERGY TO MAKE AN IGLOO. THIS IS HEAVY ASS SNOW.

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

We lost power for seven hours during a heatwave last year. It really sucked and nobody was happy, though we got to go out for dinner which was nice.

Oh yeah I posted your John/Scott domestic fic, I hope that you enjoy it since I'm really proud of it.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

OMG I JUST SAW IT. IT WAS AWESOME!

[debitha.livejournal.com]

That... is a lot of snow.

The British snowpocalypse was nowhere near that bad, the main problem was that we weren't equipped for it.

You should get one of those little gas camping stoves for power-cut-emergency-coffee purposes. I hear you can do food on them, too.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, camping stoves are good for that. I should buy one.

[tildathebuilder.livejournal.com]

That is amazing! I showed my dd she has decided that she wants THAT MUCH when we next get snow. I didn't have the heart to tell her it wasn't likely for another 180 years where we live in the UK.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Haahahah tell her to come here to study! Some winter semester she'll get it!