Snow Big or Go Home!

I've lived in Alabama now for almost four years and it has taken me four years to experience a snow day! For the entire week, the weather report forecasted accumulative snow! Yeah right! They always say that and it never happens. Well it did...and Birmingham had two inches!

Chase flew in from New Orleans on Friday just in time for it to start and me to get home from work. It snowed for FIVE hours! (I used to be acclimated fairly well with snow growing up in Kentucky, but Alabama has me adjusted to their "state of mind" when it comes to snow now.) I was beside myself as I dragged Chase out with my camera through the neighborhood to snap shots of this rare occasion...and our first ever snow day together! While out on our snowy stroll, our neighbor Rick escorted us down to the creek, just a street over from our house. We knew it was there, but had never hiked down, and wow, was it worth it! The most gorgeous thing I've ever seen! How had we not been down to visit this after 6 year of living on the block?!

Friday night, my parents "slid" on in to Birmingham with my sister in tow for a visit. Dad and Chase went to T'town for the A Club BBQ cook-off and the Alabama vs. Arkansas game on Saturday. Mom, Sally and I piddled around town and then came home and made Valentine's Day cookies for my grandfather. (I might add that this was the ONLY Valentine's celebrating that I did!)

After my family left on Sunday, Chase and I hung around the house and waited for the yes, SECOND round of snow that was suppose to bring 2-3 inches! We woke up to no snow and the remnants of last nights whipping winds that brought down a very large pine tree in our backyard. Back to typical Alabama snow predictions... Hey Bama, snow big or go home!

A little Friday morning math problem...

I have been on a high this week with the excitement of going home to Kentucky for the weekend. A line up of visiting my bestie, a basketball game at my alma mater's Diddle Arena and a heavy helping of country ham and biscuits from Mammoth Cave Hotel. Not so fast! Take a look at the local station's weather forecast.

Now, let's do a little math problem:

It is exactly 302 miles from Alice's house in Birmingham to her house in Horse Cave. The snow and ice precipitation is to begin somewhere along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. We'll use Athens for our precipitation commencement. From Birmingham to Athens, it is 106 miles. Using the illustration below and the information provided, approximately how many miles will Alice drive in un-safe conditions.

302 Total miles from Point "A" to Point "B"
-106 Total miles from Point "A" to point of precipitation commencement

Grand total of 196 miles of travel in un-safe conditions. Now we know that this number may not be the exact total, so we'll round to the nearest tens place, making it approximately 200 miles of un-safe travel.

Logic: Alice is staying home in Birmingham this weekend for more studying, note cards and painting my front door red.

On a completely different note, congratulations to Abby and JR on the birth of their son Baker!

Picture Credits: The Weather Channel & WBKO 13, Bowling Green, Kentucky

From the inside looking out...

Warm and cozy inside my office...wishing I was home.

Snow Dance!

I'm doing my snow dance today and tomorrow! Yes, Central Alabama has a good chance of snow in our forecast! I haven't done a snow dance since maybe high school and haven't had a snow day since my sophomore year in college. Get in your kitchen and do your snow dance for me!