Bring on the Hot Cocoa!

This was A.P.'s first blizzard. Mr. Florida was amazed at how much snow could actually fall from the sky! Plus the whole experience of having a snow day and a city shutting down was so fascinating to him. I always make fun of the local news, calling it the half hour weather show, since that always seems to be what they lead with, but this is one time where I gladly watched every moment of coverage.

So now, with Valentine's right around the corner, I'm thinking about buying him this mug, since he drinks EVERYTHING out of a mug (juice, milk, soda, coffee, sometimes even beer)!


What do you guys think?

(Photos via AQuartzyLife etsy shop)

Blizzardly

Some photos from our blizzardly past 24 hours...

First up is our "walk" with the dog last night. I put walk in quotations because we were outside for a total of two minutes. Our dog, Radar, was soooo not into it.

The weather was so insane. This is my second blizzard, and Lord knows I've endured many a bad snow storm, but this is the first time I heard thunder and saw lightening during a snow storm! It was so crazy! The dog was all kinds of confused as to how to get over that little pile of snow in front of the door, and as soon as he peed he turned around and walked right back in. We really were out there for a total of two minutes!

A.P. and I both had the day off of work today. He had to work from home, and I should have worked from home, but instead decided that what I really needed was to lay around and not do much. So that's what I did. After a few hours of relaxing and watching people start to emerge from their homes, we geared up and headed out to clean off our car and dig it out of the mess a bit.


Our car was not as buried as some (see the little teal car below), but it was still knee deep on the sidewalk side. So crazy! We had the car running the whole time to help melt the snow and let the engine run a bit, so I took a break inside for a bit while A.P. dug the car out.


After we dug the car out, we tried to get it out of the spot, but that was a no go. So we parked it back in the spot and took a mini-walk around the neighborhood. All around, people were starting to materialize. They were coming from the CVS and various neighborhood stores, and most everyone was walking in the street. The only cars out seemed to be giant SUVs that could manage the snow. At the end of our block was a giant snow hill that was taller than A.P.! We posed for some photos in front of it, and then trudged back home. Before getting back home, I collapsed into the snow and made an angel. You ask why, I say why not?

Power Outage Chicago

Guys, check this out! A.P. and I were sitting in the living room waiting out the blizzard, and we heard this really loud popping sound coming from outside. We looked out the window and saw in the alley across the street the electricity box next to the wire* popping and flashing. A.P. just described it as "illuminating the sky's light." Basically, it looked like fireworks. It was so crazy that I grabbed A.P.'s camera to film it, and while I was filming, the power went out on that whole side of the neighborhood. Check it out!

What's crazy is that our electricity didn't go out. We've still had cooking gas, heat, and (knock on internet) power. This means watching the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills duke it out on the 2nd part of the reunion is still happening. Sweet!

* I tried to find out what the technical name for this box was, but apparently googling "what's the electricity box called by the wire on the street" doesn't get you any answers.