SNOW!! (and ice)

Today it started raining ice, then snow, then ice, then snow, etc. We were on our way to Marci's work to get her bosses phone number so she could call her and let her know she might not be into work Monday (mainly because my Mom is sick and can't watch the kids). When we were almost there it started raining ice. While we were waiting in the car for Marci to get back with the phone number, it rained a LOT of ice, and even snowed some, I mean this thing came in fast. Took us almost an hour to get home when it should only take about 15 - 20 minutes. At least everyone we saw was going slow and taking it easy. Well, everyone but the moron behind us who just HAD to tailgate us. We're doing like 35-40 and he's probably 6-10 feet away. What's up with that?! I was sitting in back (Marci drives in this better than I do, and with less stress) and motioned for him to please back off, but he didn't want to do that. Some people.

Once we got home, we still had to get diapers for Riley & Maddie. So I put on my boots and warm clothes, and walked up to the store and back. On the way, I took several photos:

The walk wasn't bad, I actually got a little too hot. The walk there was easy. The walk back was harder. The wind was blowing in my face, and a few times so hard I almost couldn't walk, and it was raining ice pellets, which did NOT feel good when they hit my face. I had a baseball hat on, a stocking cap over that to cover my ears, my scarf to cover my face, and sunglasses to cover my eyes. Trouble was the heat from my breath kept steaming up my sunglasses so it was hard to see. They say it'll be freezing rain in the morning, so I'm going to work from home. It's supposed to be better sometime Tuesday, then actually fairly warm and raining for Christmas. Let's hope so, I don't like snow and ice.