Snow Day!

This strange white stuff showed up at our house this morning!

Our house 11 am Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 34 degrees and snowing!

snow on the grass
back yard
pretty winter berries and snow!

Chilly

Holy Cow! It is 64 degrees with 81% humidity. In Houston. In May. Hell CAN freeze over people.

What a difference 7 hours makes

Without realizing it, C and I took similar pictures of the snow.  He took a set around 11:30 pm after the kids and I were fast asleep.  I took my set when I got up around 6:45 the next morning.  You can see the difference that 7 hours of warming Houston temperatures makes.  I was actually surprised that there still was snow on the ground when I got up.

The morning commute was terrible for many people but we were fine here.  I guess Mother Nature decided that since Hurricane Ike couldn't bring down Houston she would try the freezing route?!

Here are great pics from Spacemama and a pic from Spacemonkey.  

We Have Snow!!!

These pictures say it all.  First rain turned to sleet and I thought that was all we would get.  Then around 6:15-ish big fluffy flakes started flying!  I quickly ran around taking photos then uploaded them and planned on finishing this post later.  The kids and C were playing outside so I headed back out and realized that it was still coming down really hard and snow was accumulating so I took more photos and those are what you see below taken approx. 2 hours later.  It is now nearly 9 pm CST and the snow is still falling.  What a lovely treat for the middle of our week here in Houston!

C is now playing with the camera and the tripod out front so we'll see what he comes up with.  I'll post those later.

Hope you all are warm and toasty tonight and enjoying the magic of the season.

Mother Nature is MEAN

So yesterday (Tuesday 12/9) was steamy.  It was one of those overcast days that always confuse me.  Up north, when the sky gets overcast the temp usually drops.  Not so here in Houston so I get confused.  I think it will be cool outside even though the temperature says otherwise.  Such was the case yesterday.

It was overcast and breezy with a high of around 80 degrees.  It was 70 degrees at 6 am Tuesday morning when I stepped out to walk Brody.  I was wearing a t-shirt and sweat pants.  Both of us were sweating by the time we returned home.  It was steamy like when you go into the bathroom about 20 minutes after someone has showered.  By the time I was headed to school (around 4:30 pm) my car says it was 82 when I left my house.  When I arrived at school (35 miles north and west) my car says it was 66.  It was incredibly windy--like, knock you over if you aren't careful windy.  By the time I got out of class at 10 pm it was 50 degrees.  

This morning at 6 am it was 34, rainy and very windy.  In my just-woke-up-daze I thought, how does that happen?  How can it be 70 degrees one morning and 34 the next??  Needless to say I went right back to bed.  The dog was ok with that once I let him out into the back yard to potty.  He didn't want to be outside either!  We curled up together for another hour of snoozing.

Mother Nature is just plain mean.

Hurricane Links that we are watching

www.wunderground.com/tropical/

www.tropicwx.com/

Not running yet!

I've been taking lots of emails and phone calls this morning from friends and family wondering what we are doing in the face of hurricane Ike.  So, to keep you informed, nothing at this time.  We've been told that we will probably get some strong wind and rain where we live but nothing worse than a tropical storm.  Of course, this hurricane could easily take a hard right at the last minute similar to what hurricane Rita did in 2005.  In that case, we'd be screwed.  Hope that settles your fears for us!!  We'll keep you posted.