cold & soggy.

last weekend, we had a bunch of this:

and this:

and this:

it's not supposed to snow like that here. no sir. not in the mid-atlantic. not when i live ten minutes from the atlantic ocean. i think we got about 10" total...some parts of our yard had more due to the drifting snow.

schools were out until wednesday. wednesday, y'all. i didn't go to work for most of this week because of the weather & my kiddos being out of school. oh, who am i kidding, i only missed one day {duh, i only work three days a week}. but, still. i was seriously on the verge of a nervous breakdown {well, i could blame more than snow & restless kids for that}.

this morning, we still had a nice patch of snow in our yard. there are still piles of {icky, dirty} snow around town.

well, maybe not anymore because i'm sure it's all gone now.

washed away.

while the rest of the state and the upper portions of the mid-atlantic are being hit by snowmageddon, we are being pelted with rain. rain that is pouring out of the sky in sheets. sideways. seriously, isn't this like the 340934067982734th nor'easter so far this winter?
i was out in our laundry room and the rain was coming in the cat door. the. cat. door.

ridiculous.

i don't know about you, but i am so ready for some summer weather. bring on the heat & humidity. i'm over this roller coaster weather. crazy snowy forecasts. 20 to 30 degree temperature changes. frigid air. dry skin. red noses.

i want sunshine. sweaty skin. bare feet. tank tops. summer nights. oh, i'll even take 'skeeter bites over this crummy weather. well, maybe i'll draw the line at 'skeeter bites.

silly groundhog. thanks for nothing.

hot mess.

Atlantic Assault.

November Nor'easter.

Call it what you will -- it's soggy, rainy, windy & plain icky outside.

I'm telling you, the weather this time yesterday morning was NOTHING compared to this. Today is supposed to be the worst of all the Ida leftovers slash nor'easter action. Let's hope so.

I'm surprised my pine trees still have needles on them - the wind is howling out there!

The floor in my laundry room is wet. {it used to be part of the garage...}

The kids are out of school today {thank you, VBCPS, for the 5am wake-up call}. And, in true "bored kids on a rainy day" fashion they are already plucking my nerves. I need more coffee.

The fine folks on the Weather Channel are comparing this storm to Hurricane Isabel from six years ago. That's a pretty good comparison if you want my honest opinion. And, poor Mike Bettes...he's a trooper braving what a news anchor from one of our local stations called the "exfoliation station." In other words, he's been reporting live from the Virginia Beach oceanfront -- wind, surf, rain...blowing sand! Wanna see? Click here.

Roads are flooded. Offices, schools, courts, colleges...closed. My front door...closed, too.

All we can do is wait. Wait for the wind & rain to stop. And, hopefully the sun will come back out and dry things up because I am NOT looking forward to cleaning this:


or this:


The pics were taken around 7:45am with my Crackberry while I walked around my yard like a fool in my pajama pants. I know, I know...