J & S Lowe: Our Story: February 2011

Oklahoma exprienced a massive snow storm last week. The Tulsa area got 14 inches of snow over 12 hours or so. Norman received 9-10 inches in the same amount of time. School was cancelled state wide even universities. OU was closed Tuesday through Friday. And my sister Samantha is still out of school. Her school has been closed from Tuesday last week to today. The best part is it supposed to start snowing again tonight with snow anywhere from 6-10 inches again. Norman cleared out and melted over the weekend, but the streets in the Tulsa, Sapulpa area were still awful. If anyone knows anything about Oklahoma you know that we have some of the worst constructed roads and highways in the United States. Why I don't know, but 14 inches of snow and 1-2 inches of ice don't help the already bad roads. Needless to say many people got stuck in all the drifts and abandoned their cars on the side of highways and side streets.

John and I made it home over the weekend just fine in my car which is all- wheel drive. Then my superbly talented husband managed to get my dad's four-wheel drive truck stuck right after having driven without any complications. He was not a happy camper, but the look on his face was priceless, the what the heck this can't have just really happened look. Classic. Of course he couldn't just get it a little stuck he high centered it. All the shovels were conviently in the basement. The problem, the basement door was frozen shut. So this allowed for a little creativity on my part. I gave john a long broom handle that he used to dig his way out a little. Then he said he needed some more weight in the back of the bed to help weigh the truck down, in order to become unstuck. The master plan, Samantha myself and three dogs got in the back of the truck with sand bags and a chain to weigh down the bed of the truck. After much spinning of tires and smell of burning rubber and 10 minutes we were able to become free of all snow. We did however cause lots of ice from John melting the snow with his tires, which once free on his tires froze into ice.

Despite all the bad roads and cold temperatures, we did enjoy getting to spend so much time together. John's sister and niece built a cute snowman in his parents front yard. Jordyn enjoyed herself in all the snow. Amy, her momma, tried to help Jordyn to make a snow angel, but the snow had melted and frozen a little again. Jordyn is a very petite little girl and didn't weigh enough to actaully sink down in the snow, so Amy had to push her down in the snow. It still didn't work very well but it was funny trying to watch them make snow angels. Well with the next snow storm on the way we have stocked up and are ready to hunker down again if need be.