Are We Surviving Without Bananas?

I am sure many people were awaiting the Snowmaggedon/Snowpocalypse post follow up to ensure we made it through. The good new is, yes, we've survived despite the complete lack of bananas and red onions. Cookies ran out on Sunday, but we've found a suitable replacement. (Word is Andrew has a stash hidden somewhere in case this thing goes longer than any of us expected.)

So, what have we been up to? First let me say I grew up in New England. I spent over 2 years in Colorado. I do not think I have ever seen anything like this. We have truly been snow bound since about 2pm Friday. We are lucky in that snow bound means we just have to walk to the pub or the grocery or Whole Foods. The natives are getting a little restless - we live in about 800 square feet and when you put a dog, a cat and two people in there without much escape, it can get a little tight. But we have power (knock on wood) and we've been ok. Here's a look at what we've been up to - for more photos be sure to check out the Exnicios Photo Site - which you can link to by clicking here or through the link on the left side of the blog.

Saturday we took Calhoun out for some play time and to see how bad things really were. The answer, pretty bad. This is Cal playing with Andrew, you can see how high the snow is by the cars in the background.

Later that day we met Alison on King Street for some basketball (watching, not playing) and tasty grilled cheese sandwiches. We had a prime location by the window overlooking the street, so we could watch as the world walked by - or in this case, skied.

Sunday we had to cancel our Super Bowl plans because we couldn't get out of the neighborhood and walked up to the local grocery store to get some last minute game provisions. Apparently everyone else in the neighborhood was in the same dilemma because there was a run on the weirdest things - like beer, chicken wings, tortilla chips, frozen coconut shrimp. We made do with a lovely collection on frozen TGIFriday's appetizers. Being a Tom Brady loyalist, I was thrilled with the outcome of the game as well. And I may have cried at the Google commercial. Oh, and Puppy Bowl was awesome. Really. Google "Subaru puppy bowl dog commercials" or look them up on YouTube. Genius marketing.

Monday the government closed, meaning I was home and Andrew would telecommute. More of the same - some knitting and some resting. We took Calhoun for a long walk to stretch his puppy legs. Our neighborhood is still pretty well snowed in. Bailey is not used to sharing her space with people and puppies for such a long stretch of time and by Monday was asking to be put out of her misery.

Today is Tuesday and the Government is closed again. We are sitting at home, waiting for the next wave to come through. Still nothing yet, but they are calling for 10-20 more inches. In anticipation of this next storm, and to get Calhoun out of his Dad's hair, who was still telecommuting, Cal and I suited up and headed out. Along the way we ran into this: The National Guard. It is a convoy through our neighborhood. I am not sure what they are doing, but they have set up camp behind our condo complex. I felt like a small child in recently liberated France. I half expected them to throw candy to Cal and me out the window.

Calhoun decided to show off his snow skills for the nice Guardspeople and climbed the nearest snow drift. He is quite the mountain climber. Knowing that our neighborhood would soon be liberated from the snow, Calhoun and I continued on to our favorite yarn store, Fibre Space, also dog friendly, to say hello to folks there and do some shopping. We picked up some lovely Spud and Chloe Outer to make a winter hat. (Fellow knitters, especially snow bound ones, check out Spud and Chloe, best yarn!!)

After all that yarn, the snow had still not started. Seeing this as a gift, Calhoun and I risked life and limb (and car alignment) and hopped into the car to make a quick dash to Buzz. We may have survived this long without bananas, but clearly cupcakes were needed. The roads are still terrible and we probably should not have gone out - but look how happy Calhoun is with his Buzz puppy cookie! And inside that box are 4 little pieces of heaven just waiting to be washed down with a decaf latte. Mmmm.

So - are we surviving? Sure. As I said, we have power, we can walk to tons o'places. We have 4 3 cupcakes waiting to be eaten. Life is pretty good on this weather imposed island.