The 2021 Snow Storm...

 ...that broke Texas

This would have been fun had it not been one of the more stressful few days of my entire life. Texas does not have the infrastructure to support weather this cold. Picture frozen power plants and no electricity when it is 10 degrees and top it off with no snow plows or salt trucks. It's a real cluster of a situation.

Some highlights would be driving to and from my mom's house, almost getting stuck a few times, Jonathan holding a generator behind our SUV as we slowly drove home over ice, 10 hours with no power, then 6 hours without power (in the middle of the night!), no fireplace...I think I'll remember all of this fondly but when you have a real threat of keeping your family (and pipes) from freezing that kind of puts a damper on all of the snowy fun...especially when you have young kids who cannot care for themselves.

It has been a really tough and stressful week but I am so thankful we had the supplies to keep ourselves warm. Praise the Lord.

Lots of blankets, tent time,  and snuggles

Why this week was so stressful. Generator was outside (exhaust pointing away from the house) and extension cord were run through our old window. You're not supposed to run space heaters off of extension cords but we had no other choice. It was 10 degrees outside. I know people who's homes were 33 on the inside. Jonathan set his alarm for every hour to get up and check all the cords to make sure none were running hot and to go check the generator and add more gas if it needed it. Luckily we only had to sleep like this for one night. The 6 hour stretch of outage. The 10 hour stretch was during the day so were were able to keep an eye on things a lot better. So stressful but we were so blessed to have the resources to care for ourselves and children. Without a doubt the worst night of sleep I have ever had.

Happy Friday and here's to warmer weather!