Weekly iPhone Roundup {1.28 - 2.3}

 As I'm sure most people in the US know, last week was full of snow and ice. Much to my surprise we also got mass amounts of ice Sunday night into Monday morning. I really had no clue it was supposed to happen or LaVaughn and I would've both left Perryville Monday morning after work. Of course, things didn't happen that way and by the time I woke up at noon on Monday it was too late, the ice was everywhere.

The joys of working until after 4AM is not being able to wake up earlier.

If you know anything about us you know that the ice didn't stop us from clawing our way home. It took twice as long to get home, but thank God we made it in once piece. We did slide to a stop in Fredericktown before we picked up our groceries, resulting in me almost rear-ending the car in front of me. Thankfully that didn't happen.

I've driven on snow and ice a few times before, but nothing as bad as this. It was stupid and careless of us to attempt to make it home, but every homebody in the world knows they'll do whatever it takes to get home.

In non-near death experiences, my heat mat arrived for my lemon trees this week. It's really new and won't lay flat just yet, but the more it heats up the better it will work.

I think that's all for now. I hope everyone had an awesome week!

Ice covered window in the car. We legit had to let the car run for over 20 minutes. We both got out and scraped the window multiple times, but the ice was so thick.

We stopped for a coffee at The Station in Fredericktown. You know, priorities.

Waiting on Walmart pickup.

This was highway 67 - not as bad as others, but still pretty bad.

This is highway 34 coming into Piedmont. It was really nasty.

We parked at Murphy's Pizza in Piedmont to call my aunt to let her know we were okay. As you can see, the roads were terrible.

This is highway 143 just past the store I used to work at in Des Arc, completely covered in ice.

Our frozen yard. This was fun to walk on.

I ventured out on Thursday for some necessities.

Our county road was still completely covered in ice.

Thankfully the highway wasn't and there was enough gravel showing through to give me some traction.

Some of my lemon seeds are starting to sprout up!

This is the heat mat I bought from Amazon. So far so good.

Look at all these little guys snug on their warm mat.

Missouri Ice Storm of 2021

 So anyone in and around my area knows just how nasty the weather got last week. It started Sunday before last and got even worse early Monday. Since I travel for work now, I was SO scared that we were gonna get stuck. Thank the good lord we made it home safe and sound. It wasn't without difficulty - it was sleeting about 85% of the time we were driving home.

Thankfully it hadn't done too much in our neck of the woods, but it did get really bad Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Wednesday, after the sleet and freezing rain stopped, I ventured outside to take some photos. It was super cold so I didn't stay out that long, just long enough to take a few pics here and there. 

I guess that's all for now. Here are some pics of the ice storm from last week.

It looks like snow, but this was legit ice. There was a little snow mixed in I think.

I'd like to add that I took this with the 40mm macro lens and I think they turned out pretty decent. Definitely some nice landscape capabilities with this lens.

Our Christmas bells hanging on the fence.

More snowy/icy fence.

Our big ice and snow covered tree.

Gotta play with some macro shots.

More snowy landscape.

This fallen tree has been there for years. Almost reminds me of something north of the wall.

Our icy covered road.

I do love how pretty our driveway looks covered in snow... ice in the case.

More landscape fun with the 40mm.

Watch out, I'm starting to get artistic, lol.

Ice covered gravel.

More macro attempts.

More snow covered road.

Gigantic snow covered tree.

Warm chili on a cold day...

You guessed it, we're still snowed in! I don't think I've even been stuck in the house this long before -- severe cabin fever is setting in! Today marks the 7th day that I haven't left the house, seen pavement, people, stores... nothing!! It can really wear you down after a while, but luckily I'm surrounded by things I love, like chili and my animals.

We had a nice bathroom playtime experience with the rattie boys a little while ago, They're both really starting to open up, which is awesome! Nothing says fun like having rat kisses on your cheek. Call me crazy, but I love nothing more -- short of my kitty cats. Opie (now Louie??) is a tad more timid than I'd like, but he's slowly starting to come around and show us what his personality is really like. From the looks of it he's going to be a wild one!

As pathetic as this sounds, that's really all the excitement I have to share for the day. I do have a few new pictures, but it's repetitive nonsense that everyone has seen a 1000 times. Better than nothing, I suppose.

Love & Peace

-Megan

This cat is so inappropriate.

Nom, nom... chili!

LaVaughn's banana "bars".

Bathroom time with the rat boys:

Just look at that adorable rat face...