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.

Weekly iPhone Roundup {1.21 - 1.27}

 Another week gone, another snow storm that resulted in a power outage. Years ago this area lost power if the wind blew in the wrong direction, then the electricity company "fixed" it somehow and we were able to withstand all kinds of storms without so much as a flicker. Now it's polar opposite and the electricity goes off even when it's not storming. It's murder.

Still in Sim mode, so not doing much else. I mean, with the power outage there was no playing, but still. I'm slowly starting to get out of it, though. You can only play the Sims for so long before you start losing it and eventually getting creeped out by the thought. Then you put the game away for 3-4 months before it sounds enjoyable again. It's a strange thing if you think about it.

Not much more to talk about, so I'll leave it at that. Hope everyone has a safe weekend!

Waiting in line at Taco Bell for my little bro.

Watching the second episode of The Last of Us. All I can say is amazing. Everything was awesome, even the amazing clicker.

Tuesday I made some homemade beef stew (with vegan meat) and it was delicious.

Pics of the snow storm from my phone.

Not really a snow storm, but these snow covered trees make you think it is.

It was enough of a snow storm to knock out the power.

Thank God for kerosene heaters.

One more of the heavily snow covered trees.

Poor Max was terrified because the power kept going off and making a terrifying sound to him.

This snow covered oak tree is a beauty.

Ventured out Friday for some items from Dollar General.

The air was crisp and refreshing, as was the bright lighting.

Mid-January Snow Storm

As I'm sure most of the Midwest knows this by now, but a considerable snow storm ripped through Southeast Missouri last night leaving thousands without power - including us. Thank God that it's back on today, but it has flashed off a couple times leaving me with lingering anxiety that it's going to go off again. There are still people close to us that have no power, so we're one of the lucky ones, which I'm undeniably thankful for. 

I documented most of the snowfall on my phone, which I'll share Friday, but I did take my camera and wide-angle Tokina lens to the front door to try and capture a better photo of just how much snow was hanging on the trees. It was a very dense, heavy snow which is why there were so many power outages last night. I'm just thankful ours is back on and pray to God that it stays that way.

Here are some pics of the heavy snowfall on the trees:

See how immensely heavy the snow was on the trees?

The snow covered weeping willow looks haunting.

Not gonna lie, all of the trees look kind of spooky covered in snow.

Last snow covered tree photo. I'm in love with how well the Tokina does in low lighting.

To the devil with false modesty...

I don't have too much to share today, mainly I wanted to unload some pictures so that I don't get backed up. They're nothing special, just a couple of Milla and Zoe.

We had all kinds of storms roll through yesterday, several warnings, and one very scared pup! Milla is a super friendly dog, but she's a loner by nature. Her behavior makes a complete turn around when it's storming -- or just when she's scared in general. There's not a thing you can do to pry her from our sides. 

We dinned up in our nook off of the kitchen last night and Milla stayed right by our side. It's so funny to see such a big dog so scared of something as harmless as thunder. It really brings out the puppy in her.

Today, on the other hand, has been much nicer. Definitely a lot colder, but it's been docile. So much so that someone decided to fish in the lake behind our house. Yeah, imagine my surprise walking in the glider room and seeing a family of 3 fishing. It was a sight to say the least! 

We still haven't seen or heard anything pertaining to Lucy. She's just gone. It's so lonely outside anymore, even though there are still 3 cats out there. Aside from Bart with his extreme vocals, Lucy was the loud one. Constantly squeaking out little meows whenever she wanted food, or just to be loved on. I miss her so.

I don't know why, but I am dreading work tomorrow. It's not as though I'm not there on a weekly basis, but since I took off a couple days this week, it seems like I've been gone for an eternity! I work a grueling 1-10 tomorrow. Standing for 9 plus hours on your feet is not something for the weak, I have to say. Maybe, by some miracle, I'll get out early. Highly unlikely, but you never know.

I guess I'll leave it at that. Hope you enjoy the pictures below...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Our big girl Milla with wide, frightened eyes:

The bone is clearly doing nothing for her, even though she ate about 4.

"Is it ever going to stop storming, mom?"

Zoe loves nothing more than to look out the large, floor to ceiling windows in the glider room:

Such a pretty girl, such a different reflection.

Look at those beautiful cat eyes!

"Hey, who the heck are those people up there?"

Now some gorgeous photos of the rat finks:

"Move Sally, it's my turn!"

"No, Melissa, it's mine!"

Chelsea really has no idea what's going on.

Neither does Emilie.

"I'm just going to sit over here and look pretty."

The end.

We come from the land of ice and snow...

If you live anywhere from Utah to the east coast, then I'm sure you got hit by this horrible winter storm. It started around 3:30 this morning and didn't stop until, well... it's still sleeting now. I knew at 4 this morning that I wouldn't be going to work. By the time we went to bed the ground was already almost completely froze over. I know, fun!

Luckily, I had asked my aunt the night before if she would call work for me around 9 AM. Call me lazy, but I really didn't want to get up at 9, call work and talk to them for 10 minutes, then try to go back to sleep, cause I know I wouldn't have been able to. When I woke up just before 1, I called and asked if she called, which she did.

So no work for me today! It's probably best, considering I feel like a work mule today that's been going 24 hours non-stop. We were short handed at work yesterday, so we all had to pick up the slack. It was especially fun when I was in grill ALL by myself for over an hour. Yeah, good times.

I've tried to make myself as productive as possible today, which was a daunting task. What I needed to do was: change the cage sets, change the pouches, trim the gliders' nails, vacuum the glider room, change the litter box, cut Taylor's last set, SEW Taylor's cage sets, sew Kyan's cage set, and probably a couple other things.

Now, what I actually managed to accomplish: changed the pouches, changed the cage sets, fed all the gliders worms and yoggies (with help from LaVaughn), change the litter box, and... that's all. I know, I suck. I really, really wanted to get more done, but by the time we got done feeding all the gliders treats and changing the cage sets, I was pooped. It takes quite a while to change out all the cage sets, especially when certain gliders just will not leave you alone. I'm not naming names, but hint, hint; Logan, Kira, and Seamus!!

I was tempted to take pictures of all the gliders during treat time, but decided against it. I did get a couple pictures of Charli, Violet, and Margie. I honestly can't believe how big Charli and Violet are getting! The fact that they have joeys is so surreal. I never thought that we would experience joeys from Kira and Sadie having joeys of their own. I'm so excited to see what they look like. :)

Before I go, I have to talk about our knives that came in the mail yesterday. LaVaughn got her Karambit and I got my speedster? I honestly have no idea what they're called, it's basically just a glorified pocket knife in a way. Anyways, they're awesome and I cannot wait to get more! What's that little saying I do desperately love? Between love and madness lies... obsession!

I think I may try to get some more of that to-do list done. It's still early, so lets hope for the best. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Some of the icy-ness we acquired:

Miss Violet, proudly showing off her baby bumps:

Charli, proudly showing off hers:

Yes, Tyler is here as well. :)

The adorable little Margie:

And lastly, the chubby duo - Logan and Seamus: