Snowed in

I thought that a trip down South would provide a reprieve from the wintery conditions I've grown accustomed to in our neck of the woods.

I was wrong.

Instead of a break, we found ourselves snowed in at Mimi and Papa's house when four inches of flakes fell overnight and shut down the entire state of Georgia. For an entire week.

Thankfully, everyone had been warned that the snow storm was coming, so we had plenty of milk, bread and eggs to see us through. What we lacked were snow shovels or anything helpful to melt the ice that formed, but we made the most of it with some borrowed sleds and the snow boots that are part of our kids' standard winter wardrobe.

Days later, the governor lifted the state of emergency and the DOT declared the roads somewhat safe to drive. I took Abby to Starbucks to celebrate. Caleb and Papa continued their quest to sled down every hill within walking distance of the house. And the neighbor down the street sprinkled table salt onto his driveway in a pitiful effort at freeing his car.

We are all grateful to have survived Georgia's Blizzard of 2011.