Just when we all thought winter was not showing up this year, Blizzard Jonas hit.
On Friday afternoon I got into my car to drive home from work and got this warning. Even though the weather people were downplaying the storm all week, I had a feeling it was going to be a big one. We were supposed to have Alex’s 6th Birthday party on Sunday, but thankfully I rescheduled it earlier in the week.
We had planned on going grocery shopping on Friday afternoon, but pictures of empty shelves and ridiculous lines at the stores helped us decide that we can make do with what we have and we just stayed home and waited for the snow.
By the time we woke up on Saturday, there was already a few inches on the ground so the boys went out to shovel. It was crazy to watch how quickly the snow was accumulating and within a half hour of shoveling, you couldn’t tell that anyone had shoveled.
No snow day is complete without baking so we whipped up some Chocolate Chip Walnut cookies. They were so good (recipes to follow!)
By about 5 PM we were starting to get stir crazy, so we bundled up and headed into the blizzard. It was cool yet eerie to see the streets so empty. There was a travel restriction so there were no cars on the road and it was the first time ever that I saw one of the busiest intersections in our town completely empty.
We picked up Tommy’s brother, some pizza and headed home to make snow margaritas.
Someone on Facebook posted the idea for snow margaritas and we had to give them a try. I braved the cold and collected some fresh, white powder off of our back porch.
We made the margaritas like we usually would, but instead of ice cubes, we piled the snow into the cups to get a wonderful, slushy margarita.
By the time we woke up the next morning, the sun was shining and it was time to begin the dig out.
Alex had a blast with the other kids on our block, while the adults worked together to clear the sidewalks and dig out cars.
We were lucky enough to have our street plowed so once we dug the car out, we did not have to worry about the plow coming through and covering the car again. A lot of people in our community were not so lucky, and our little town made the news for the next two days as being forgotten by the Department of Sanitation. I love living in Queens, but so often we get overlooked when it comes to times like these. In Manhattan, all of the snow has been plowed and melted to clear the streets, while we have to waits days just to make the streets drivable!
Luckily, the weather warmed up quite a bit and a lot of the snow melted over the last two days. As much as we enjoyed the snowy weekend, I am ready for the snow mounds to melt. Parking has been horrible around here and you can’t leave the house without having to scale the mounds that are piled up almost on every corner.
Did you get snow this weekend?
WOW.
I was sooo jealous of all of you—until I saw the huge slush puddles in nyc.
I remember those days FAR too well.
🙂
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Yea. Waterproof boots are a must this week if you are walking anywhere!
We have lived in Utah for 5 years now and thankfully we haven’t had to dig ourselves out yet! After watching the news about the blizzard it’s fun to hear it from a residents point of view. I enjoyed the read.
Utah gets beautiful snow, especially in the mountains! I\’ve always wanted to visit for some real skiing!
Wow! It sounds like you had a fun, yet crazy weekend!
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For sure! The snow was great, the rest of the week especially commuting to work, not so much!
OMG love the snow margarita idea! Too bad we don’t typically get snow here 🙁
They were yummy! You can always make snow in the blender with ice cubes. 😉
Sounds like you had a fun, snowy weekend! I live in Minnesota and we didn’t get any snow over the weekend, but we did get a light layer yesterday. The snow was starting to look gross and was pretty packed down, so we definitely needed it. At least, my pup definitely needed it. She loves to roll in the snow, but likes it to be snow that’s more fresh. 🙂
Everything here is now grey and black. When we went out on Tuesday, my son was asking what happened to all the snow. New York pollution happened, my child.
Wow, that’s definitely a lot of snow! And to see empty normally busy streets is cool but so weird. We are lucky down here in Florida that the worst we get is windy cold!
It was actually the second biggest storm since they started recording storms and we only lost out on 1/10 of an inch. My husband and I have talked about moving to Florida to get away from the cold because his company has a division there, but we are both born and break NYers and not sure if we can live without our seasons!
Mmm, snow margaritas! Way to make the negative of a mega snowstorm into something positive like a tasty cocktail. That’s awesome.
Thanks! It definitely brightened our day.
Oh wow, you did get hit! We unfortunately didn’t get any snow here in OK, so feel free to send some of it our way next time! Love the idea to bake cookies too…Perfect snow day! 🙂
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If you\’re still up for snow, we have some piles I can send your way. 😉 Baking is a snow day tradition in our house.
One of my favorite parts about a snow storm is the solidarity you feel with your neighbors. I love that the kids all enjoyed the snow and the adults did the shoveling. Many of our neighbors stay inside all winter and then when a storm hits we all get to catch up on the sidewalk, shovels in hand.
I agree! It was nice to catch up with neighbors that I haven\’t seen in a while because of the cold and meet some new ones who moved in recently.
Snow margaritas sound great to me! I’ve also heard of snow cream before, but I would def go for the Margarita!
I saw a recipe for snow cream too, but the margaritas were more enticing. 😉