Weather

So this Morning we get up and its raining, then it starts to snow...then it REALLY starts to snow the flakes were as big as golf balls it seemed like. heres some pics from this morning.




We also took some cool video of it which you can see here Videos we have uploaded.
Just watch the snowing and snowing part2 videos...they are pretty cool

walk

So we went for a walk this morning and as soon as we where in front of the church, the church bells/chimes things are starting playing.We decided to take a picture of the church with our cell phone.here is that pic..

..ok if you click the pic to make it larger you can see that that red spot looks like an eye..lol..thats kinda freaky..anyway below are the rest of the pics from the walk and some other pics in there too all taken with the cell phone.The Second Album is pics from the day after christmas

cell phone pics

day after christmas

snow,snow and more snow

so its been snowing the last few days and below are some pics of it.

2008-12-22 snowday

snow photos

this pic is when we went to the jeep to warm it up and a chunk of ice came off the hood. doesn't it look like an ice skate?

This pic we took from inside the restaurant we ate at..thats a snow plow going by the window
..Gina did some driving in the snow today, we only slid and drifted a few times. which was kinda of scary a bit. then we had a few snowball fights with the forkers which was cool. our hair had icicles in it and our snot was frozen..lol..but it was fun..
Below is a video of me walking in the snow..you cant even see my shoes, the snow is that deep..if you cant view the video go to http://www.youtube.com/ostinato2378 and you can view it there.

Pictures

Below are some pics from the lake again and some pictures from the agricultural parade(the towns christmas parade).The last pic in the ag parade album is of the clock that sits in the middle of the street so you have to drive around the clock. can someone tell me why they would construct a clock in the middle of the street?

12-3-08

ag parade

lessons learned

things we have learned about living in a place where there is snow and ice and shit like that.
1. when pumping gas in 8 degree weather with wind chill of -14 degrees wear gloves.
2. sneakers don't work to well in the snow and ice.. you slide a lot
3. long sleeve shirt worn between two t-shirts and jeans becomes the outfit of choice.

This is it for now i'm sure we will be adding to this later as the season progresses.

work update

work is going ok. i'm 32-33 hours a week now which is nice. i have found a few people that are normal that i talk to now( they are not from here and have a brain.lol..). i still cant get over the conversations that these rednecks have in the break room, most of the time its funny and the stupidity level is high. other times its on the scary side and i get out of there...lol..ok here's the injuries at work update..after the incident with the broken glade candle cutting up my finger i have had numerous cuts and bruises.what sucks with the cuts is that when i'm dealing with a leaking bottle of Clorox, and it gets in my cuts oh my god i cant get to the sink quick enough to try and rinse that shit out. this last time i was almost in tears..lol..then while i was stocking the toilet paper,i got a case of it right to the face and bent my glasses up. those idiots in overnight stack the cases 3 high. i tried to take the top two cases and move them and boom the top one fell right into my face.same kinda thing happened the other day and this time the edge of the box got me right in the temple and now i have a knot on my eyebrow that hurts to the touch..then i have been having problems with the tendon behind my knee( think its from having to kneel down fix the bottom shelves at work) well the other night i was fixing the bottom shelf at work and i got up and turned to take my first step and something popped and my leg did a 90 degree thing and i almost fell backwards on my ass..but whatever"popped" helped because it definitely felt better after that.

This Morning

This morning we saw it was snowing so we went for a walk heres a couple of pics we took.



When we went to pick up john the other day from the train station we took this pic.

All 3 pics where taken with a cellphone so quality isn't that great but they are still kinda cool

Weather

Watches and Warnings

Moses Lake Forecast

/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/
MOSES LAKE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...
OTHELLO...QUINCY
1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

THE MOSES LAKE AREA CAN EXPECT AROUND 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW BY
THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTRIBUTE TO
THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS
TONIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...
EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY.

Detailed Local Forecast

* Today: Blustery with snow showers. High 31F. Winds NNE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 50%.
* Tonight: Occasional snow showers. Quite windy. Cold. Wind chills approaching -10F. Low 6F. Winds NE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 50%.
* Tomorrow: Windy. Snow flurries in the morning. Cloudy with a few snow showers late. Very cold. High near 15F. Winds NE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
* Tomorrow night: Cloudy with gusty winds. Very cold. Wind chills approaching -15F. Low 4F. Winds NNE at 15 to 25 mph.
* Monday: A few snow showers. Highs in the low teens and lows in the low single digits.
*Tuesday: More sun than clouds. Highs in the upper single digits and lows 2 to -2F.
* Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the upper single digits.

12/3/08

its December already. time flies, we have been here 5 months now. anyway.Last week we had a lit bit of snow, lots of fog and its just cold all the time now. on Thanksgiving day we went to Mont lake to look around and we pulled up and this mallard duck comes out of the water and walks all the way up to the jeep.He walked around with us. it was kinda cool.I'll add pics at the end of this blog of the snow and that duck.

work is still the same.I survived "black Friday"..they had me working in the video games area for awhile that day.Watching the cases that the games are in. thats an experience i never want to have again. it reminded me of when working a concert and they told us we had to hold the concourse, and that moment they tell you let them in and you turn around and there's all these people walking towards you wanting you to help them. it was like that. very claustrophobic like.The rest of the day i was back in toilet paper,which for the first time i was glad to be in.lol.i sliced my finger the other day. I was stocking some candles and i picked the box up and slid my hand across the bottom( i was trying to get a better hold of it) and there was a chunk of glass sticking out of the bottom of the box, it took 4 band-aides before it would stop bleeding.

The other night we went to this house a few blocks to look at the decorations they put up. It was cool. they had all their lights hooked up to go along with music.we tuned the radio in the jeep to the station it said to and the lights flashed on and off the the music. we posted some videos on youtube of it. here is the link if you want to look. there's also a video we put up there of all the geese at mont lake.Its kinda neat.Videos

Anyway..Hope all is well with our friends and family in California. Hey Kid if you are reading this we are still waiting for you and grandpa to send us a postcard..lol..love you guys.

The following two pics john sent up in email today.

White

duck