Christmas Blizzard

We had a wonderful Christmas, just me, Kevin and Yuki. We were planning to go to Amity, Arkansas to visit Kevin's grandparents, Harold and Helen Southworth. No kidding, their names are Harold and Helen. Unfortunately we got snowed in and stayed in the house instead for three days. Luckily we weren't one of the many that had to go without electricity.

The Night before the storm we heard some loud meowing outside the door and opened it to find a beautiful short haired, orange striped, tiger kitty-cat. A pregnant, kitty-cat. I tried to catch her, but she ran off, so I went back inside and got a bowl of milk. It was powdered milk but I think she was hungry enough that she didn't care. She seemed fairly healthy, but had no collar or tags. It was late, and normally we would have called animal control to come pick her up, but a big storm was on its way and all the humane societies were closed for Christmas. We took her in and fed her then took her to a shelter that has a lobby full of "cages" on the wall. The cages had blankets and water and someone would be there in the morning. She was very affectionate.

After the big part of the blizzard had passed we took Yuki out for a walk, and so his poor bladder wouldn't burst. He had an absolute hay day! The poor pup had to suffer in all his fur through the Oklahoma summer, but this snow more than made up for it. He was skipping and leaping and prancing all over, happy as he could possibly be. He really liked tasting the snow too. We even let him off the leash, though don't tell our apartment complex, we'll get another warning. (you can't tell, but I'm rolling my eyes right now.) The storm left drifts all over, which made driving absolutely impossible, and walking very difficult...unless your a snow dog. Our North Dakota snow gear, and knee boots came in handy though.

On Christmas Eve we opened presents, and stockings (we thought we would be traveling early the next morning.) We got lots of wonderful gifts, and some things we needed. One of my favorites is a collection of CS Lewis books, in a big hardcover book. We also read the Christmas story, as is tradition. I can't help feeling Christmas would be a whole lot more exciting if we had some kids, or even were with family whose kids we could watch.


Yuki, all tuckered out after romping about in the snow.

A Christmas-y Family photo. Kevin's hat is a Sant hat that had a bell on top. When you push the button on the hat, the bell moves left and right and the hat sings "Have a holly jolly Christmas"

All bundled up outside in the snow. It was the kind of windy cold that burns your cheeks and makes your eyes water.

Kevin standing in front of some poor owners' very blocked garages.

Our Foster cat for a few hours.