When we learned that we weren't going to be living in Seattle, but rather North Dallas, my first thought was oh good it will be sunny there and my second was, aaaaahhhh, no snow!! Well, God has a sense of humour and gave me what I wished for....in Texas! Now evidently it does not snow very much in Texas especially not further south, but 2021 is continuing where 2020 left off and is making history.

The first we really knew of what was coming was waking up on Thursday, Feb 12th to find the roads were all icy. Now, we had to be down in Plano (about a half hour drive south) for a work event and our borrowed car isn't All-Wheel drive. We really were dubious about our ability to get there, but off we went. It was an adventure for sure and very cold. Learning to pick your way through icy parking lots and paths was a real skill. It was kind of nerve-wracking as all I could see in my head was me tumbling to the ground in a big heap.

The weekend came and we went out to the mall and to a cafe with some friends - The Aussie Grind. It is very reminiscent of a cafe in New Zealand which was fun. It was good to finally get out and drive around getting our bearings. It was nice to find a mall as most of the shopping is in outdoor malls/strip malls. I was missing good ol'' Glenfield mall.

Yankee Candle was our reason for being at the mall - it was so nice to be in the beautiful smelling store with all the gorgeous colours. Aaaahh!! My happy place. We then grabbed a bite to eat at Panda Express, another fave. Michael was jealous as he LOVES Panda Express (Chinese food). 

On Sunday we got the first snow - the funny part was we were still in bed when our boss and his family popped in to say hi. It was definitely a reasonable time to visit....we just were being lazy that day. A quick scramble into clothes and then we looked outside and saw the most beautiful sight - the world had gone white! It was just amazing to us....and freezing. That was what made this particular snow historic - it was so cold. We got to -18 C which is about -4 deg F. The downside of the freezing weather is the pipes and hot water freeze. Bryce was outside with our neighbour trying to defrost our hot water pipe, but to no avail. No showers for us and Bryce said it was so cold that his head started aching. 

Tuesday came and the snow started melting and then we got more on Wednesday. Finally the roads were clear by Thursday and we escaped the house, along with everyone else. We ended up getting our dinner at the grocery store as the restaurants were all packed out. 

We were very fortunate compared to so many in Texas. Being that our house was new it had been built with pipes that flex with the freeze so we didn't end up with leaks or burst pipes. We also didn't lose power at all. That was a real miracle as so many people did. What a welcome to Texas though!!! We'll never forget the Snowpocalypse of 2021.

Till next time!