A New Measurement Learned Just Yesterday!

We rarely get snow in Virginia in December. Usually it waits until February when it's really cold to snow. But I guess that the gods (or whomever is mad at me for having plans on Saturday) decided that I needed to stay home and chill.

Whomever is in charge of the weather decided to dump a crap-ton of snow on our area yesterday. Honestly, I didn't know what a crap-ton was exactly until yesterday. So, in case you're a little confused about this little understood measurement, here's some visuals to help you comprehend it.







Shane was the first one out.

Sn*w Angels!



I think that he had a difficult time getting up from the snow.



"There's no place like a warm house. There's no place like a warm house."





Again...a crap-ton of snow. For reference, Shane is about 54 inches tall.



Playing in the snow "seemed" like so much fun. Until he realized how cold it was! Well, duh.





Owen decided that he was ready to venture outside.

Poor thing could barely move in the snow.



I'm surprised that he didn't get lost in it.



Could his hat be any lower? Seriously. lol.



And this is what I get when I ask for a picture. Nice, Owen. Really nice.



Out of about 15 pictures, I finally got a good one of Owen.



While they were playing in the snow, I made cookies.





While I was baking the first batch, Shane came in to warm up. He went upstairs to change. About five minutes later, I look over to the window and see a ruler dangling from a string.



He said that he wanted to measure the depth of the snow. Why he couldn't just carry the ruler outside with him is beyond me. I suppose that this contraption was much cooler and he wouldn't have to carry it around.

But this could mean only one thing...Shane had opened his window and threw something (else) out of it. Never mind that he froze the inside of the house in the process of doing his experiment. :/





All in all, we got about 20-24 inches of snow. Since our paper hasn't been delivered (well...duh), I can't be exactly sure of the totals. Shane measured it around 10 am when he went out and it was about 12 inches as you can see. It snowed hard for the rest of the day and didn't let up until about 7 p.m.

So now (if you live outside the area) you can enjoy the snow from the comfort of your own home and you can just get into your car and drive where ever you want to go without having to dig out first.

This has also been an educational post as you have now learned scientifically what a crap-ton measurement looks like!