George and I have lived in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho so we are no strangers to snow. This is our 4th winter in Lake Oswego and the first time we have had a snow storm since our move. A couple of other times we have had a 'snow event' that did cause school closures but hardly any other disruption.
On February 6 all the weather forecasts pointed to a major storm. People made emergency runs to the store, school dismissed early before a flake had even fallen, and by the time the snow actually started the freeways were at a standstill. Snow fell for two days and then freezing rain added to the slippery conditions! Schools were closed Friday and Monday. George worked at home and I was a total lazy bum and watched about 20 episodes of Hawaii 5-O on the couch covered with an electric throw! I don't know why a snow day feels like such a holiday to me since I don't have anyone in school. I don't work and in reality I don't have a very strenuous schedule anyway! For whatever reason, I loved it! Must remind me of snow days in Lonoke when I was a little girl and the whole town just closed down. Or maybe the days when our kids were little and a snow day meant snow fun!
Official snowfall for Lake Oswego was 8 inches. We had about 6 inches on our railing.
We didn't even bring a snow shovel with us to Oregon but George keep our stairs clear by just sweeping them every few hours.
A General Authority, or one of the church's leaders from Salt Lake, had come to Lake Oswego to interview men and call our new Stake President. What does all this have to do with snow in LO you may be thinking? Well the General Authority said that in his 14 years as a church leader he had never cancelled a Saturday night meeting at a Stake Conference BUT he did this time. The roads were that bad! We did have the normal Sunday morning meeting but we all got emails saying that we were excused from attending if we did not want to drive on the roads. I think the General Authority was quite shocked at how many people attended. Probably about half the normal number of people. Maybe people had cabin fever after two and a half days indoors.
I always think that Oregon is beautiful but covered in snow it was spectacular. I may be in the minority but I'm ready for another snow storm!
On February 6 all the weather forecasts pointed to a major storm. People made emergency runs to the store, school dismissed early before a flake had even fallen, and by the time the snow actually started the freeways were at a standstill. Snow fell for two days and then freezing rain added to the slippery conditions! Schools were closed Friday and Monday. George worked at home and I was a total lazy bum and watched about 20 episodes of Hawaii 5-O on the couch covered with an electric throw! I don't know why a snow day feels like such a holiday to me since I don't have anyone in school. I don't work and in reality I don't have a very strenuous schedule anyway! For whatever reason, I loved it! Must remind me of snow days in Lonoke when I was a little girl and the whole town just closed down. Or maybe the days when our kids were little and a snow day meant snow fun!Official snowfall for Lake Oswego was 8 inches. We had about 6 inches on our railing.
We didn't even bring a snow shovel with us to Oregon but George keep our stairs clear by just sweeping them every few hours.
It was our Stake Conference weekend and we were getting a new Stake President. Let me explain a bit about that. In our church we are divided into congregations or 'wards' geographically. If you live within certain boundaries you are assigned to a ward. About 300 people are in a ward and one man is 'called' to be the Bishop, which is much like being a minister of a congregation except Bishops also work at a full time job to support their families. Wards are organized into Stakes. In our Stake there are 7 wards. Another man is called to be the President of the Stake. The man who has led our Stake for the last 5 or 6 years has just been called to be the president of a mission in Ghana so he and his wife will be leaving in July to spend three years presiding over hundreds of young missionaries. Young men can go on a mission when they are 18 and young women when they are 19. Right now worldwide there are about 80,000 missionaries serving at their own expense for a period of 18 months for the young women and 2 years for the young men.
A General Authority, or one of the church's leaders from Salt Lake, had come to Lake Oswego to interview men and call our new Stake President. What does all this have to do with snow in LO you may be thinking? Well the General Authority said that in his 14 years as a church leader he had never cancelled a Saturday night meeting at a Stake Conference BUT he did this time. The roads were that bad! We did have the normal Sunday morning meeting but we all got emails saying that we were excused from attending if we did not want to drive on the roads. I think the General Authority was quite shocked at how many people attended. Probably about half the normal number of people. Maybe people had cabin fever after two and a half days indoors.
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