We have been snowed in for the last couple of days. The snow started to fall on Friday and the National Weather service said that it was supposed to stop on Saturday. So, my hubby plowed the road all out and all was fine.

The minute he left to go game bird hunting with his friends, the snow started falling and did not stop until last night! I tried yesterday afternoon to see if we could get out so that I could get both kids to school this morning and to their flu vaccination this afternoon.

I promptly got myself stuck in the drive way and spent 45 minutes on my knees in the snow with a shovel getting my SUV out. I had no choice but to get it out - you can't plow the road if there is an SUV stuck in the middle of it. So, finally, I succeeded in getting myself unstuck and resolved that the kids were not going to be able to go to school today.

They, upon returning to the house, I was taking a break and my kids were upstairs playing in their rooms. I heard Owen jumping off something up there and had just yelled up the stairs for him to quit and was headed up there when I heard a thump that sounded a bit off.

Sure enough, Owen had jumped off the blanket chest at the end of the bed - backwards - and sprained or strained the top of his right foot. Thank goodness my good friend is an RN! So, I had an ACE bandage and a bad of frozen peas - which is all I needed - which I used to wrap up Owen's little foot. I have him some Tylenol and put him into bed with me last night because it was hurting him. This morning, he is hobbling around on it, but it is still swollen.

So, as soon as hubby gets here and clears the road, I am headed off to urgent care to see about Owen's foot.

A foot and a half of snow in October!!!! Grrr.....