back to normal

things are pretty much back to normal now that the snow and ice are gone. was able to get to work monday, the offices had reopened last friday the 20th but i wasnt able to get there-my van was still encased in ice and i wasnt about to drive on the roads with all that snow and ice still on them. a few things have changed at work, some rearranging of duties for the 6 of us that are on my team. it should be interesting. myself and one other girl on the team, (she started the same time i did) have been given full responsibility for working this report/spreadsheet that neither of us is very comfortable with yet...awesome... i have to learn not to be afraid of making mistakes-i know im going to, everyone does, right?! its just that it involves billing secondary insurance claims and i dont want to be responsible for denials because i accidently sent a claim out that was already billed! and its hard to figure out if a claim has been sent, and if so how, electronically or regular mail, and did it get paid and the check went somewhere other than where it was supposed to, bleah...these are things we have to research for each claim and right now we have thousands of line items on this report that we have to try and figure out. im sure i will get comfortable with it eventually but obviously im not right now lol!
on to other things-
went out to the spanaway house yesterday-not too much storm damage out there surprisingly. we have alot of huge cedar trees in the back yard but really didnt have too much breakage. having our friend come out and prune last summer really made a difference i think.
carla had 3 or 4 couples looking at her house once the snow melted. they all got applications from the park managers but as of today not one of them had turned it in, *sigh...she is getting really frustrated.
ive been doing a little sewing and jewelry making. also working on a costume for faeriecon in february. my mom is making me an awesome scarf/necklace that is crocheted. its kind of a super long lariat style with flowers and leaves randomly placed a over it, its going to be perfect for a woodland faerie! i made some earrings today that i might wear with my costume as well they are made from scraps of lace and random trims that i sewed together and attached to earwires. i will try to get some pics posted in the next day or two.
well im off to bed-430am comes early...

snow and ice

6 or 7 inches of snow with an inch of ice on top.

ice encased weeds?

ice coated butterfly bush.

more ice encased greenery.

my van coated in ice-i'm not going anywhere!!

van frozen shut.

this one's out the window-not very good...

a few pic from my phone of the snow and ice.

snow days!

well the predicted snow storm hit us pretty hard. we had 6 or 7 inches here. thankfully my work closed the offices yesterday and today. it looks worse out there today, there seems to be a thick coat of ice on top of the snow now, so i would not have driven even if the office was open! carl had to work doing his delivery stuff tuesday and wednesday. tuesday he was in bellevue and issaquah-lots of hills and rural roads but he said it actually wasn't too bad. yesterday he had his tacoma route, again lots of hills and snow filled parking lots. he got stuck a few times and slid around a bit-took him 4 tries to get into our drive way once he got home! thankfully he is off today. he has to work tomorrow, really hope this stuff is mostly melted by then...he has studded tires on his delivery truck and i went to les schwab as soon as i got off work monday night and had some put on my van.
my daughter and her husband live in lynnwood and they got hit pretty hard too-she sent me a picture from her phone yesterday-her car is completely buried!! she said they have been hearing branches snapping off the trees in her backyard. they have a huge stand of bamboo that is overloaded with snow that is laying on top of their second floor deck! she tried to go to work tuesday and slid off the road about 2 blocks from her house. fortunately mikey was at home and was able to walk down to where she was and drive her back to their house.
the lights keep flickering here...hope the power doesnt go out :(