It probably happened to you, too. I felt bad. It was Valentine’s Day weekend. Nathan had planned for us to go out for dinner and to watch a high school basketball game. We even had babysitters. But then this happened Friday afternoon…
Plans ruined by weather once again. It came down so fast, we were showered with four inches of snow in four hours. I haven’t seen snow like this in the South before. And because we live in the South, everything was closed due to snow. No one can drive in this condition. Since we were snowed in, Nathan came up with a last-minute date. Lesson #1: Even his dates fall through sometimes.
Nathan’s plan B: Watch the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. And what else to do with all this snow than to make snow ice cream. Lesson #2: Make the best of weather conditions by eating it.
It was a nice relaxing date. It was exactly what I needed because it had been a busy week. And the best part? I just sat there and stared at the TV snuggling next to Nathan. I didn’t do anything else. That rarely happens. I am not one who just watches TV. I am a multi-tasker. Lesson #3: It’s nice to veg out in front of the TV every once in a while.
Nathan said: I was taken back by the snow and had to scramble to come up with something for our date. I think from now on I’ll have a backup date just in case something like this comes up unexpectedly. That said, I really enjoyed watching the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. I grew up in the northwest and have been to Vancouver a couple of times so it was cool to have the Olympics there. I also enjoy watching Olympic events such as snowboarding and speed skating. A relaxing night snuggling with Tiffany and small chit chat was very nice.
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Sometimes being snowed in isn’t so bad.
i’m from Illinois and it happens a lot. But it takes over a foot to snow us in.
I’m a multitasker too and rarely just sit and do nothing. Through dating my husband again I’ve found that I want more quiet time with him. In fact, we kind of had another date last Tuesday night. We rented a movie and enjoyed just being together.
We went on an extra date last night too. Thanks to Project 52: Date Night, we have found we love spending time with each other – without the kids.
That sounds like a nice, relaxing night. We’ve been getting ridiculous amounts of snow, too. I can’t wait for Spring!
Also: I have that same bowl.
Haha… bowl from Target? They have the best dollar section.
Sorry Tiffany! No date happened this past weekend! My dh wanted to skip since I was so busy with birthday party preparations and by Sunday night, I was pretty beat. Will definitely do one next weekend.
totally understand with the birthday party thing. that was us a few weeks ago. we’ll see you next week though.
We watched Opening ceremony too. It was fun and relaxing.
Sometimes simple and low-key is the way to go! I watched the Opening Ceremony with my little boy and I don’t think it was quite as relaxing as watching with my husband.
Hi – I’ve just joined in project 52! Loving the concept and you’ve managed to put into words what I’ve been wanting to say for ages -Ta!
We had a great first date looking forward to repeating (minus the head the next morning!).
Hope you’ve had a thaw – someone was telling me that we normally get heavy snow 2 weeks after the USA, so am expecting to be snowed in next friday judging by your photos xo
I didn’t get a date this weekend! We had actually planned to go out and then my hubby got sick.
So now we’re another week behind– oh well. 
totally understandable. nathan is feeling a little ill himself this week. hopefully we’ll be able to make our date happen this weekend.
We’ve had weird weather here in South Africa too. We were going to go out last night (Tuesday), and then the storm from hell arrived. It’s still raining as I write this (Wednesday a.m.). But it was nice just to chill together, even though we lost TV transmission. We still got to do the newspaper crossword together, and chatted.
This is sad: I am half Canadian and I have never had snow cream! Go figure. My husband has mentioned making it, but we have never quite gotten around to it. Yay for snow dates and glad you were able to make some snow cream
It was pretty good. We just added vanilla, sweetened condensed milk and regular milk to the snow. Except this time I added a little too much vanilla. But it was still good.
I know it’s a year later, but I’m in a marriage makeover, and found your blog in today’s Prent magazine this week.
I’m writing here because I was performing in those opening ceremonies that were your date! I got to perform in the piece representing multi-cultural Canada, with the light up bear. I’m glad it was a special night for your two too!