jade rhino: White Christmas in Seattle

The recent paucity of snow has kept the ski hills closed, so I have been doing nightly snow dances to bring on the weather. My calls were answered with back-to-back blizzards that immobilized both Victoria and Seattle. I took a ferry and drove down to Seattle on Dec. 21 in one of these blizzards!

Ken's house... no one remembers this much snow in Seattle... ever!

It was well worth the conditions to see the Seahawks beat the Jets 13-3 in coach Mike Holmgren's last game, the snowiest game in history! Also unfortunately the worst season in Seahawks history... sigh...

Ken and me at the game, in a blizzard! We look miserable, don't we?!

The massive crowd braved conditions and lingered long after the end of the game to pelt the Jets with snowballs and to honor Mike Holmgren.

Christmas Eve...

I was digging my Subie out when a Fed Ex guy came hiking up the snowy driveway on foot to deliver me a package from Amazon (thanks mom!). I was on my way down the driveway to get to my appointment at Best Buy to have my new satellite radio installed (thanks Ken!), when I found the Fed Ex truck had proceeded to get stuck at the base of Ken's driveway...

Shovels and chains and several neighbors "helping out"... all fruitless...

This is Ken trying to pull the Fed Ex truck out with his truck... also fruitless. I am watching this scene from my car, where I am stuck while waiting for this calamity to be over so I can get the satellite radio installed (cuz it's all about me!!). They ended up calling a tow truck to pluck him out! He was in the driveway for hours... but he was still in a good mood and proceeded with his deliveries. It kind of reminded me of the movie "Cast Away"... maybe I should invest in Fed Ex.

Christmas Day...

Ken's new acoustic guitar from me... comes with a few private lessons. This photo was taken with my new 10 mexapixel digital camera from Ken! And don't forget the satellite radio (installed the next day). :)

We spent Christmas afternoon at Ken's mom's (Elsie's) house, where a dozen of the Stevenson clan (plus me!) gathered. These fireplace shots are missing Ken's sister Kelli and her husband and kids, but you can see they are quite the clan.