Snowed in. We're not going anywhere anytime soon.

I'm cautiously happy this morning about what we woke up to. Last night there was a lot of sleet coming down, making everything slippery. Ice on top of snow is naaaastay. The entire street and yard looked like a zamboni had been driving around. This morning we are having crazy snow on top of that ice. It looks like we're not going ANYWHERE for a few days. We are officially snowed in. Photos do absolutely no justice to what it really is like out there. But here is my attempt.

I'm feeling very lucky since this is worse than it was expected to be, and we have power. This was from Cincinnati.com this morning:

Power outages this morning are fluctuating between 14,000 and 22,000 as customers wake up and realize their power is off, said spokeswoman Johnna Reeder. Most of the outages are south of the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky and in Hamilton and Clermont counties.

Duke Energy has supplemented about 500 full-time utility workers with 800 additional workers from the Carolinas and Akron, Reeder said.The utility canceled plans to bring in another 900 people because not as much ice accumulated overnight as originally predicted, particularly in Northern Kentucky, she said.“I am not saying what we did see isn’t major but it’s not the kind of ice that we expected,” she said.

Police and firefighters across Northern Kentucky are busy this morning dealing with downed power lines blocking roads. Covington Police closed the 200 block of Garrard Street because of numerous trees had fallen in the street. There are about 4,000 Duke Energy customers without power in Northern Kentucky this morning, said Reeder. "As limbs continue to break, that number could go up," she said. The outages included about 2,000 in Kenton County, about 700 in Boone County and about 100 in Campbell County.

We're in Boone County. So that line in the article made me realize that sitting here snowed in my house with power is an amazing thing. We can ride this out. *Knock on wood* we're all cozy, have plenty of food and lots of games to play. :)