Slip Slidin' Away

"Are you crazy, Woman?" I believe were the exact words of my friend (who shall remain nameless) over the phone as I was driving us home from Pittsburgh yesterday. Well, do you really want me to answer that? If you ask any of the husbands of us Murdock women, no doubt you would receive the answer "absolutely." So, despite winter storm warnings and snow falling profusely, we packed up and headed to Pittsburgh for Mom & Dad's appointments. Mom had asked Heidi about conditions in Pittsburgh before we left, so give us a little credit. It was raining there. Surprisingly the weather people were fairly accurate on this one and the rain changed to snow. The up side is that other people cancelled their appointments and we were able to see the doctor fairly quickly. The drive home took us twice as long and I think I averaged 30mph. As if the white roads with no lines visible is not enough to deal with, there are a lot of crazy people out there. God's hand was surely upon us. And as is typical, while the females in the car were stressed and white knuckled, the males (Dad & Matthew) took a nap. I know, I know, we are not supposed to worry and I need to listen to Todd's sermon on that again, but I still think they took "resting in the Lord" a little to the extreme.
A huge "THANK YOU" to our neighbor Mr. Carl for plowing us out so we could make this wonderful journey, and for plowing again so we could get back in.