Granny's birthday

It snowed for Granny's 84th birthday. We had plans to go out for dinner but it was too snowy. We ended up ordering chinese and bringing it back to Granny's. The best chinese ever, well so far. I can't even tell you what we ate because we had so much variety. We have plans today for the big party. Not everyone has made it into town because of the weather. As I speak the slush has turned to ice on the roads and most people can't drive in these conditions. My dad however has gone out to run errands, I'm sure he'll help someone out along the way. There are two houses that most everyone is staying in. We checked them out yesterday. One is a 6 bedroom 5 level house, I'd say about 20' wide and 40' deep (from what I remember), think skinny and tall townhome style with one parking spot in the rear.  We couldn't park out front and couldn't find the right back door until we counted houses from one end. It's nine house in from one side and probably at least 10 from the other side. The private alley is just wide enough for a car with brick walls or tall bushes on either side. Believe it or not some have a one car garage back there also. I'll take pictures next time.  The other one is also huge but not as many levels. It has a little larger road to it but no through street, the road is covered in ice and you have to do a 6 point turn to get back to the street.  There is a 3 car garage area to get turned around but it's on a slope. My dad went back late last night and the power had gone out so he took them leftovers over there. Hopefully the power is back on today, it's a neat part of town called Upwey, there is a wishing well there also (big attraction apparently).  There is also no cell service there, it seems to be in a small valley. Cash wants to slide down the mountain in the snow. I don't really want to climb that high but maybe my dad will. So my dad and his car got pushed out sideways by some of his siblings on the iced side road last night to get back to the main road. I'm glad I didn't go with him, Cash had a busy enough day. Some of the family members that were coming from Ireland have been delayed, the bristol airport was closed and reopened but cancelled a lot of flights, they are hoping to fly into stanstead but it is further away and at least a 5 hr drive. I think they are determined to get here though. My uncle Edward made it over from Ireland but he got the ferry and drove his car over by ferry. It's a more expensive option but it works if you don't want to rent a car. It's also longer than by air. There are 3 siblings not able to make the party but it should still be a lot of fun. My dad got some pictures to download onto his computer but for some reason there was a problem with blogspot uploading so still no pictures. Lots more to tell but I better get ready before my dad comes back and finds me slacking off. We are hoping to leave tomorrow in between this storm and the next one, we are heading north to probably colder weather. Cash want to go outside so he can throw snowballs at me so I had better go. Talk later.D