ICE STORM!!!

As many of you may know, Memphis experienced an ice storm that kept many indoors for the weekend. When you are trapped inside for awhile one might experience something called Cabin Fever.

The Ice decided to come on Friday Jan. 28th. It started early that morning and when we all woke up there was white blanket that covered the city. Four of the roommates, Amanda, Danielle, Katie, and Emily all took shelter on Poplar. I, Aly, was in Southaven with my family. Danielle's birthday was that Friday so they had a breakfast for her in the morning and then later that night we were all going out to celebrate her birthday. I decided to leave Southaven and brave the roads to come back to Poplar and hang out with the roommates. I arrived safely back at Poplar and heard about all of the things they had done that morning.

Once it was decided where Danielle wanted to go, we all started to get ready for dinner. We did our hair, put on our best, and braved the ice roads. We went to Carrabba's for some good Italian food. A bunch of our friends came to wish Danielle a Happy Birthday, and then once we were done we all headed back to Poplar for cake! Katie made a delicious homemade red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, yummy!!!! It was really good! After cake we watched Stanger than Fiction and after the movie everyone left and we all went to bed.

We all wake up Saturday to see that everything was still covered in Ice/snow and the roads were still a little scary. All 5 of us decide to watch Little Women, and while we are watching it to pick out who we all were. Amanda and I fought over who was more like Joe. I lost. Amanda won. Danielle, before the movie started, volunteered to be Beth because she was the nicest. Here is who everyone ended up being:

Emily: Marmie
Katie: Meg
Amanda: Joe
Danielle: Beth
Aly: Amy

For the most part our characters were kind of accurate, but there is still some debate on who is the real Joe.

After the movie, Katie and Danielle retreated to their bear den(upstairs) to study, Amanda, Emily, and I decided to go outside and play. We put on our jackets and hats and went out to play on the Ice. There were certain parts that were pretty icy and really fun to skate on. We were playing in the front yard when a car, belonging to a girl in our youth group(Emily and I work at a church with the youth). They were heading for the golf course behind our house, Galloway Golf Course. We decided to walk over and check it out. There were a lot of people with sleds and even some snowboards on the hills of the golf course. We watched some of the people sled around and then decided to frolic in the snow. We went stomping around for a long time, almost 2 hours, and then headed back to the aboad.
Later that night, Amanda went to dinner with some friends, Danielle went to dinner with her boyfriend, and Katie, Emily, and I stayed home and made dinner. Emily made homemade pizzas, that were delicious, and Katie made homemade breadsticks. We had a feast!!!! Miss America was on so we watched that while we ate and chatted. Then, after we cleaned up, we decided to have our own Miss America/Poplar pagent. We found dresses, shoes, did our hair and makeup. Then we went and strolled into the living room and strutted down the catwalk. After we did our walks and waves, it was time for the talent portion!!!! We all had the same talent, singing, and then we all sang together for a final performance!!!! It was hilarious!!!!! Pictures will be posted soon!!!

This is the end of our Ice Storm adventure!!! I hope you enjoyed the Adventures of Poplar 5!

Aly