Blizard Update '08

That's right folks, the foot of snow that I talked about yesterday morning is a thing of the past. We have a grand total of 20 whopping inches of snow!! It is the perfect makings for a perfect playground. I honestly don't mind it. Really, I was tired of hoopla over 'snow' and then only an inch or so would appear! So this really made my weekend!

The only thing that sucked was the fact that our furnace went out yesterday. Good thing the family trade is HVAC! So between my hubby w/ his back (still bad...) and my father in law still recovering from surgery, they took off to go get the part that they would need.... 2 hours later they made it to the supply house, got the part, and made the treck back home (should have been an hour trip at the most on a normal day)! We had to pay $50 for them to open up the supply house, but that was nothing considering we didn't have to pay for labor!

Today we went outside and had a ton of fun with the cousins! Mikey built his first snowman... and had so much fun, even though he could barely stand up!! Pictures will come as soon as hubs shows me how to download them!!

SNOW DAY!!!

We have about 12in on the ground folks. Yes!!! Now, must restrain myself from taking more pics, or going outside to play, I need to go back to bed (it's not even 6am yet) these cramps are horrible!!!

Such A Random Thought....

Have you watched the J*rry S*pringer show lately? I have, not by my choice though. The dr and I stopped to see a patient the other day, and the nurses had turned this spectacle on for the patient to 'watch'. It was hard to not smile and remember how freshman year of college, my roomie and I (and alot of the rest of the girls in the South West Quad) would often turn this show on, turn on mute, and watch Steve try to pull swinging maniacs off of each other. Steller entertainment. But oh how the show takes the cake now.... I started to notice a guy (why he was there, I'm not sure, but the only thing I can think of was that he was to move chairs around)who had nothing below his torso. All that I could think of is, how funny it would be to see someone either pick him up and throw him like they do chairs, or to kick him like a football. (Don't worry the Dr assured me that I was going to hell for that one!!)So, next time it's on, take a peek and tell me what thoughts run through your head when you see him!!

Prayer Is A Powerful Thing!!

One thing that I know for sure is that the power of prayer is amazing. Please pray for little Ashley and her family right now. I've never met the little pickle or her family but my heart hurts for them right now! Go, get to know her story and flood Heaven w/ our prayers.

IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT. INCHES of snow. It's still falling too!!!

Back And Better Than Ever!

You know how sometimes you keep looking at a task before you, knowing that it needs to be tackled but yet somehow you can't seem to take charge of it? January brings that out in me every year. This year I almost avoided it, but it caught up with me. Luckily though, I was able to stay pretty much on top of it. So I had to set my priorities straight so that I could get through my days. So I had to neglect bloggy love, but now I'm back with renewed energy!!

I have kept up reading others blogs and I got a chuckle when I read this post by one of my college friends. Jess, I hate to tell you, but the woman at church was right!! We have a small deep freeze in our kitchen, that we get into occasionally (it is kept more for the things we don't eat, or the things that we don't eat quite so often... 15 pizza doughs and a couple of packs of meat, for example) that a certain unnamed 3 year old unplugged. We don't know how long it had been unplugged, but let's just assume by the smell that it had been a few weeks days. Hubby and I scrubbed and finally got it back into orginal shape out in the 10 degree weather (at midnight)! Oy Vae!

Death warmed over

Remember when I said that I work with older adults....all.day.long? and the fact that I'm in their faces? all.day.long? Yeah, maybe I should have had the flu shot. I have been a walking mess for the past two weeks. I'm on the mend, but my house is horrendous right now. Mikey started to get sick too. Luckily it's not the flu, but it is a sinus infection,poor guy.

Just A Country Girl at Heart!

I just woke up from a glorious 2 1/2 hour nap! My mind and body needed it after the weekend I've had (I am most certainly not complaining!)

Friday night Shawn and I had a bonified get-dressed-up date, with no kids (ours or anyone elses). This never happens!! Shawn's parents had given us a gift card for a fancy shmancy steak restaurant, which we happily used. This was not a restaurant that we would normaly have the funds for, and probably won't happen again! The waitress I knew had to have been reeling in her head when I giggled a little when she explained that the 8oz "True Japanese Kobe Beef" (which was $135) was beef raised in Japan that had their own personal masseuse, and that their diet was high in beer. Yep you read that right... cows that get a daily massage and get to drink beer! No, we didn't order it.

The rest of Friday and most of Saturday consisted of movie w/ friends (only a true friend can you show up on her doorstep wearing a sweatshirt and pj pants) and sitting in two ER's w/ my SIL. THEN last night I got to go to Monster Jam!! It was fantastic!! I forgot my camera, but hopefully some of hubby's cell phone pics will turn up. This video does NOT do it justice!! Trust me!



Wasn't that fun to just watch! It definitly does not do the experience justice! The truck in the video is GraveDigger during the freestyle event... he rocked last night! He ended up stuck up in the air w/ his tail gate on top of the cars (that rarely happens) then later on he broke a tie-rod and ended up on his side doing donuts (he knew it was broke and decided to end w/ a bang)! Mikey loved it too, and I think everyone he came into contact w/ today at church heard about it!