Ice, ice, ice. Snow, snow, snow.

Sooo, we're going on Day 4 of being snowed in here in North Texas.  To all of you Northerners, I'm sure it is somewhat amusing that y'all deal with this stuff all winter long, and we deal with it for a week and subsequently whine about it 10x what we should.  

Yesterday we were predicted to get 1-2" today.  Famous last words.  So far, we are at 5 inches and it's still coming down...

So, what have we been doing the past 4 days?  The girls have been rotating between Wii, toys, TV, movies, repeat.  I must say, they have been exceptionally good.  I can tell they are wearing down today, but we're heading outside to play in the snow in 20 minutes or so, so that should tucker them out enough for naptime.  Yay!  Quiet!  :)  

As for husbie and I, we're both still trying to get some work done.  Try as I might to get him to let me put a second desk in his office, he's not budging, so I have set up shop in our dining room.  Tuesday I sat on the couch in front of the TV, but I felt like a sloth that wasn't very productive, so I moved in here.  Another reason was to watch as my neighbors tried to navigate our street.  There have been a couple of near-misses (see our neighbor's truck parked in front of our house & where they alley across the street lets out?  not smart, neighbor), but no one has hit anything... yet. 

I haven't been able to run in a week, which sucks big time.  Coupled with the winter food we have been eating, I am feeling like a bowl full of jelly.  Hopefully I can get back on the routine tomorrow!  All of this seriously has me looking around our house for someplace where I can stick a treadmill.  We did make s'mores two nights in a row, which was very fun.  Before this week, Ava thought she didn't like marshmallows (crazy, right?).  Then she tried a toasted one.  Now she is in love. 

We're heading outside now, so possibly more pictures to come later, plus my favorite iPhone apps (obviously Instagram is topping the list these days).  Hope everyone is staying warm, wherever you are!

Snowy day!

I wish our snowy day was today, so I had a day off to play hooky, but alas, it was yesterday.  It's just as well - I live so close to my office that it's never really justification to not make it in at some point during the day.  Winston and Ava had a big time in the snow.  Ava was so excited and squealy morning wanting to go outside.

Here are pictures of my office area this morning.  So pretty and deceptively looks like Christmastime.  i.e. - time to take down the wreaths, people!

I hope everyone is warm and safe wherever you are! 

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Spring sprung, then it left, now it's back!

 It would be really great if Mother Nature could make up her mind!  We had some crazy snowfall in N. Texas over the weekend.  Our house, covered in the fluffy white stuff, is pictured to the right.  We got close to 5 inches!  Considering last weekend we were planting in our flower beds and wearing shorts, it came as a little bit of a surprise, but it was a welcome excuse to stay inside all weekend, relax, and get some things done around the house. 

Last week I posted a shot of my daffodils that were blooming beautifully... here they are now.  I hope they bounce back!  We also have some planters on the back patio with Day Lillys and Hibiscus.  I shook the snow off of everything as soon as I could.  Replanting everything really does not sound fun to me.  Especially since the planters survived the winter in the garage.  I hope all of that nurturing wasn't for nothing!

We didn't let the little chicaritas outside to play in the snow, but we did let Winston out.  Mainly because he saw me go outside to shake the snow off of the flowers and had a fit trying to get outside with me.  Here's a snippit of Winnie playing in the snow...



We spent the weekend hanging out and relaxing.  I did some major purging and have a trunk full of things to take to Goodwill today at lunch.  Cleaning out our 'storm shelter' prompted the massive decluttering/purging.  As I've mentioned before, I hate storm season and run for the closet any time the sirens go off!  We have a pretty nice set up in the closet under the stairs - Ava's crib mattress, lots of blankets and comforters, weather radio, flashlights, extra leash for Winston, etc.  I'm not looking forward for storm season, but I feel much better now that I feel like we are prepared.

On a final note, getting up this morning was WAY easier!  I don't know if it's that we've finally all adjusted to DST, or if spring break being over and life going back to normal, or a little bit of both, but it definitely was nice this morning not feeling so tired.  And, Spring is back today!  It was a little chilly this morning, but we're expecting a high of 68* today.  Hard to believe that yesterday we had all of that snow.  I hope everyone has a great Monday!