More Snow

I LOVE three day weekends. The best part of today was that had it not been a holiday, it would have been a snow day that we would have had to make up in June. We got nine inches of snow overnight last night and this morning. It was wet and heavy snow too. It was so pretty though.

This morning, we had fun scrapbooking in our clean and organized basement. Boy, it didn't take long to mess it up though. After that, I went out and cleared the driveway and backyard. We have to snowblow paths in the backyard so the dogs can go potty!

While I was clearing, MJ worked on correcting papers - she had two weeks worth to plow through!

Once I finished outside, I went back to the basement and made some PJ bottoms. They are so cute and comfy! MJ continued correcting - she worked for about 6 hours - but she got it all done!

It's back to the grind tomorrow, but I'll leave you with one last cute picture from last night of Sadie and Gus snuggling together.

First Saturday Quilt Blocks

Here are our quilt blocks for our First Saturday Club - we finished them in the nick of time last night!

The fabrics:

And the squares:

We signed up again for next year when we went in today.  I am already excited about it!  Now we just have to put all of our blocks together and quilt them.  I can't wait to see what the final products will look like.

And, in other news, we are having a bit of white stuff fall from the sky this afternoon and it is beautiful!

Fun Scrapbooking Adventure

We went to one of our favorite scrapbooking stores yesterday to make a really cute never ending card. This one was for St. Patrick's Day, but now that we know how to make them, we can adapt it for any holiday. Today we are going to make a couple for birthdays. It is just the coolest thing. I took a little video of it so that you can get the full effect of how it just keeps folding around and around into 4 different layouts. Here it is:


And here are the pics of each panel. I can't wait to make more of them.





We have another snow day today - we woke up to another 10 inches of snow and it is still falling. That is 37 inches in less than two weeks. That is THREE FEET of snow!!! Oh well, we got an extra day of vacation out of it!

In Like a Lion!

Well, March is certainly coming in like a lion! We are slated for another foot of snow tonight and tomorrow. I think I would rather have all of my hair pulled out one strand at a time than have more snow. That probably means a snow day as well, and we just had a week of vacation - we don't need another day off. I'm officially done with winter.

Speaking of winter, the Winter Carnival was a bust yesterday, so we just stayed home and hung out with Olivia. We played W.ii, colored, ate cookies, played on the computer, etc. It was a great day. Today we will return her to Mom and Mama.

We are also going to a scrapbooking class this afternoon to make a Never Ending Card - pictures to follow! I love going to these classes and learning new things.

On the TTC front, we are still plugging away - my estrogen level was still really low on Friday, so I am staying on the same dose of Foll.istim (75iu) and going back for bloodwork on Tuesday. My body always stays low at the beginning and then my levels seem to jump literally overnight. I will probably go back again on Friday and then we will monitor things much more closely after that. I would assume that the IUI will be next week sometime around the 11th or 12th.

Happy March!

15 inches

We went to bed last night in the midst of a snowstorm with no power. We woke up this morning to this:

Um, yeah, we got a little bit of snow overnight! It is beautiful though! I am sitting here looking out the window at just a blanket of snow. The poor dogs couldn't even get out to go pee this morning.

In other news - we went to my parents for dinner last night. Alan (my brother) made ribs, beans, cole slaw and corn bread. Can we say YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY! The funny thing is that we though it would just be the five of us (MJ, myself, mom, dad, and Alan). Well, add another 7 people to the mix and we practically had a party. It was lots of fun and great food too!

Tomorrow we are heading to Foxwoods - a casino for the night. It should be lots of fun and hopefully we can win some money! If not, it will be a great mini getaway.

SNOW DAY!

Well, today is snow day number four. I am like a kid at Christmas when it comes to snow days. I get so excited!!! I woke up on and off from 4:30 - 5:45 this morning waiting for the Instant Alert system to call and tell me that there was no school. The phone never rang - until 6:20, 6:40, and 7:00. Can we say a glitch in the system? When a snow day comes, we have to make the day up in June, but really, I don't care - it is so worth having a "surprise" day off today.

We are slated to get a foot or more of snow today with a nice crusty layer of sleet on top. So, we'll be out to snowblow again this afternoon maybe twice. So, we're catching up to DVR'd TV, we'll probably play some Wii, and whatever else comes along for the day.

A friend from college said it best: "Snow Days are like adding extra days to your life." You get a bonus day to do all the things you want to instead of what you have to!

HAPPY SNOW DAY!

Ode to the Furry Kids

So, we love our furry kids just as much as we would love our own kids. Over the last few days we have managed to get a few cute pics of them, so I thought we would share them. The first is a video of the one and only Sadie Jane Pea Brain.... She absolutely loves the snow as you can see here!

Here are a couple more pics of the kids in the snow yesterday. We got 13 inches!!!! You can see Willy and Gus were trying to get out off of the deck and it was quite deep.

And here is another one of cute Sadie Jane in the snow...

Yesterday, Sadie and Gus were being too cute snuggling together. Who says dogs and cats can't get along? This picture is proof that they can...

And, finally, here is a cute one of Max sleeping the other night...

Snowblower Etiquette

So, as I look out at the beautiful winter wonderland we woke up to again this morning, I have a couple of thoughts. There should be rules regarding snow blowers and how you use them. The GOLDEN RULE of snowblowing should be: "Thou shalt not blow the snow from your driveway into my driveway." Furthermore, "Thou shalt not blow the snow from your driveway into the road in front of my driveway." And finally, "Driving your truck up and down the driveway repeatedly does not constitute snow blowing."

Now these seem to be easy rules, but my neighbor must know nothing about them. You would think that a lot of this is just common sense, but I often forget that there are a lot of people in this world who have very little common sense.

And in other news - What was up with Carolina last night???? Did they even show up for the game??? In an earlier blog post I talked about our football pool at work. I am currently tied for FIRST PLACE and MJ is in third, just 2 measely points out of first. The playoff games this week are worth 4 points apiece. So, there are 16 points at stake with only 4 chances to get those points. We were so excited because we both went out on a limb and went with Baltimore yesterday instead of Tennessee. Well, we scored in that game - and EVERYONE figured that Carolina would spank Arizona. That would mean 2 for 2 going into today. But NO, Carolina got blown away. We'll see what happens today - we both picked NY and Pittsburgh to win the two games this afternoon. I would really like to get 12 points this week.

I'm an Outlaw!

So, I had the pleasure of making friends with the men in blue today as we were headed off on a day of shopping. I got stopped "not because of speed, but the amount of snow on your roof ma'am." Yup, had too much snow on my roof, and it is a safetyway issue. The guy was great though and just said that there have been a lot of calls, accidents, etc relating to huge chunks of ice and snow flying off of vehicles.

The best part of the whole thing though was that there was a large amount of confusion regarding my plates. I have vanity plates and apparently my car registration has the letter "O" and the plates are printed with the number 0 (zero). So there was all this hulabaloo and they had to check to see if it was a stolen vehicle, etc. When he came back to the car, he apologized that it took so long and explained the whole story. Then he says, "I told them you didn't look like a criminal or anything." Thanks, buddy! Glad I don't have the criminal look! Anyways, he was super nice and we cleaned off the top of the car - the problem is that it is really tall. After our little "layover" we were off to do some shopping.

We had gift certificates from Christmas so we went to spend them! I ordered a new pair of shoes (my feet are big and they never have my size), we bought a new rug for the living room, and lots more. It was a great day, and the dogs spent the day at my parents so they could run and play. Now, we are expecting another 6 inches of snow tonight - yipee!!!

Dear Mother Nature,

Dear Mother Nature,

Welcome to New Hampshire. It is quite clear from the events of the past week, that you really like spending time here. Let's see, there was an ice storm that left 390,000 homes without power, 8 inches of snow overnight last night, and another 12 - 18 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow. While we enjoy having you visit, it would be nice if you packed your bags and moved on for a bit. You see, you really have hampered many holiday plans for the folks around here.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like you or anything, I just wish that you weren't so cold and snowy. Maybe you could pay another visit in a few months to bring us some of that nice warm, sunny weather. I really can't think about another 110 inches of snow this winter - I'm sure someone else wouldn't mind if you brought it to their house! Happy Holidays!

Sincerely,

The people who are tired of this crazy weather!