Snow

Really, I've had quite enough snow. Fourteen inches last night over the many, many, we've already had this month.

Here is my poor dog Luna, trying to go to the bathroom. She couldn't see the steps of the deck, so she went right on it. (Click the photos to see them larger.)

We have to get outside somehow to refill the bird feeders. The squirrels are thrilled because they can just leap right up now.

Here are views from our front and back windows. Yes, that's our deck.

I'm so jealous that my boys are flying down to Florida for a week with my mom. I want to go in the worst way now, but they are really looking forward to having some time with Grandma and Aunt D without me. Plus B is looking forward to some time alone with me at home.

I would just love opportunity to get away from all this snow. I'm glad at least the sun is out today. We'll have a few hours of the snow being absolutely beautiful before it becomes a dirty nuisance.

The boys slept over some friends’ house last night, so the snow in front of my house will be there for a while. It's nice that R is at an age where he is thrilled to be allowed to use the snow blower. We got about two years out of him before his love affair with the lawn tractor mellowed, so let's hope the snow slows down over the next couple of years. In the meantime, perhaps I will go outside and shovel a path off the deck for Luna.

I'm glad my camera is still working, despite the fact that the LCD is broken. No viewfinder, so I've been just randomly aiming and hoping for the best. No “artsy” photos this way, but at least I can still capture life. (Partly why I still haven't mailed it to be fixed: I can't live without it.)

I'm enjoying time scrapbooking while the boys are out. There are lots of things on my “to do” list that I've been ignoring, but the snow makes me so unmotivated (as if I need a reason). I suppose it's better than laying in bed watching TV all day. At least I will have a sense of accomplishment. Plus I've hardly scrapped at all lately, really, because doing anything for myself brings such guilt with it. Not today though!

More photos

The boys went bowling on Sunday while I was off scrapbooking in a community room at a bank with other scrappers for four hours. They had a great time, and B remembered the camera. When I uploaded them onto my computer I found about 40 pictures that look similar to this: I am so happy that we take lots and lots of photos. I was so resistant to the digital thing, but not having to print every photo is so awesome. I can keep them inexpensively and watch incredible slide shows later on. I really have to find the time to play with the software I have and figure out how to make more cohesive slide shows with music and everything. I really want to do that with our digital video camera as well. I think I have to move these things higher on my priority list.

Okay, so here are some more photos. The valentine boxes we made for playgroup:and how they all looked on the table there:
We were surprised to walk in and find a huge buffet full of cupcakes, brownies and other crap. E's eyes totally lit up when I told him to go to town and have anything he wanted. Remarkably, his plate was nowhere near filled as much as I thought it would be.

E posed with one of the mustaches we gave out. It's held in place by a lollipop. The girls all got big lips. I was kind of bummed that everyone took their boxes home to open; I would have liked to get a group photo like the cool one I got the last time we gave these out to a large group.







This past Monday we got together with our old playgroup. Seven of the eight families were able to make it. We haven't seen everyone together since once or twice last summer. We all had an enjoyable day.

The boys are visiting with friends this morning, so I have some time to myself. Blogging during the day is *so* much faster. Uploading all these photos was no sweat, unlike between 7 and 9 pm when I usually do it. I found this before I sat down:It's amazing where those cars show up (clicking on the photo makes it larger).

Well, off to enjoy some time alone :-)