It was an excellent snow day

More later....

What's happening as we hope for a good snow

We are currently in the throws of winter storms. I just looked up "in the throws of" and confirmed it's "in the throes of." I suspected it, but I fact check myself a lot.

It's now day two of our snow/ice/freezing rain days. People are starting to turn on one another. Truth be told, people are turning on me. Truth be told, Olivia's turning on me. When I yell "Olivia!" She either ignores or says, "Shhhh." More later. Not really more later....  

When it rains, obviously it's wet outside. When it sleets or snows, it's wetter. Everything is mushier than when it rains. It's a fact that I can't back up but one I feel very strongly about. Or, about which I feel very strongly. One is correct. The other sounds better. I may be losing it. We may get one to five inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. Or nothing. I'm not sure what life will be like if I'm locked inside for multi more days. But I also will be very sad if we wake up tomorrow and find the snow has missed us altogether. Very sad indeed. We're all hoping we see a good amount of snow and then it goes away fairly quickly.  And while one might think snow would make for the opportunity to take some different and pretty pictures of outside things, it has to be very cold to keep things icy. That's a hindrance to me because I don't want to be wet, or cold. I''m gonna have to make myself go outside though, but it's like standing in a refrigerator when there's ice all around outside. It's colder than when it's just cold.

On another note, suppers around here have been a challenge lately, or always. Tonight John made mushroom/potato soup as close to his grandmother and mother's recipes as he could get. I think he ate 3 bowls of it. The best the rest of us could muster in enthusiasm was, "It's not terrible." And that's all I have to say about that. 

It's 2:35 and I'm about to be off to bed dreaming of a white scene when I wake up. If it's not, color me whatever equal parts of sad and mad are, Cause that's what I'll be. 

I'm including some photos of the snow and ice we've already gotten. Most were taken with Olivia's phone attachment she got for Christmas. The close ups are fab. The fish eyes are fab for different reasons. 

Addy's footprint.

Addy loves the cold and sees no problem with wetter or mushier ground. 

This is sleet on Olivia's jacket.

And we're done.

As I go to bed, my weather heart is still hopeful and unbroken. 

Later today may be a different story. 

Please!!!!!!!!!!!!

Random pictures of ridiculous animals with a few humans included.

We had a great trip to Texas over the long weekend. The weather was as good as we hoped for almost all of the trip. But when it turns bitter in Texas, the north wind cuts like a knife. Luckily that didn't happen until the day we left for home, so it didn't spoil our fun. Since I've been home I've had things to clean and things to wash and trash to disperse around the city. It seems my darling son forgot to put our trash out Sunday night for Monday pick up. It was a disappointing discovery. One I handled with my usual calmness and even tempered-ness.

I discovered many journal entries not posted from previous Corsicana trips and so I'm thinking about doing those in the next few days. But today, instead of posting the very few pics I have from the weekend, (I didn't even take my camera out of the bag) I'm posting some random pics from long ago. They make me laugh so much. Most of them are of people dressed as animals, cause they certainly don't see themselves as four legged. It's just that no one's told them they aren't human. They see themselves as equals.

Masiy and Emma have a very strange relationship. Yesterday Maisy almost took Emma to the ground with excited joy. This picture is very odd, although they both seem fine with what's happening. Maya however seems disturbed by it all.  

Can't you feel the love?

Ridiculous.

And again.

There's something different about Addy. 

Glow worm eyes.

It amuses me.

The most ridiculous. 

All the time.

Addy's impression of Milo. 

Dreaming of snatching bacon out of my hand. Oh wait, that wasn't a dream! Christmas 2014, holding bacon in my hand and just about to add it to the pan when Marley jumped up and took it OUT OF MY FINGERS. I screamed at the stunning event.

What? I'm on Grandma's sleep schedule. 

Always...

Ridiculous.

Staying nearby in case of the accidental food drop or sharing. 

It was recently revealed Maya's not invincible. The cone of shame proves it. It was a devastating blow to us all.

Nothing says country like a convertible full of dogs with a overalled chauffeur. 

The ride was so exhausting Texas had to have a nap.

That's all for now folks. I'm off to my annual eye doctor appointment. I hate any kind of doctor appointment. Can't wait til it's over and then work and then time to partay!

Happiest of birthdays to my daughter Emma. Twenty four years ago today she made her entrance into the world. Life would be so boring without her. She fits just fine in her spot. 

Oh happy day....

Girl power while the boys were gone

While John and Owen were in Pennsylvania, we had a girl party at our house. Caitlin said, "This is what it would be like if our boys hunted." We've missed that. No offense, but we had lots of fun while the boys were up north. We watched movies and built fires and did anything we wanted. Not that we can't when they are here, but it was different with an all girls' clubhouse. So we made hay while the sun shined. Now, I will say boys are good for heavy lifting, because I'd rather get someone to get heavy firewood for me rather than go out into the cold and get it myself. I guess some things have to be a trade off.

On one of those boy free days it was discovered one of Emma's car headlights was burned out, so she and Olivia decided to try to change it. After reading some questionable instructions from the car book, it was decided to look up a "how to" video on youtube. Of course there was one....very informative and helpful....so they set to the task. I was there for moral support and picture taking.     

Addy looked super stressed about the headlight and the boy free zone. 

I didn't get the pics of the taking apart of the light holder. 

Emma the mechanic.

You have to take this whole big thing out to get to the small, tiny light bulb. Ridiculous. 

Two girls kicking butt and taking names. 

That day it was a bitter winter. 

Almost finished putting it all back together. 

Now that John knows they can change a car lightbulb, he might just say do it yourself. But surely he knows better than that after 30 years of being married and living with four women! At least I hope so. 

And while we were doing man's work, 

The boys were seeing the U S of A.

Owen sent me a picture of a beautiful Kentucky sunset.

And a pretty Kentucky morning. This makes me want to sing, Oh beautiful for spacious skies....

Speaks for itself. 

This too.

Almost into Pittsburgh.

And there it is. 

Pirates home.

Primanti brothers. 

That's part one of the trip to Pennsylvania, but I just discovered that while I do have Owen's pictures, I don't have John's. And since John's at work and doesn't know how to photostream, I'll have to wait. 

Now onto this...I started this next story on Saturday and never got back to finish it so I'm doing an add on to this....

From Saturday: People in town are sick and other people are cleaning their rooms. Those people would be John and Owen. They are so much alike that when each separately began the cleaning, and then I went in the rooms (only to be summarily dismissed by both) they had each gone and gotten the small bathroom trash can to put their trash in. They had so much more trash than that! 

Update on the cleaning: 

After approximately one hour of Owen working in his room, he walked through the den with an overflowing laundry basket of dirty clothes. It took him thirty minutes to go through them because each and every article of clothing had to pass the "smell test" before he could decide if it was clean or dirty. His definition of cleanliness needs some work. 

Back to present day:
After only two days, Owen's room has already begun to fall into dissary again. He just doesn't care. 

Also, I'll be leaving town Thursday evening so don't be expecting any new posts over the weekend. May not be back til Tuesday. 

Winter breaks are fabulous things. Because I DO need a Winter break....and a Spring break and a Summer break and an it's Monday break and....

Now I've got to go to work for 2 1/2 hours. 

Feel sorry for me.