2 Years

Today is our Anniversary, we were married 5 years after we started dating, 12.30.04. We were BFF's for about 2 years prior to dating. We have a solid 9 years under our belts together as best friends. He makes everyday wonderful in ways I never would have dreamed on my own.

Still Recovering and it's Here Again

So we are still not back to normal yet after the blizzard that hit last week. We just received mail for the 1st time today since the 19th, and only some mail we know of packages that have still yet to arrive. The guy at the UPS store yesterday said that UPS and the PO are at least a few days behind still.

Most our grocery stores aren't stocked the way they usually are, yesterday the dairy section and bread sections were virtually empty, same with the meats. All our neighborhood roads are basically like 4 wheeling in a car everywhere, I have a huge sigh of relief when I get out on the main road relatively unscathed by the neighborhood. There is huge crevasses of ice, slush and snow still.

Well, we must have done something to piss off Mother Nature cause Round 2 is on the way now, here is the beginning view from my front porch. The giant heap of snow in front of our neighbors house is about 4 feet deep for perspective.

Christmas dinner

My husband knows me well this is one of the gifts he gave me

Making chocolate chip pumpkin cookies for the neighbors and me!

Before

This Picture is what our house looked like this time last year. I just came accross this photo of when we were having our floors done mid DIY remodel. For obvious reasons we didn't put up a tree last year and we were locked to the upstairs of our house for about 3 weeks. This year we're much more into the Christmas spirit, tree and all.

OK, now onto 6 Weird Things about me,in no particular order, thanks to being tagged by Amanda!

1. I'm an obsessive hand washer

2. If I don't workout atleast every few days I turn into a total bitch and feel grumpy till I do.

3. I like to smell my dogs feet, I think you all know this one already.

4. I hate pickles. I'll eat anything else though.

5. Vacuuming the house makes the world feel like a better place in 99% of situations.

6. I had 8 Wisdom Teeth removed.

Winter, Yes! Wonderland?

It snowed all night. The news is saying that here in Parker we have got 25.5 inches of snow. The wind had slowed way down and the snow heavier now. I measured 21 inches on our deck this morning and that's after my husband snow blowed atleast that much off of it yesterday afternoon.

Everything is still closed, we have drifts that go up to 6 feet high. No one can leave their houses becuase the side roads are buried.

This picture is of our back deck, between where the benches are we have a 2 step drop down into the lawn. You can't see where the steps are, everything looks level becuase it's so buried in snow.

This picture is looking out our window into my neighbors yard.

I dont' think we;ll be able to get out of the house until Saturday. The airport which is 20 minutes East of where we are isn't going to try to open until Noon tomorrow. There are cars stranded everywhere on the news, lots of shelters setup, the National Guard is assisting in clean up. Last night we took the dogs out front to go potty cause the back was too deep and we saw a plow get stuck a couple streets over.

I think I'll finished wrapping gifts today, maybe make some Christmas gifts too. No one is going anywhere for a while.

It's most Definitely Going to be a White Christmas

It's hard to figure out just how much snow we have, there are spots where you can see grass or pavement and then right next to it a 6 Foot snow drift. Everything including the PO has closed today and even the airport says they won't attempt to move any flights in or out till tomorrow night. Here is a few pics this evening.

Our garage door has been closed all day, this has just blown in from the small gap between the driveway and the door. Nice huh?

Brrrr! I concur Carole, perfect night for a movie, fire and a few glasses of wine! you know me well!

Blizzard Numero Dos

Well it's the beginning but they say it's going to be a doozy! We're suppossed to get 3 feet by tomorrow morning. Everything is cancelled, the grocery stores were swamped this morning, the roads are dangerous and travel is not recommended. Glad I got my few Christmas errands I had left to do done yesterday. Here's what it looks like so far. Lot's of drifts in the roads I guess, I'll post more pics later.

Christmas Time Outing

Last night we went to the Botanic Gardens with my family, we had cinnamon roasted almonds which were so magical and hot apple cider. Ummmm, so good and they kept my hands warm while walking around in the 20 degree weather looking at the lights. It was a lot of fun, Britton my little nephew was really good and he got to see Santa for the 1st time ever. What is up with tha beard huh?

Well I got most of my CHristmas packages out today, I went to the PO at 2:20 and was out by 3. I still have a few more to get out but I'm still waiting for them to come in the mail, that's what I get for last minute online shopping. I still have everything to wrap for all my local friends and family, you should see my office right now, it looks likes Santa's workshop blew up in here! The dogs like it though I can tell.

Amazing gift basket from friends

Sweet Mail Day

Yesterday afternoon I received this awesome little gnome from Amanda! You sweetie! Thank you so much, I've been coveting one of these gnomes for a while over at Simple Sandy's Etsy shop! I love it! He's sitting next to a fresh batch of cranberry, walnut, oatmeal cookies that i took over to the MIL's house for Hanukkah festivities. We had a blast, I ate my weight in Latkes, oh man they are so good! We also broke in a new Hannukkah gift one of the kids got, a gorgeous Scrabble board! My team lost, yes that's right we played in team's due to the difficult nature of the game. Unfortunately, no one else thought "Knitin" was a word. COme on it's slang for, "I am sitting here being crafty and knitin". Oh well.

Hey, I also received my fabric package I've been waiting for a while now.....My Haeather Bailey Fabrics!! Yes they are here!

A Case of the Mondays

New Leisl bag in the shop tonight,
Feeling very tired the last 2 days,
Ready for a holiday vacation from work things but
must get through this week,
3 Parties this weekend, and I can can start to relax next week
Going to go make something unhealthy for dinner and watch an Alias and go to bed. Now that's a run-on sentence if I ever saw one! ;)

Tis the time of year for Yule Fuel

St. Nick and Pandora

Happy St. Nicholas Day! For a history if your not familiar with the jolly old Saint you can read about him here, a very fun and endearing read. My hubby and I are starting the tradition with our nephew/Godson tonight!

Also, if you don't know about this site run don't walk to check it out:: Pandora is an awesome site where you can have your personal streaming radio station. Just type in an artist or fav song and it will play similiar artists and music, if you like give it a thumbs up and they'll use it to pick new music or give it a thumbs down and they won't play it again. I have about 6 stations now and I'm totally addicted. Oh yeah you can send the stations to others to - Ahhh, kinda like a modern mix tape! It's free if you don't mind the ads on the page, but really it just goes in the backround while you're doing other things so who cares right? Enjoy!

P.S. Lot's of Paige Pockets coming soon to the shop!!

Front Page News

Yeah Emilie!!
Oh yeah! Psssst...big shop update Sunday night and Monday::
2 new Kimberly clutches, a bunch of patchwork tissue holders,
a messnger bag, a ruffle scarf, new ornaments, a new Zoe & ponies too!
Wheewww!