green week --- day four

If I had an office job I would have called in sick today. After helping the troops get out the door this morning, I sat on the couch and channel surfed while feeling sorry for myself. That lasted until my coffee kicked in -- and I felt guilty about the hour I had "wasted" -- so I vacuumed (sp?) downstairs. That little bit of exercise got my blood moving, but I still did not feel well. So, upstairs I went to throw a load of laundry in and to work on "the best birthday outfit ever". Sewing kept me happy for a couple of hours -- and in the company of my seam ripper for almost a quarter of that time. The green inspired me during lunch -- so this is my green picture for today. Yup, that was lunch and the end of my "sick day". The troops are almost all home safely... Time to work on dinner. Note to self: Learn how to relax when not feeling well...

green week -- day three

Here is my green post for this morning. I am tired, and being lazy -- so this is a picture from Monday's snow day. Cute rosy cheeks to brighten up the day!

green week -- day two -- a pile of stuff...

There is a school opening delay this morning. While they are waiting, Nicholas and Sofia decided to put together a pile of things for today's green picture. Even though the activity was keeping them happy and quiet, I put an end to it pretty quickly -- the disorganized pile on top of the art table is making me dizzy... It has been since disassembled and everything in it returned to its proper place. Ahhh, now I can breathe again. Is it just me, or does anyone else have this problem? For example: there could be 100 or 1,000 things sitting in front of me -- and as long as they are neatly organized I am fine. As soon as they are out of place, my blood pressure rises and I must immediately organize them again. What is that called? Anyone know?

fearless...

Well, maybe it's not the right kind of snow to build a snowman -- but...it's excellent to practice your flying skills!

The streets were plowed early this morning...they will need another pass later today. Sofia is anxious to go outside and play, but, decided to wait until the snow stops blowing around.

green week -- day one

For the next five days, I am participating in green week, hosted by Emily -- over here. Yes, those are dictionaries stacked on top of a wooden carton -- appropriately pretending to be a side table for the reading chair in our front room. By the way -- my little sister, if you are reading this, then would you be able to give me back that red one if you're not using it for those scrabble games you told me about :-)

wishing winter would go away...

Winter wishes I just took a peek out the front door and now I know why snow is predicted for us!



The goal for last week was to have all the snowman decorations put away by the end of the week. But...I got wrapped up in the "most awesome ever" birthday outfit and forgot. I just now took this decoration in (after snapping a picture of it), but, me thinks it is probably too late. Those weathermen are predicting 8-14 inches of the white stuff for alot of us. We'll see if they've earned their pay by tomorrow.



In the meantime, springtime is fighting it's way here. I didn't notice the tulips popping up until this morning when there was a dusting of snow on the ground.

Hey, big sis, if you are reading this -- I think we're gonna need to borrow the snowblower! :-)