Hawaiian dreams

Meet Lola and her sidekick reindeer dog Lula.  They are dreaming of warmer days when sand will replace snow.

Liv and I had a blast building our first snow duo of the season.  The fallen pine branches gave birth to the Hawaiian theme.  The left over coconut bra was from the kids 16th bday party.  Pretty darn crafty of us if I say so myself!

Snow Day

Yipee....it is official we have a "snow day". You know that doesn't apply to me as somehow Corporate America just hasn't wrapped it's "head" around the whole concept of snow falls you give your employees the day off....sigh! Anyway, the kid scored another snow day and on top of all that homework and test she had to study for she could use it!

I snapped a few pictures of the snowfall. This one is different not powder like the 10 inches we received last week, but more wet. This is good snowman building snow, not that I will be around to participate.

Once again Lexi our Airedale is loving it and Lulu well not so much. The forecast calls for a snow/ice/rain mix today with a high of 32 and a low of 21. That should make driving as the sun goes down all kinds of fun!

As I type our neighbors are having a snowball fight across the street, you can hear the kids squeal as their Dad pops them with a snowball straight to the head. I wish I could join in on those snow games. No such luck, so for now I will just have to feel sorry for myself and instead of plopping on a ski jacket and some glove, I will have to don some professional attire so that I can join in on our version of the not so fun "reindeer games" at work. For the locals enjoy the winter wonderland and for my co-workers, have the coffee ready I will see you shortly!

Schools closed....yipee!

The temperature didn't get warm enough and the sun didn't stay out long enough to even make a dent in the snowfall or the icy roads. So.....SCHOOL IS CLOSED!!!!

This does not hurt my feelings one bit as I was wondering how I would get my Volkswagen beetle out of the driveway tomorrow morning at crack of dawn and down those icy roads.

I attempted to "shovel" some snow from the walkway today, that was a joke. The layer underneath had completely frozen, which meant once I removed the powered it was just ice and that certainly was not any safer. At least I had the proper equipment this afternoon to even attempt the snow removal. Yesterday I was unable to locate our snow shovel, so I had to resort to the next best thing....the substitute snow shovel a.k.a the kitchen dust pan.

Have you ever tried to scrap an entire concrete patio with a dust pan before? Let me tell you now that is not such an easy job, but I am thinking I burned a TON of calories with my attempt! Of course once I unearthed the patio, I made my way to the shed, only to find I needed to remove more snow, which had piled against the doors. Upon opening the shed guess what I found? Yes, our snow shovel, because everyone knows that is the best place for it, in the shed in the backyard!

Well anyway we will get to sleep in for a bit tomorrow morning, and then reality will set in and I will have to unearth my vehicle as we all know there are no "snow days" from work, at least not where I am employed.

So for those of you who have the benefit of staying home tomorrow, I hope you enjoy your mini vacation. Think of me you can beat your bottom dollar I will be thinking of you!