Blizzard

Okay, okay so we had a blizzard...I was totally excited, but because it is my first blizzard I felt I was entitled to some level of excitement. Yes?

While I am still excited because there is a substantial amount of snow on the ground and still falling; I am also disappointed. Every county around us, except for 1 is in a 'State of Emergency' which means you are not allowed on the road and will be ticketed if you are. The only way for me to get a snow day would be for this to happen in our county...but no. I am here, at work. Thankfully The Mr. did not go to work today and was able to get me to work. I really would not be here if it were not for him digging my car out and driving me here. Oh, did I mention that we got stuck 2 times on the way to work? And once was as we were turning onto my company road/parking lot?!?

So far we have gotten mostly snow with some sleet mix. This is good, because freezing rain and ice would be much worse and people would probably lose electricity fairly quickly. As far as I know there are no power outages in our area...yet. We well see!

The snow is still falling, but I did snap some pictures last night on my way home and then this morning. Here is what our town looks like today:

This was taken as I was driving home from work on Tuesday evening. The snow starting blowing around 4:30pm and a little after 5, so much had already fallen!

This is real, my camera was NOT on the black and white setting!



Drifts between our cars this morning...




That is A LOT of snow!



Drifts and an apartment building in our complex...

My sweet husband shoveling the snow so we can get my car out!

Soooo thankful for him!

Glad I had on these boots, which btw I almost lost in the snow at one point!



Can you see how deep my footprint is?






Warm and bundled up!

Still snowing...view from work.



Work parking lot, they are filling dump trucks with snow and hauling them to another property. There is so much snow! Also, more cars are showing up!

I hope to get out this evening after work and take some pictures downtown and around the library. The buildings are so pretty anyways, so I can only imagine what the courthouse looks like covered in over a foot of snow! I will post pictures and stories when they happen, so hold tight folks! If you are being effected by this blizzard or winter storm, stay warm and inside! If you are in Florida...soak up some sun for me :)

Weekend Wrap Up :)

It is Monday so that means it is time for a weekend wrap up! We had a lot of fun this weekend and we have tons of pictures to prove it! Thursday night we had some newly married friends over for a yummy lasagna dinner. As I was setting the table I realized that I matched the dining room and the plates! It was a fun moment of realization for me :) The Mr. was there to document everything for me!

Friday night we ran to the grocery store to pick up some things and stopped at Ruby Tuesday's for dinner. It is just me, or do they have the best salad bar?! I love it! Once we were home we got ready for bed and watched some of my favorite show, Friends before going to bed and reading our books until some hour in the middle of the night...seriously, I stayed up way to late but I cannot put down Karen Kingsbury's Redemption Series...it is SO good!

*I also made a very cute Valentine's Day craft Friday night that I will share with you later this week!

Saturday morning The Mr. was so sweet and got up and went to the post office while I slept in. We had some packages to ship and our post office is only open until noon on Saturday (and it is usually packed with people!) It was so nice to sleep in late in our oh.so.warm bed! We had fun plans for the day though, so getting up was pretty easy. My SIL dropped her two younger kiddos off with us for the day and the fun began! After watching Despicable Me and having a mac-n-cheese picnic in the living room it was time to pack up and head out for a sledding party and soup dinner with friends from church. *Please note that I may have been more excited about the sledding than the girls! Here is documentation of all the fun we had sledding:

Hadley was such a ham in the car...until she feel asleep!

How cute is she in her snow gear? She was so padded, I think she would bounce if you dropped her!

The Had and The Uncle, ready to do!

Ainsley with very rosy cheeks!

Ready to go down the hill, she was so excited! (I was too!)

I think this was Had's favorite part of sledding; getting pulled back up the hill. She would purposely fall out and start yelling "help me, somebody help me!" Too cute!

Cousin Tim and Hadley...she was brave enough to ride with anyone after awhile!



All smiles from this girl!



Tim and Ainsley!

Ainsley and Hadley getting ready for a push from Tim!

Last run for the day because it was getting dark. We had so much fun!

Our Sunday was pretty low-key. We were driving to Subway for lunch (delicious salad, by the way!) and stopped in North Manchester at the covered bridge. This is the first covered bridge that I have been on to my knowledge and it reminded me to much of a painting in my Grandma's house of a covered bridge. Gram, doesn't this remind you of the painting?

We hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week also. We are forecasted for a winter snow/ice storm that will begin tonight and work it's way through Wednesday. I will be sure to report back and let you now how much snow and/or ice we get over the next few days! Is it weird that I am excited about this storm? Yes? Okay...See you all next time!

...a little bit of everything!

This is another one of my very random posts that will cover topics across the board; from a celebrity being in my hometown to WW week one recap! Hope you all enjoy the update and my random musings!

First off let me tell you about some exciting news I got on Wednesday. I knew that Extreme Makeover was planning to be in North Florida, but the family who would be blessed by their presence had not been announced. Well, Wednesday morning they announced who the family was and it is someone I know-from a distance. Coach Pewitt was and has been the coach at the high school I graduated from for years. She also organized and directs a volleyball league in the area and several summer volleyball camps, which I can say I attended back in the day. On top of this exciting announcement for people in the area, the filming crew and stars were at the high school yesterday where they "surprised" coach with the news. This is what I was excited about. I would have been SO excited to be a student in a small high school and be surprised by seeing Ty Pennington walking in the halls...man oh man.

Since my little brother is a Sophomore at that school I figured I could live vicariously through him, yes? Well, no. He was not at all excited about the filming or the stars. He actually seemed disgusted about the hussle and bussel that was happening all around him. I can only imagine that girls want to hug/take picture with/get autographs from Ty...boys, not so much. I guess that is understandable...

I know people are already worried about what will happen after the house is built and life returns back to normal for this family and the surrounding area. Hopefully the family is able to afford the larger electricity bill that a much bigger house and new appliances will bring, along with the increase in property taxes. Regardless, this is such a huge blessing and will definitely change their lives!

Second, lets talk about WW. If you recall I started the online WW program last week officially on Thursday, so today was weigh in day! I realize that maybe I was too excited about getting on a scale today, but I just knew I was going to see results AND I did! I am down 2.8lbs since last Thursday morning. I'll take that...week after week, yes please! Can you picture me doing a happy dance in my Old Navy jingle jammies in my bathroom this morning? don't judge...it happened! {insert enthusiastic high five here} Here is to a successful second week and healthy lifestyle changes!

Last but not least, we are having company over for dinner and games tonight. I am really excited to see Tina and her new husband Kyle. I am sure there will be lots of talking about the details of their wedding and honeymoon adventures. It is such a blessing to have other newlywed friends close by!

Tina, me and MOH Keri at my Indiana Bridal Shower :)

We have so fun plans this weekend that we are looking forward to also. On Saturday we are watching our younger nieces so my SIL can take Emma to her gymnastics meet. I love these girls, and am really looking forward to spending time with them. If there is snow on the ground; which there should be, we are going to a sledding party Saturday afternoon too. It should be loads of fun and I have a feeling we will have a fun update with pictures on Monday!