I will survive

and did survive...the BLIZZARD OF 2011.

It really wasn't that bad...ya know, from the inside looking out. :)
Kids were off of school yesterday and they called school off today as well.
I don't know how many inches we got *insert favorite dirty joke of Mr.FF's*
I didn't even go out and take pictures.
Needless to say, I was not impressed.
Sure there were times it was coming down so hard that I was thankful that I wasn't out driving in it, but again, from the inside looking out...it was meh.
It was comical to see Mr.FF's dog trudge out into the snow drift.

WE survived...hopefully the kids will be back to school tomorrow. 
Hope those of you affected made it through as successfully as we did. :)

(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday

cute lil button, isn't it? found at this blog


*this picture is out of my kitchen window, taken one day over a week ago.


Little over a week ago, we were buried, cold and in the middle of winter.
Today, the snow has all melted and it is pouring down rain. What gives Mother Nature?

Ice Ice Baby...meltin'

So this past weekend we had a little meltdown (and I am NOT talking about the fit in which Bubba BIT my leg, no, not THAT meltdown) the snow slowly started to melt away. I was really happy, because I am seriously feeling a bit of cabin fever invading my "sane place".

I could really use a nice hike somewhere, or a bike ride JUST SOMETHING that gets me out of the house and preferably not frozen to the ground when I am outside.

If anything, I was really hoping a meltdown would persuade the dog to LEAVE the deck to do HIS BUSINESS.


However, Mother Nature is NOT ready to put ole, Mr. Winter away just yet. Our area got NAILED again last night with lake effect (or is it affect) snow. This is probably the most snow I have ever witnessed...sure as hell the most snow I have ever had to shovel.

Kids are home, school is cancelled and our subdivision still hasn't seen a plow...so I went out to take some pictures, ENJOY...those of you who "love" snow....cause, my love for it is just about to run out. (OK, I started with very LITTLE love of it)






I am not sure what the exact measurements are on the snow, I would guess 15-18 inches of white fluffy stuff and it is still snowing.

Negative Nelly *neigh*

I am just really swimming in my own negativity lately. Example:

I started reading a new blog, well her blog isn't new, but it is new to me.

400 Miles Away she has posted a couple times about the lovely weather (she lives somewhere around me), like yesterday and today we have been having a "warm up" and she posted about it feeling almost tropical compared to what we have been experiencing (massive amounts of snow and friggin school cancelling frigid temps). My response was (and I know this is just despicable) "yeah...and all this damn warm-up is causing flash flooding" (paraphrased, cause I said it so I can paraphrase myself).

I mean seriously? Could I be more Debbie Downer (let's have more Debbie does Dallas or somethin happier)?

She is right. It is 28 degrees out right now and it does feel damn nice to go out to smoke and not lose a hand/finger/nose in the process. So KUDOS Mother Nature, thanks for the warm up and sunshine today.

This, though, provokes another negative thought.

So what it is "balmy" right now, by this weekend we are getting the freeze back on.

SERIOUSLY. I need a big fat dose of Happy Juice or something. Anyone? Anyone have some happy juice I can down.

Funny I just said DOWN happy juice.

Another negative party I am hosting is this damn choice I made joining the cult that is Weight Watchers.

(I don't believe it is a cult, I rather like WW and it has been the only thing that truly has worked for me on the losing weight front)

I had this feeling when I first joined Weight Watchers. I was just overly pissed about the change I was forced (needed, whatever) to make in my eating habits. So when I get pissed about change I rebel.

I have fallen into that pattern lately. I see some ice cream, I get pissed because I WANT it and SHOULDN'T have it...so I eat it. Grumbling about this is my life dammit, I'll eat what I want to.

So what do you get when you rebel at Weight Watchers? OH YEAH BABY, there are repercussions.

You get a big fat whopping (now I want Burger King) THREE POUNDS. Crap.

I mean, I knew it. I knew I was rebelling and eating poorly...and I KNEW it was going to show up on the scale. I just couldn't stop myself.

I hate putting a lot of effort into things. I want to SEEM like I am putting in the effort, get the RESULTS of putting in the effort, but I don't ACTUALLY WANT to put in the effort. Make sense?

All these negative thoughts, I am calling myself out on them right now, because they are draining my energy lately.

So here is what I can do with my negative thoughts:

I can change them, spin them, not fool myself into believing the positive, but ACTUALLY know the positive to be true.

Weather:
It is warming up, the sun IS shining. As much as I LOVE the snow, it does go away giving me the beautiful season of SPRING. Spring, new starts, new beginnings, beautiful flowers peaking their heads up from the newly defrosted grown. I love that.

Weight Watchers:
It was MY CHOICE, MINE only. That ALONE is worth celebrating. It has been one of the BEST choices I made FOR MYSELF, with myself...and guess what, I have been successful. I have lost 30 plus pounds. I lost that weight in 7 months of joining. Here I am a YEAR after starting the process...still 30 lbs lighter. Healthier, stronger, etc.

It works, it worked and it will be worked again....and forever.


"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." -Henry Ford

and another one I like from Henry Ford

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis."

snow, oh how I love thee

let me count the ways.


picture from my flickr-january 2007 snow

1) I love the way you stick so beautifully to the inside of my door handle. That way when I go to open the van door, my hand is submersed in your freezing love.

2) I love how you desperately try to get my attention by throwing yourself over ice on the road. It's as if you are throwing a coat over a puddle for me to walk on.

3) I love how you make my tires moan as you massage them; how they strain as I apply the brakes only to slide through the stop sign as if on a sled. Then when I find myself sitting in the middle of the intersection because of this fun; I try to get out of the way only to slide some more. *sigh* good times.

4) I love how you get the kids all excited for the possibility of cancelling school, keeping me in a state of anticipation for your next move. Will I need to take a snow day from work just to spend the day with you and two very excited children? I love surprises.

5) I love how your jealousy over the summer fun at the lake gets thrown in my face every winter with your ever loving lake effect snow. It really reminds me, that you TRULY are more generous.

6) You never let me down, good friend snow, you come back every year. You completely ignore the whole global warming issues and slam us back to reality. This.winter.especially.

Snow buddy loves ya like I do.

*major eye roll*

It's snow joke

Here is what we woke up to this morning




and we had a very happy Buggy when the radio announced that school was delayed by two hours..



But a not so happy Bubba who is running a fever and coughing his lungs out...



Pathetic looking, isn't he?

So, I am home, with a pot cup of coffee trying to get some work done on a slow ass computer.



While it continues to look like this...


It really is pretty as long as I am INSIDE and not out in it.

oh and guess what.

I filled the van tank this morning for less that $45.00!!! THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATING even if we are pretty much homebound from snow and a sick little boy.

12 days of Christmas....SNOW

well...since we have this now from yesterday and last night....


On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

I am going with this, I don't need Geese...



and


and

and

and


and don't forget these...please


Yes as pretty as the snow is, it is cold out there and the winds are blowing and drifting and I HAVE TO SHOP TODAY.

Hoping to finish up the shopping...with NO help from Hubby. Well, he is keeping the kids, but he hasn't helped shop (or wrap) at all. NEXT WEEKEND...it is coming so fast. Next weekend will be full of work Christmas party, Cookie day and some frantic wrapping act.

Ah well...Hope you all have a great (safe) Sunday...

Winter Wonderland

it is. it is a winter wonderland out there.

sleigh bells ring, are ya listenin?


Kids are stoked. It is amazing what snowflakes do to a three year olds face. Bubs walked out of daycare and lit up like a Christmas tree. SNOW! It is so darn cute how much kids love the sight of snow. His talk ever since has been about sledding, snowman making, where are his gloves, get out his boots, HE IS READY.

Buggy? Yeah, she loves it too, but boots are her issue. I bought her a really cute new pair while out shopping...and she can't get her darn foot in them. Her unfashionable, practical boots from last year...TOO SMALL. The cute fashionable ones from last year, well...she squeaked them on this morning. Her face didn't grimace too much. She is growing so FAST. I can't keep up. She desperately wants me to get her a new pair today (ya know in my spare time) but I just can't go without her. She is going to HAVE to try them on because I guess I am just in total denial that she needs another size up.

Speaking of boots, I have a really cute pair of high heeled boots. How do I not sound like a one horse sleigh when I walk in them? Seriously, I don't know if I walk heel heavy or what, but I sound like a truck walking down the hall.

oh and this just in...get your grinch name...thanks to Hallie @ Wonderful World of Wieners for passing that along....My grinchy name is Crabbycrab Crankybottom--so ya better watch yo back. ;)


Actually after getting my name, I realized I really am crabby lately. I don't know why, pms is over...maybe all that jiggin has made me moody. I don't know. Buggy has an attitude, Bubs is being defiant, Hubs is working 3-11s so haven't really seen him which is annoying (almost as much as when he IS around). I don't know. This time of year at work is stressful with so much to do (yet here I sit blogging).

This weekend is my Christmas party for a local moms group I am in...I am really excited about that...so I am going to put my chin up, smile, and hope the better mood comes.