All in all we ended up with about 10 inches or so, I would guess. This morning, we got another 3 or 4 inches. It is very beautiful. I do not mind it much, but I AM counting the days til spring. This place is so beautiful in the spring and summer....

It snowed a little bit today. ...

That would be M using her sled as a shovel. That child was determined to build a fort. I need to find one of those block igloo maker things so we can make a REAL fort the next time we get a good snow. *sigh* I love her. ...

Where do I begin? Ugh. These are the stairs leading down to where we park. Or, leading from where we park up to the house. :P In this photo, you can see the rock wall in major disarray, the gutter hanging off of the back of the house, the un-tilled...

These are some of our neighbors. They are a quiet bunch. Thankfully, we do not ever see them. *grin* This cemetery is very old, mostly Civil War era, although it is peppered with souls departed from later dates. What always struck me as odd about...

That is an icicle that is hanging off of the front porch roof. It goes all the way to the ground. I am starting to get concerned because it is causing the gutter a lot of stress. We tried to break it, whacking at it with random stuff before it...

I had really wanted to study today, but that did not happen. That frustrates me. I have to run to Kingwood today. Don't wanna. Gotta clean the apt. downstairs too. Wonder how long its been since those walls were washed? LOL. Pea is much better today. Cough is minimal. No fevers.. She is driving me crazy and mad that there was no school today. I am hoping that after I get her on the bus tomorrow, I can get downstairs and at least get the kitchen scrubbed down. Then, the next day I will do the bathroom, and so on. I will save the floors for last. Wednesday, Sears is coming out to give us an estimate on installing heating and AC. We won't be able to do anything for awhile, but we at least need to know what in the heck...

M woke me up at 4 a.m. this morning. She did not feel good. She had no fever, no cough, nada. I got her a drink and we snuggled on the couch. She fell back to sleep. I did for about 15 minutes, because then my neighbor was outside shoveling. He does this every time there is accumulation. He is well into his 80s, so it is impressive that he can get out there and do what he does. He has a HUGE driveway. He and his wife rarely go out. So WHY the need to shovel it at 4:30 a.m. is beyond me. What really sucks is when he breaks out the snowblower before 6 a.m. He also has an awful cough. He often sounds like he is going to heave a lung right there in the driveway. It is hard to listen to. Ugh. Anyway, M woke up again around...

The snow has been unrelenting. It sure is pretty though. M went out to play today. The two things that she REALLY wanted to do? Sled and build a fort. Neither of which she was able to do. She plunked her sled down, and promptly sank into the deep...

Ok, so I slacked for a few days. There is not much to photograph when you are stuck in the house. It started snowing again yesterday afternoon. T and I were in the next town over. We got home in just enough time to get M off of the bus. I had some...

Someone needs to teach this kid of mine what SLEEPING IN means. Seven a.m. and she was waking me up. Grrrr. The first two things she asked for was cake and to go outside and play in the snow, neither of which are going to happen until after lunch. LOL. There is a LOT of snow out there. I am only shoveling to the apartment downstairs and that is IT. It is still coming down hard. Sometimes, I cannot see the top of the mountain! I am hoping my neighbor comes by on his 4 wheeler to plow the sidewalk like he did the other day. That saved me some work! I can smell the cake. I hope that I can wait til after lunch! Hahaa!! I have some pics on my camera, but I just do not feel like dealing with it right now. I think I am gonna...

Wherever you are Daddy, I love you, and I miss you terribly. Happy Birthday! M and I are making a cake this afternoon in your hon...

Two pictures today. I needed to run to town today to get some things at Wally World. M was outside playing. I had been shoveling the back stairs (ugh) and the sun came out and there were big puffy clouds in the sky. So, I shoveled. And it damned...

I have been antsy and unsettled for about a week or so now. I just cannot seem to get into any sort of routine. It is making me slightly crazy. So I decided to sign up over at Flylady. The first thing they have you do is shine your sink. I scrubbed...

I love watching her love the magic of snow....

Sometimes a mug of hot chocolate with cool whip just makes everything bett...

The intersection of streets where we live...

M has to have a blanket at all times. She is not specific, usually, about which one as long as she has one. So the one that she has been toting around for the last 2 weeks was gross. I tried to take it from her the other day to wash it and she was having no part of it. I had all of her other blankies out so she could choose one, and she flat out told me that she wanted her filthy, nasty blankie. Greaaat. Last night, after she was asleep, I snuck in to her room and took that nasty thing and put it in the wash. I replaced it with a nice clean blanket and called it a night. This morning we were watching Clifford the Big Red Dog together before going out to the bus when she exclaims "HEY! Mommy! This does NOT look like my nasty,...

This morning, I remembered my hat, AND my camera. It was a bit warmer this morning. I think I remembered seeing it on my phone, it was 29 this morning, as opposed to yesterday's 18. I waited a bit longer this morning before taking M out to wait...

As you know, most of our belongings sat in storage for over a year. Moving in here was like Christmas. I found things that I had forgotten all about. One of them, was my beloved pepper mill. So when I found it, I shouted with far too much glee,...

This was the sunset taken on New Years Eve. I wish I had a clear view, but as you can see, that is not the case. So this is as good as it gets. LOL. I remember looking out the window at the setting sun, and thinking "This is the last sunset...

That photo a day thing? I had originally wanted that to be a photo that I took THAT DAY. Of course, I never specified that, so.. well... ppllbbbpppttt. I think I stepped outside ONCE today and that was just to toss out a bag of trash. Today was spent cleaning and putting away all of the Christmas stuff, and CLEANING. Oh and more cleaning. The more I cleaned, the more M trashed the place. That child is SO ready to go back to school. Her normal bed time is around 7:15 to 7:30 p.m. Tonight, knowing she had school tomorrow, she was heading up to her bedroom at 6:30! Woo. Her playroom is still a disaster area. But my foyer, kitchen, bath, living room and the bedrooms are ALL CLEAN. I have 2 loads of laundry to finish up...

We were watching the Gators football game earlier today. There was a commercial on for visit tampa bay. T and I just looked at each other, and he says "How did they make it look so nice?" LMAO. I love FL, but left there with a seething hatred of Tampa. When I think Tampa, I think run down, drug infested, gang-ridden craphole. Ugh. I was amazed at the commercial and how beautiful and clean Tampa looked. I mean, it is not ALL bad. But most of it? Crap. Bah. And with that, I am off to eat. I am starving.... See yah tomorr...

One of the things I have always loved about this place, is how the fog comes up off of the river. I used to love sitting outside in the early mornings with my coffee, watching the bands of fog rise and lift slowly towards the s...

I had seen links and comments in regard to the latest post over at Hyperbole and a Half for awhile now, and I had been meaning to get over there to read it. I am in tears over here. I can barely type. I have a photo and and another post coming later, but for now, GO READ if you have not already. Oh.. my sides. They hurt...