Day 268: Winter Attempts To Linger

UGH!  It has been in the 60's and 70's this weekend, and last night we dropped back down below zero and got 2-4 inches of snow before I left for school!  By the afternoon, spring was fighting back and raised the temperature to 45 degrees and melted almost all of the snow.  Hooray!

As the snow melted, it slid down the handrail and zig-zagged!

Day 228: Snowtorious B.I.G.

Last night was a shocker - KU called a snow day before Lawrence did!  This was surprising because KU hardly ever calls off school.  Unfortunately, yesterday was the last "free" snow day, and now we have to start making the time up.  Today, we didn't hardly leave bed all day.  We both spent the majority of the day reading, and Eric probably ran through 150 pages!  In the afternoon, I bundled up and threw both of the cats in foot deep snow :)

Eric went to work in the evening and made it there with no trouble on the roads.  But it was totally dead all night.  I remained in bed - reading and surfing the net.  Around 6pm, I started to feel guilty for having two and a half lazy days in a row so I got up and changed over the laundry, sorted and put it away, and then worked on the dishes.  I got all of the plates, bowls, and cups clean and put away - but gave up at the silverware and Tupperware containers.  

Videos of the cats cold plunge!

Day 227: Blizzard of Oz!

It was nice to have Lawrence call it as a snow day the night before - last time I got a call at 6am...after I had started getting ready for the day.  This meant that Eric and I slept in and spent a super lazy day at home.  I alternated between the computer and my current book, and Eric alternated between the PS3 and his current book.  At one point in the day I saw someone mention cookies on Facebook, so I made cookies from scratch with our new Mexican vanilla!

Later in the evening we were sick of technology and books, so we played Lego Harry Potter on the PS3, Mystery at Hogwarts board game, and some games of Scattergories.  The lesson of the night was "Eric is better than Jessica!"  He was better than me on the PS#, won 2/3 games of Mystery at Hogwarts, and 6/6 rounds of Scattergories.  Booooooo!

 Making cookies from scratch, with Mexican vanilla!

They're perfect! 

I braved the snow to get the mail...and ended up getting the last of our tax documents.  Hooray! 

Eric put Addy in time out for being too cute. 

Us playing the Harry Potter version of Clue 

The ingredients for Snow Ice Cream! 

Us enjoying our Snow Ice Cream in our footie PJ's.

Day 215: Goodbye Hello-Goodbye Titles!

What a beautiful day for a snow day!  Life got ahead of us, and we weren't quite ready for the trip to Mexico.  Cleaning the house and errands all day helped to settle the "we're not ready!" nerves.  We drove into Lawrence for haircuts, returning some things to Kohls and Bed, Bath, & Beyond, returning library books, and getting a new wallet for me.  On our way back to Eudora, we stopped at my elementary school so I could work on my barely started sub plans for next week.

Not ten minutes after arriving, we accidentally locked my keys (and Eric's dinner) in my classroom...  Now, Eric had his car keys and we'd driven his car there, so it wasn't a huge deal.  But we couldn't lock up behind us and would have had to leave my things, his dinner, and my unfinished sub plans if we just left.  So I had to call the principal and our secretaries, and then we waited for an hour and a half for a secretary to rescue us!

Luckily, we have a program on all of the computers called "Cable in the Classroom", which streams live TV from local cable channels.  So I worked on my sub plans on one side of the screen, while we watched reruns of "Friends" on the other half.  We ended up being at the school for nearly three hours, yikes!

Addy begging us not to leave. 

Mystic cuddling with Eric on our last night home!

 Making a big payment toward my car!  Hooray!

We can't wait to pay it off next month!

Day 214: Hello Snowstorm!

Tonight was a great night to stay in!  We got another half foot of snow dumped on us in about 6 hours.  By the time Eric got home from work, the stairs were buried.  I had taken a 2 hour nap when Eric got home, so I was ready to get out in the snow!  He didn't want to join me, so I opted to sweep the stairs.  All of the snow was powder, so the broom wiped it all out in about fifteen minutes.

Then we played Dave Ramsey's board game, Act Your Wage.  It was actually pretty fun - you start out with a given life situation and 3 random debts.  You have to play the game - paying rent/mortgage, food, and utility bills, keep your emergency fund, and save up to pay off the debts.  There are "Give", "Save", "Spend", and "Dave Says" chance cards that can help or hinder your journey.  All in all, it sparked some fun conversations.  Halfway through the game, Addy became interested in our game pieces and pounced...throwing the tokens off of the bed!

Before...

After!

Act Your Wage

Eric won by a landslide!  I was a single mom and kept getting hit with the "spend" cards, and I was laid off 3 times in the game!

Day 205: Snow Day!

First, I must say, I wish it weren't a snow day.  We have 2 reserve days in April that get to be days off if we have NO snow days, and I really wanted those days off.  That said - hooray!!!  A snow day!

I received the automated call just moments after my 6am alarm went off.  It's a bit lame that Lawrence waited to cancel school until 6am, but it was easy to fall back to sleep!  Eric didn't work until 4:30, so we got a lot accomplished today!  We shopped around and found the best price for an oil change AND found out that my check engine light was just faulty and there was no problem.  We got some shopping out of the way for Mexico and made baked potatoes in the oven for lunch (the microwave is still broken).

Mystic didn't seem to mind the snow too much. 

Addy just wanted back inside. 

I suited up to go sledding while Eric took a video from the car. 

And Eric reluctantly agreed to have his picture taken in the snow as well, because everyone else in the family had been outside.  And no, Moony and the birds weren't forced to enjoy the snow :) 

I received a late call that school would be cancelled on Tuesday as well, so we had some celebratory spiked cherry-lemon-limeaide.  Addy just happened to walk into the picture right as it was about to take, so I scooped her up.  Yes.  We are wearing footie PJ's 

Eric was proud of all the people he killed in Assassin's Creed, oooooo, slaughter...