Woot!

Okay, so this is quick because we're headed out the door .... to deliver two sets of completed curtains! Hot dog! Finally, after who knows how many months, I have finally finished Kris' laundry room curtains, although not the way I had originally planned, so I scrapped the first idea and did a traditional hem on them instead.

Second, Katelyn's bedroom curtains are hanging on the back of the laundry room door, ready to be loaded into the car.

It feels so good to finally get these projects finished and out the door.

Next - baby blankets for Quinn and Beckett.

Funny

This was at the corner of Rte. 31 & Indian Trail Road in Aurora.


And, I called the number, and it gets you to Corporate White Castle. I pressed "0" for operator, and nobody ever answered, and I gave up after two minutes.

Also, note the Bimbo truck in the background ... I just think that is a funny name for a company, and every time I see it, I laugh.

Goings On

Oh, it's been busy around here ... I've got a mental list that feels like it's a mile long of things I want to blog about, and I barely find the time to make it over here, much less check in on friends and people that I could only aspire to be like.

We have been shoveling, painting, Play-Doh'ing, making lots of jam and jelly, jumping on the trampoline, building forts out of couch cushions, reading our library books, making suckers and candy, decorating our Valentines ... all while trying to stay warm. It looks like we're supposed to get more snow this weekend, so I'm off to the store tomorrow morning, instead of my usual every other Sunday afternoon excursion. If I didn't shop only every two weeks, it wouldn't be a big deal, but we're pretty much out of everything here, so this weekend, shopping is a must.

Let's see ... what else ...

Today, Q said to The Bee, "Don't bother me, I need a piece of quiet!"

I finished a hat for my niece last week, and for The Bee and Q today. Nothing fancy, just having some fun with fleece. I'm hoping to get a baby blanket finished for my newest cousin tonight, so I can visit on Monday, weather permitting.

I have an actual list floating around here somewhere ... and it's odd, now that I've actually cleaned my desk, I can't find it. That's what you get for trying to be organized and proactive. Give me chaos and a slack ass attitude any day.

Maybe I'll get to some more of it tonight ... I've got to set up the iron and get cracking on that blanket ... more on that baby later too. He doesn't even have a name yet, so I refer to him as Gavin. I like it.

Hmm ...

Perhaps I underestimate things, but they just cancelled afternoon kindergarten for today.

Snow day #2 for us.

Evidently there are going to be dangerous white out conditions once the storm hits.

This should be fun.

Oh the weather outside is frightful ...

And something else is so delightful ... something about a place to go ...

Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it snow

Well, Chicago has been singing that song for weeks now ... it's like we're stuck in some weird Groundhog Day type of loop ... cold, snow, warm up a bit, open the windows (I did, anyway), melt some, make some slush, freeze so everything is a sheet of ice, warm up again, snow again, rain, get really windy, snow some more. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

And to top it off, people are acting like we need to bring out the chains for our tires.

It's Chicago, people. This should not be anything new to anybody that has been living here for more than a couple of years.

You don't need to drive 12 mph, but you also don't need to drive 80 mph (you, in the supersize SUV, I'm talking about you!).

Driving in the tire tracks is a good idea. However, you cannot take the right most tire track from the left lane and the left most tire track from the right lane and drive down the center of two lanes. Nope. Choose one. Stay there.

Granted, I say this, and I will likely be the one to slide into someone or a ditch. It happened a couple of years ago when I was pregnant with The Bee and had Q in the car ... somehow I managed to miss the metal road signs indicating a curve and I missed sixteen trees. I was 150 feet off the road in somebody's very large front yard. I consider myself a very lucky gal.

So, off to bundle up again, get out the shovels and head back outside.

I will say that after all of this, I am really starting to look forward to spring. I'm not completely tired of winter, but the thought of playing in the dirt is much more fun than playing in the snow.