Snow boots got put to use

I had a busy day yesterday. I started off by going to the grocery store with my mom, because it was snowing and she felt compelled to "stock up." I got quite a few tasty things, including cinnamon raisin bread, (yay toast) a couple croissants and tasty lemon curd.

After I got home, I swept the snow off the front steps again, then ate delicious cinnamon raisin toast. Then I shoveled about half of the driveway, starting at the point where it goes up the hill then flattens out. That's the spot you get stuck on when it gets icy. It was still snowing, so by the time I finished, there was a good bit of snow again. Bah. I quit shoveling, and let the handymen into the house to re-caulk my tub and such.

Later my dad appeared in the back with his snowblower. I watched him for a minute then felt guilty, so I went to shovel some more. The lower part of the driveway was pretty clear, since Jon took up shoveling a short while after I quit. There are definite advantages to sharing a driveway. It stopped snowing by then, so dad and I managed to pretty much clear out the back parking area.

I was pretty tired after that! Shoveling is damn hard work when the snow melts and gets heavy. I made meatloaf for dinner and finished our holiday cards, Donald and I watched Grey's Anatomy, and put up our (fiber optic) tree. My arms are tired today.

Snowing!

I love to watch the snow. It's a nice winter feeling to be inside my (relatively) warm house, working on a project while it snows outside. Yesterday I made a necklace for my secret santee, then made one for myself. I spent the rest of the day working on my holiday cards. Last week I cut up all the paper into 2-card sheets, then I ran them through the printer to put the Anna picture on the back. I'm making about 30 cards, so I do one step at a time, to the whole batch of cards. Yesterday I did a paint step, then let them all dry, then cut the sheets into single cards. Then I did 2 glue steps and let them all dry in between, while being pressed under a pile of books. (Thanks Brockett, I knew you were good for something.) That took a long time. While things were drying I did a few sample paint things on scraps of paper and made a few stencil templates.

Today I'll do more paint stuff. That'll be fun.

PS: It's really starting to come down now. I wonder if it'll build up?

Snowing again!

Dammit! It's supposed to get up to 50 degrees next week, but right now it's snowing again. At least it's pretty. :(

In pleasant news- I just added up how many hours I'll have worked by the end of this week, and it's 45. That means 5 hours of time-and-a-half overtime. Hell yeah.

Here's a picture I took when my african violets just started blooming at the beginning of December: (click for big)