January 16, 2009

Today was another snow day. The air temperature when we woke up was -23* and the wind chill was -39*. Bill has been home sick since Wednesday. He went to the walk in clinic on Wednesday but got a negative quick strep test OTC drugs. Today he went to his regular doctor and the quick strep was positive. He's been miserable so hopefully a few of these and he will be feeling much better tomorrow.

January 15, 2009

Don't let the face fool you, Milo's nickname is The Prince of Darkness. He's a cool cat - wouldn't trade him for another. He's a ruthless hunter - no ground rodent is safe in our yard. Birds are fair game, too, but not as often as mice, chipmunks, and rabbits. He'll only sit on your lap if you have a blanket thrown over you. He adores Alex and Caty - sleeps on one of them each night. They've been sleeping in the basement the last few nights (the winds have been really strong at night and in the open area we live in our house just rocks in the gusty conditions) and he's been right down there with them. His birthday is on Monday. He'll be seven. He's in his prime =)

January 14, 2009

IT CAME!!! WOOT!!! At least now I can do yoga at home if I get called out of class again - LOL! I can't wait to try it out.

January 13, 2009

No picture for today. It was a rough one. The blizzard never really happened so we were all disappointed we had to get up and go to school. I joined the fitness challenge at work and today was the first yoga class. About halfway through the class I got called out - the kids were locked out of the house. Grrrrrr.......I had to leave the class and get them from the neighbor's. I burned 3 pancakes making dinner tonight. Bill came home from work sicker than a dog. He literally chugged what was left of the NyQuil and went to bed. I had to shuttle Alex back and forth to basketball practice. Aaaaaaand the "check engine" light came on in my truck. It was a winner of a day.

January 12, 2009

Blizzard!!! We will be under a bilzzard warning from midnight tonight to noon tomorrow. We're only getting a few inches of snow, but the winds are supposed to gear up and come howling through here overnight. The snow just started. The kids are excited - the buzz around school was that tomorrow would be a snow day. We'll see.

January 11, 2009

I am embarrassed to post these pictures - they are so bad - but they are all that I have for this day. Caty and I drove 45 minutes to the mall to go to Libby Lu this afternoon, meeting a girlfriend of mine and her daughter, and when I got there, Caty had forgotten to put my wallet back into my purse. I had no money, no credit/debit cards, and most importantly, no gift card for Libby Lu. Not that it would have mattered. Libby Lu has apparently gone under. Everything in the store was 75% off and they are no longer doing makeovers. Bummer!

Anyway, I was aggravated at having wasted my time, and didn't take any pictures other than these two, totally dorky and one horrifically underexposed ones.

January 10, 2009

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. This snowstorm was supposed to happen yesterday, but it got delayed (LOL! Common around here. Must have been coming in through O'Hare...). It started snowing last night and is still going. These are the bushes underneath the windows on the front of the house. You can't even see the landscaping bricks that define the flowerbed anymore!