Snow Day!!!!

The snow has been falling since midnight. We have about 12 inches on the ground and will expect about 2-3 more before it is all said and done. It is blowing and drifting and everything is shut down, schools, banks, daycares, stores, government offices, and even shutting down ramps on the interstate highway because of all of this snow. It is a great day to watch movies, bake cookies, wrap gifts, and stay in your jammies all day. Maybe even enjoy a cocktail at lunch.

The kids tried to play outside, but the wind wasn't much fun. They lasted about 20 minutes. Maybe later it will be better to try out the sleds and tubes and enjoy all this white stuff. Before the next round comes in Sunday. I believe another 3-5 inches. It will be a White Christmas and my nephews from Florida will have snow to play in this time when they come to visit next week.

If you click on the photos you can see a better look at all of this snow that is falling.

Oh Well....not Enough for a Snow Day

I didn't get my snow day today. I don't live in the right spot in Wisconsin today. We saw rain and sleet down here by me. It is suppose to turn to all snow later today, but not enough to call off school. North and West of us they can see up to 12 inches or more....yikes...and how fun!

I had plans today. I wanted to bake cookies, address my Christmas cards, wrap presents, watch a movie, and even catch up shows on the DVR. I guess that's not happening...so I will be thankful that hubby doesn't need to snowblow today (maybe a little later...not this morning). He had other pressing plans today that if things were cancelled, he would of been seriously bummed out. His company is hosting a breakfast with Donald Driver from the GreenBay Packers. I am so excited because for Christmas Brandon will be getting a signed Jersey from #80! He will be so thrilled.

I really can't complain because in 10 days I will have a full 2 week vacation. I am so looking forward to that.

****Side note....
The students are at their lockers this morning and all I hear is OMG there is a spider. A girl is going nuts....yelling at it...another student is saying don't hurt that cute little spider, what did it ever do to you. ? It is an innocent creature....in the next breath and stomp...bye bye spider.

Winter has Arrived

This is the view from my classroom window. It was a snowy day in Wisconsin. Some schools had off because of the blowing and drifting. We had school, which is fine because we just had a five day weekend. I like snow days in January after the holidays and you could just use a day off and since it is so cold, a little more time to stay all snuggly in your bed. The only thing I hated about this was driving in it. It wasn't too bad, but I still hated it.


The courtyard at school.

Happy Snowy Monday!

Snow

My husband went on his mission tonight and found boots and snowpants. He had to go to a couple more stores. Thank you Payless Shoes and another Target. It was snowing on my way home from school tonight. The kids will have what they need for the next round of snow and it is only the beginning.

The white spots in my pictures are snowflakes. I still am learning my new camera.

It's Beginning to Look A lot Like...SNOW!!!

I woke up this morning and what to my wondering eyes did I see? No, it wasn't Santa and his reindeer, but a beautiful blanket of white snow. It was covering the trees, the grass, and the rooftops. It was a measurable snowfall. It was about an inch or more of snow. I took some pictures this morning, I will have to post them later. I forgot my camera at home.

Anyways, with this beautiful snow comes realizing that I should of checked the box with the kids snow stuff. Emma had no boots that fit her. I felt like such a bad Mom. I called some neighbors to see if they had some boots we could borrow for today. Thank goodness for nice neighbors with girls. I felt a little dumb doing that, but hubby will be stopping at the Target and picking up boots for Emma and snowpants for Brandon. I use to be so organized and prepared for the seasons. My husband informs that I have a different focus now. No, it's not ignoring my family. I really like to exercise and run. In my free time that is what I choose to do. I also am constantly doing laundry, picking up clutter, oh, I do work full time, blog, and love to do Facebook. Damn those friends who made me sign up. I am so addicted to it. Even hubby signed on to do it too. I feel like a nut sometimes looking for people I knew in college and high school. It is crazy.

I will post on my wine party and a few pictures from it. It was a lot of fun. Also, I will let you all in on a secret. It is called the dolphin. I will explain that later too.

I have a very busy 2 days at school. I have 12 hour days. It is Parent-Teacher Conference time. It should go quite smoothly. I love my class and all the kids are so nice.