Life the past month, according to my iPhone:

[1] making christmas gifts for the grands [2] plates

[3] snow mix in the making [4] christmas goodies for neighbors and friends

[5] my new obsession (thanks, meghan!) [6] haunted hotel (!!!)

[7] hunter and katie's mississippi wedding [8] husband and wife

[9] snowed in [10] new year's eve toast [11] ringing in the new year right

[12] my bestie (and "August"!) and me [13] cheers to 6 years

[14] anniversary breakfast in bed for my hurney [15] local lime

[16] salsa and margaritas [17] my hot date [18] water baby

[19] e's first kid's meal [20] fog over the rock

Our first White Christmas!

As promised here are a few pictures of our little man in the snow on Christmas. He didn't mind being out there if one of us was holding him, but he wasn't too keen on getting in the snow. I can't blame him though, it was really cold. Little Rock got the most snow it has seen since 1963, around 10-12 inches, over doubling the record for the most snow on Christmas, which was only 4 inches! I'm so glad we could experience this record breaking snow in our lifetime, even if it did knock out our power for 2 days.

Snowpocalypse 2011.

We got more snow! The North Little Rock School District has now had a total of 5 snow days this year.  That's pretty unusual for us, and it's been all anyone has been talking about for the past few weeks.  But this snow, was the granddaddy of all of the 2011 snow days, with a whopping 6 inches here in NLR, and up to 2 feet in some areas of Northwest Arkansas.

Gary and I have been stuck at home for 2 days now.  We've been catching up on DVR, sleeping, eating too much, planning our upcoming European vacation, unsuccessfully attempting to sled down the hill in front of our house, and playing in the snow with Lola.  While these two unexpected days off work have been fun, we're looking forward to getting back to work and out of the house tomorrow.

This is the snowiest winter in Arkansas since 1988.  Hey Al Gore, what was that about "global warming"? Oh, we're calling it "climate change" now, I see.

Snow Day #2!

Yesterday we had another snow day.  Gary worked most of the day, but all of my clients moved to next week.  So, I got some things done around the house, redesigned my blog's header and created a blog signature.  I hope you like it!

When Gary got home we enjoyed some time in the snow with Lola, made chili, and caught up on Vampire Diaries.

 

  



Last snow day it was just me and the pets, while Gary was snowed-in at a hotel in Alabama en route to Atlanta for work.  I was glad we got to spend this snow day enjoying some time playing and relaxing together. 

They are calling for more winter weather tomorrow and Monday.  I'm beginning to wonder if that groundhog knew what he was talking about...

Snow!

Here in Arkansas we normally get one good snow day a year.  Yesterday was that day!  Snow began falling at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon and came down hard and heavy until midnight last night.  It looks like we got about 5 inches here, and it's beautiful.  I have been in my PJs for 2 days now.  All is quiet and peaceful outside my window this evening. 

Snow day highlights included:

-Reading a good book
-Snuggling with the animals on the couch
-A hot bath with face mask and conditioning treatment
-Planning our trip to Europe (reserving our seats on the plane, booking hotels for NYC and London, researching places to eat, etc.)

The best part about snow days is that I don't have to feel guilty about staying home and lounging in my pajamas all day.  In the words of John Mayer, "nothing to do, nowhere to be, a simple little kind of free."