Here comes the sun...

The snow finally stopped. After 31 straight hours. Yes, that's right. 31 STRAIGHT hours of snow.

We dug out this morning. Well, sort of. We still can't get the vehicles out, really. There is a path around them (I am a rockstar, thank you!) but I am afraid that when the plow finally comes through it will just push all of the snow back against the cars. Ugh.

Here are some pictures of the aftermath:

That, my dear readers, is my neighbor's car. Seriously.All my hard work!!! :)

I haven't been completely lazy, lo these many days off. Wanna see what I've accomplished? Well, aside from all the laundry that I've done...

My new summer shawl! Oh, how I double {heart} this pattern! It is so easy and goes so quickly. I've made two of them before but have given them away. This one is staying with me. It is pink after all. :) Here is a close up of the pattern:
It is so open and airy and PERFECT for the summer! I've also done this: you know, seeing how it is Single-Awareness Day next Sunday.

Today is Super Bowl Sunday!!! My 'Boys aren't in it this year so I will be rooting for the Colts to beat the Saints. My roommate doesn't like football [I pray for her. ;) ] however, because she is *ahem* trapped at home, we are going to have our own mini Super Bowl party. Pizza, guacamole, brownies. Yep, we are good to go. :)

No school tomorrow. No big surprise there. Tuesday isn't looking good, either, and we are supposed to get MORE snow on Tuesday night. Another 6 to 8 inches. Seriously?! Doesn't someone else need some snow? Really? I'm good at sharing.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you.....

SNOWMAGEDDON, FEBRUARY 2010!!! (bah, bum, bum!)

It has been snowing since about 10:30 yesterday morning. Remember? I did call it a monster storm! It is to the point now that it is just laughable. I mean, really. Take a look at what I have seen over the last 24 hours:

from this...

to this...From this....

to this....From this...to this...And it's STILL snowing. I think it might snow forever. Not really. But we are supposed to get more on Tuesday. MORE?!?!

This is miss raven braving the snow this morning:and did I mention that it is STILL SNOWING???

oh yes, the excellent news...

....lest you think i forgot. ;)

NO SCHOOL TODAY!!!!!! yea me! school was canceled today because of the HUGMONGOUS snow storm that is bearing down upon us. seriously. it is HUGE. no, really. that isn't an exaggeration. it is like a monster storm (it really helps if you read those last two words in a scary, monster-type voice). the weather people say that this is shaping up to be one of the worst storms the area has ever seen. 30 inches of snow. that's alot of snow. i hope we don't lose power.

my roommate and i braved the crowds at the grocery store this morning. it wasn't all that bad, really. we had to wait in line for about 15 minutes, but they had everything i wanted so i was happy. just as we were checking out it started to snow. we made it home with no problems. phew.

miss raven and i went for a brisk walk. by the time we got home she was voicing her displeasure at having to be out in the cold. we won't be going for a walk again for a while. 30 inches of snow? hmmmm.....outside potty time isn't going to be fun.

right now she is laying next to me and snoring. i wish you could hear her. it is sweet and funny at the same time. one of her ears is straight up in the air and i swear that she knows i am typing about her. she is smart like that. ;)

i love a good snow day. especially when it is a FRIDAY snow day!

I feel like a rollercoaster....

and i hate roller coasters. (note to all you grammar purists: this will be an all lower-case post. i'm in that kind of mood. if you don't like it, leave.)

up. down. up. down. that pretty much sums up my emotions as of late. i know that if i was more grounded, if i trusted more, i would probably be more stable. can i blame it on the wii? remember, it did tell me that i was unbalanced.

yesterday was bad. today, not so much. ok news, pretty good news, excellent news. all that, in that order, today. what looked helpless now isn't. it may not be exactly what i want but it is better than what i had to look forward to yesterday. my reward for trusting? not sure.

can't share the ok or the pretty good news yet. i will when i can, i promise. i can, however, share the excellent news.

well, i said i could share it. i didn't say i would share it. not tonight anyway. i'm tired and i am going to bed. besides. the six of you that actually follow my blog won't be reading this until tomorrow, anyway. ;)

oh--i am open to questions, just like last week when i got a whopping ZERO to answer. i knew i was uniteresting, i just didn't realize how uninteresting i was.

have a HAPPY, HAPPY friday! :)

In the midst of all this....

I am, by nature, a worryer. I claim to come by it honestly. My mother was a worryer and I would like to think that I inherited it from her. It's got to be in my genes, right?

I tend to worry about things I can't control. I like control. I like to be in control. I was a teacher and am now a principal. My life is about control.

I have recently been confronted by a situation that radically affects me that I have no control over, whatsoever. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. To say that I am panicking would be an understatement. This situation I am involved in right now is not of my own making and frankly is pretty darned unfair, if I do say so myself. And the fact that I can't really control the outcome; I can't make it work out the way I want, is driving me crazy.

(I'm sorry I can't be more specific. There will be a time when I can, just not now.)

After reading someone else's blog today, someone who really doesn't know me and doesn't know my situation, but does know about life, I realized that I have to accept that there are some things I can't control. I can't control the weather. I can't control the #*$%$& groundhog seeing his $*#$&#$ shadow. And I can't control this. I can only roll with what is and try to remember and to keep reminding myself, that God is in control. Not me. Him. Not me. Oh, how I struggle with that. How I chafe against that. How I have several issues with that.

In the midst of all this, I have to trust. Right now, trust is not easy for me. At all. And it hasn't been for a while. I feel like I have trusted, only to have that trust shaken to its very core and now I am extremely hesitant to give it back. Any of it. It is hard to trust someone that you still can't help being angry with. I don't want to put myself out there AGAIN only to have the rug yanked out from underneath me AGAIN.

But what other alternative do I have? I could worry, and honestly, I probably still will, but it isn't going to do me any good. It won't change the situation, my worry. It will only make me stress out worse and make me cranky and irritable because I will either (a) have a horrendous headache (b) eat everything that isn't nailed down and then feel guilty because of it or (c) both (a) and (b).

So, I am trying to remember and remind myself....again....that God is sovereign and in control. Things will work out the way he has already ordained. I'm trying.

Decisions, decisions....

This should be a Ten Things Tuesday, but I'm kind of not in the mood for that. At least, not yet.

Guess what? It's SNOWING outside right now! I despise winter (what? you didn't know that? really, you should visit my blog more often.) however, even I am not opposed to a good snow day every now and then. Especially when I need a break from over-indulged, spoiled, whining children and parents and teachers. We are supposed to get somewhere between 4-6 inches before tomorrow morning, on top of what we got over the weekend. And speaking of weekends, it is supposed to snow AGAIN this weekend. The last I heard about that was that it is supposed to be WORSE than the snowpocalypse of December (I fully confess that I did not come up with that lovely word on my own. I saw it in the paper and am borrowing.). Worse, huh? Better run to Safeway and stock up on bread, milk, and toilet paper because that's what we do here when the threat of snow looms large upon us.

The Wii told me today that I have good posture. This was while I was doing the "Triangle Pose." Of course, during the Palm Tree it told me I was unbalanced. I'm still trying to decide if it meant physically or mentally unbalanced. Hmmmmm. I'll have to get back to you on that one. At least it didn't scold me sarcastically today about my afternoon snack consumption.

The Biggest Loser is on tonight. Have I ever told you, my faithful 5 followers, how much I double {heart} the Biggest Loser? Oh, how I do! If I could have Jillian train me for just a week.....I would cry and puke and maybe even yell back at her, but I would LOVE it! I can't for the life of me figure out the people who get on that show and COMPLAIN about the workouts. Maybe the first couple of seasons, yes, but, c'mon! You have to know by now what it is all about! There are a million people who would LOVE to be chosen to be on that show and the ones that get on there and complain make me want to SCREAM!

Ok. Ten Things Tuesday--because I am now in the mood:

Ten Things I Remember From Growing Up in the 80's

1. Hammer pants
2. Leg warmers
3. Banana clips
4. Jelly shoes
5. Ataris
6. Walkin Like an Egyptian
7. Wham!
8. Valley girls (gag me with a spoon!)
9. Texas-sized homecoming mums. If you didn't grow there, you won't get it. Sorry. Ask me nice and I might show you a picture sometime. Maybe.
10. Slam books

I loved the 80's. Don't get me wrong. I am one million percent glad I am not a teenager anymore but the 80's were, like, totally the best time to grow up. Really. I love that the 80's are making a comeback but, OMG it makes me feel so incredibly O.L.D.

I realized the other day as I was talking to one of my students about something that I (insert LOUD audible gulping sound here) sounded just like my mother! Do you remember when you were growing up how you swore by all that was good, righteous, and holy in this world that you would NEVER (with a capital N) say the things that your mother said. Well, I do, and on a regular basis. After coming to that startling realization I decided that I am proud of the fact that I sound like my mother. She raised two intelligent, capable, well-adjusted children by saying the things that she said. I don't necessarily agree with everything she did but she did the best she knew how and I am proud to sound like her. And I wish with all my heart I could tell her that.

Tomorrow is supposed to be Wordless Wednesday. Let me tell you one thing. If I get the day off, I am sure I will have plenty to say! ;)

Not me (or my dog) Monday!

Well, since I have had an *ahem* perfect, problem-free week, it was a REAL struggle to find some Not Me's to share. After many hours of hard thinking, I've managed to come up with a few.

I did not spend the entire weekend relaxing and not worrying at all about where I am going to live come March. After all, being told by your landlord that you have to move out by the end of the month is an extremely stress-enducing thing, thus preventing a person from being able to think straight, let alone relax. And, as everyone who knows me knows...I freak out about EVERYTHING, so there is no way I didn't freak out about this.

I am not writing this post while watching the Bachelor. I hate that show because I hate watching one man "date" several women at a time. It's worse than a sorority house. I would never watch something so, so.....well, anyway. I only watch educational tv.

miss raven did not sniff around the small patch of snow-less grass looking for the perfect spot to do her, um, business, only to plunge her little front paws in a huge (well, huge for her) drift of snow so that she could create, well, yellow snow.

I am not prepared to bodily harm that stupid groundhog if he even dares to see his shadow tomorrow. I love winter and never, ever want it to end. Ever. Really.

I do not talk back to the Wii when it complains when I step on it in the afternoon. I do not give it sarcastic answers when it asks me if I am eating too many afternoon snacks. I don't care what a machine says about me.

How about you? Is there anything you haven't done and would like to share? Do tell!! :)