Snow Day!!

Today is the first snow day of the school year. David & Nathaniel slept in till about 7:45 am, much to my delight. They wanted to go outside right away, but I've been making them wait a little while. They do need to eat breakfast, and they have a few chores to do before heading outside to play.

In the meantime, here are some pictures just to show how much snow we've gotten since yesterday afternoon.

This is Stormy, up to her chest in snow, but she loves it.

Our poor grill is covered.

Stormy again.

And somewhere, under all that snow is our red car. Oh, right. There it is.

We've gotten over a foot of snow so far, and it just keeps coming. The wind is starting to pick up too. I'm guessing when the kids finally go outside, it won't be for very long.

In other, non-snowy news, Richard has bronchitis. He went and saw a Dr on post yesterday. So he's on drugs for the next 10 days. Poor guy. I'm still not feeling great, but I am feeling much better compared to a week ago. I still don't have my appetite back, which is good for the waistline.

Monday evening was our last FPU lesson for this class session. I'm going to take a break until the end of February, and then start another one.

Have a great Snow Day!

What Is That Stuff?

This was yesterday. Yep, that white stuff is snow. It never did stick and it turned to rain in the afternoon, but the kids loved it while it was falling.


We had FPU last night. It was on credit bureaus and how creditors can use underhand tactics to collect debts, and what you can do to protect yourself. Dave Ramsey never teaches to try to dodge a debt, but this teaches you how to deal with creditors. We also had 4 people cut up a total of 5 credit cards to the tune of about $6000.00. It was great.

I just started a book today, and am about 2/3rd of the way through it. Its by Jerry Jenkins, co-author of the Left Behind series. The book is called "Soon" It was published in 2003. Here is what amazon.com says about the book.

"Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and is good at it. He is determined to expose underground religion--flush it out, expose it, and kill it--until his life is turned upside down and he is forced to look at life in a different way.
As Paul begins to unravel the truth about what he has found, events taking place around the world start to make sense. Something big is coming--something that can't be stopped. And it is coming soon. "

Its very intriguing, and I just realized that its the first in a series, and from what I can tell, our church library doesn't have the rest of the books. Well, I guess I have something to ask for my Birthday & Christmas.

Let it Snow....

It is snowing. Yep. I said snowing. Its not sticking yet, but it is snowing. Has been for a couple of hours now. I love how pretty falling snow is. So silent and peaceful.