Being Positive about the snow

A friend of mine had a post about being positive. I thought a lot about that while I was outside this morning shoveling the driveway. If you've been to my house, you would remember my steep driveway. So, when it snows, there is no way I can get my car out of the driveway with out getting stuck. Which means I need to shovel first. Luckily Sean has a 4X4 and can get out easily. I'm not that lucky. He went to work this morning and I told him not to worry about the driveway because I wasn't planning on going any where today. I have no idea how to work the snow blower. I decided I would get a head start by shoveling the driveway by hand, so that Sean doesn't have to do it tonight. Well, it took me about an hour and a half to shovel it and by the time I came back in to the house I was sweating. It is very hard work, but I certainly felt like I had my cardio work out for the day. Now I feel really good and can relax and enjoy the rest of the day.
While I was shoveling, 2 girls from Jehovah's Witness wanted to talk to me, but I said I was far too busy. They left right way. I was surprised because the last time some Johovah's Witness came I was also out shoveling and they thought they could read me a scripture while I shoveled. No thanks. Perhaps they would want to help shovel with me? Not likely!
Another positive twist on the snow is, we will really enjoy our holiday in California where there is no snow and plenty of sunshine. We leave in 2 weeks and we are all starting to get very excited. So, hopefully when we come back from holidays there will be signs of spring here in the puddle.

More Reasons to hate the snow

This was my driveway this afternoon when I came home. The snow was almost 2 feet high blocking my driveway, thanks to the plow truck. I guess he felt bad because my car was parked at the top of the driveway; he plowed most of the snow out of the driveway. No one else in the neighborhood had as much snow pushed in their driveway as we did. At least I was able to finally get down the driveway. If it's cold tonight, I'll need to be able to plug my block heater in.

The New MacBook Air

I just watched a commercial on the new Macbook Air. It is so thin that it fits in a 9X12 envelope and only weighs about 3 pounds. It looks awesome. I was hoping to get a Macbook this year with my income tax refund. The Macbook Air is out of my budget range...but I can dream can't I? Or I could save up for it. It looks so sweet!

We finally met Crystal

For those of you who don't know, Crystal is Sean's sister's youngest daughter. She is living with Sean's cousin and was previously in Foster Care in Campbell River. We first met Crystal when she was only 1yr. old and she is now 3 1/2yrs old. Sean says she is a mini me version of her mom. I thought she was very cute. She has been in Williams Lake for almost a month now, but is still quite shy. I was surprised she wanted me to pick her up. We are hoping to visit with Crystal and her sister Alisha (who also lives with our cousins and is the same age as my daughter) on a regular basis. I wanted to take pictures, but thought that might be too much for our 1st visit. We want her to get to know us and be comfortable around us. Crystal loves anything to do with Dora the Explorer. We are hoping to bring the kids back a souveneir from our Trip to Disney next month.

3 Happy Years of Wedded Bliss

It is hard to believe that we just celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday. It seems like only yesterday we were all at The Hills in the freezing cold. My nephew, Brian, is writing an essay for school about his best vacation and he picked our Wedding. It was so beautiful with all the snow on the trees. The kids enjoyed tubing (even though the lift wasn't working), snow shoeing, skating, snow boarding, swimming and spending time with their cousins. Too bad it was so cold that weekend and my best friend & her family had to drive through a terrible snow storm to get there as well as my sister and her family. The Chapel was beautiful, the food was fabulous and the fellowship was awesome. We stayed in the Honeymoon suite and it had a jacuzzi tub. I still remember the rose petals (that we didn't know were bath bubbles) that bubbled up to the ceiling. So, we had to cut our tub time short and we were so busy we never went back in it again. One day we'll have to have a romantic weekend away and try the jacuzzi tub again with out the bubbles(:

Last night we went to Trattorias Pasta Shop for dinner with my parents and my kids. The food was fantastic, as always. We also enjoyed some Chardonay white wine with our dinner. To finish off we had whipped cheese cake with strawberries, raspberries, black berries and blue berries. It was so yummy, I had to finish it even though it was such a huge piece (and it was rich too). It was great to enjoy the full meal deal. The bill wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. Then we rented Rush Hour 3 and we decided to watch it in our room. The new bed is so comfortable. We rented the kids The Simpson's Movie, so they would have something to watch. Besides it was toonie night at the video store, so both movies cost less than the cost to rent 1 on a regular night. There wasn't much to choose from for movies, but we enjoyed our movie.

I am really blessed to have such a wonderful husband and it really has been 3 happy years of wedded bliss.

The Big Comfy Bed

Our new bed is super huge. When I sit on it my feet cannot touch the floor. It's a Sealy Crown Jewel Collection Pillow Top bed. We bought it on Boxing Day when it was 50% off. They didn't have our bed in stock, so it was on order and arrived yesterday. Now we have to buy new night stands because I can barely reach the alarm clock and the lamps are way too low for proper reading while in bed. I usually go to work with Sean on Fridays, but today I just wanted to stay in the big comfy bed. We discovered that the reason our old bed was uncomfortable was because one of the legs on the bed frame was partially broken, so we didn't really need a new bed just a new bed frame. It's here to stay now and after sleeping in it last night all I can say is it felt like I was floating on a cloud in Heaven.(:

1st Snowball Fight of 2008