Wouldn't you know it!!

Headed off to church this morning.................and promptly got stuck in the driveway, lol! When I was there on Wednesday, I used the "in" driveway and as soon as I turned I hit a big chunk of snow, and that made it rather difficult getting up the driveway. Seems like everything is on a hill in this state! I made it up with some slipping and sliding. Boys thought for sure I was going to get stuck. Oldest in the front seat: Mom, you're going to get stuck!! Youngest in the backseat: I ain't diggin you out (he says grumbling). I made it up without getting stuck. So, I'm thinking this morning that I would try the "out" driveway. It looked cleaner and I might have better luck. NOT! It was worse. I was slipping and sliding so much that I went into the side of the driveway. You know, the part where the snow banks are. A quarter of the way up and I can't move. No forward, no backward. The oldest gets out and tells me which way to turn the wheel to get out of the snow bank. I finally can move so I back all the way down to the road. No traffic so I'm thinking I'll just back onto the road and use the other driveway. Of course, I'm in the wrong lane and over the top of the hill comes a car. But, just stopped and let be back up and get a running start and up the driveway I went. Some slipping and sliding, but not like the other side. The youngest was in the car and he's like, geez mom, you doing 60 up the driveway?? My response: We got up didn't we? LOL

As it turns out I was being watched from inside. After church he came up to me and told me. Said he was just about to get some help for me when I backed all the way down the driveway and came flying around the other side, lol. Ok, at least I wasn't going to be stranded, lol. Told hubby we need either snow tires on my car (hubby says next year) or I need something that I can't get stuck, since I do that very well in this car. Come to think of it, every car I've ever had I've managed to get stuck in the snow. Ya think the man would get the point????

Finished the food shopping at wally world. Hubby also started his India shopping. We are almost done and hubby has to hit the jewelery section. Every year this man takes watches over. Every year. He bought 2 today. I look at a necklace and hubby looks at me and tells me not to buy out the whole store. Hum...........like he should talk. I bought food, that's it. I looked at a lot of stuff but didn't buy. We had other people with us and they wanted pizza. We ordered a whole one and while we were waiting we went into Peebles. I've been wanting a warmer coat but can't find exactly what I want. Peebles had a really nice moleskin coat, they were 50% off, but I didn't like the colors. Hubby said they were $100 at 50% off and I thought they were $50 at 50% off. Either way he told me if I wanted one to go ahead and buy one. I was shocked, but I didn't get one. That was the only style there I did like. I'll just keep looking after all it's January and I might find something I like clearanced.

My reward

Since I had to get to the bank this morning before it closed, I decided to go into town and do some of the food shopping. For some reason, this week we need so much. Seems like we are out of just about everything. I usually shop every week, but don't know how we sometimes get to this point. Anyway, the high for the day was a whole 12 degrees!! In my town it was cold, but not a lot of wind so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. When I got into town, which is usually warmer, it was so windy! Brrrrr, almost made me sorry I went out today. But, half the shopping is done. The other half we will do tomorrow after church. Hubby agreed to go shopping with me. The youngest wants a new computer for his birthday. His birthday is Thursday. He's agreed to pay half, so we will look to see what's out there and for what price. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the low 20's. Not as cold, ha!

I spent 6 hours last night working on class and most of the afternoon today working as well. My reward is I'm finally ahead to the point where I don't have to do anything tomorrow. So glad! Last night I was reading and reading and thought for sure I was like into the middle of my reading for next week, or possibly to next weekend. Well, when I looked, I was only up to Monday's reading. Talk about disappointed! So I decided to push it today and see how far I actually could get. Of course, the laundry isn't getting put away and there's another load in the dryer waiting for me to get to. Tomorrow, maybe.

Stayed up late last night to see hubby. Mainly, I need my back and shoulders rubbed. They were aching so bad. When I stay up that late the next day I'm so off. I'm tired all day and just feel out of sorts. And the shoulders are aching again anyway. I used to have hubby rub either my shoulders or feet every night he got home from work. Might have to start that again. There for a while my feet were aching all the time. I switch shoes every day. Just can not wear the same pair of shoes two days in a row. That's for sure, asking for achie feet.

Haven't watched tv at all this week, been reading instead. Finished the one book I started over the summer, but then just put it down and never really got back to it. It wasn't that it wasn't interesting, it was, just didn't make time for it I guess.

At this point I'm feeling the day, so time to veg on the sofa. Sure hope there's something good on tv tonight!

This and that

So, this is what I have been seeing out my window, all day today. For the most part it's not accumulating much, just, what I would call, flurries. When I left work today it was snowing much harder and the flakes were big ones. Instead of doing the food shopping, I headed home. We aren't going to starve, but since I was in town the thought crossed my mind. Called hubby after I got home and gave him the good news and the bad news and convinced him to go food shopping with me over the weekend.

The good news was our health care coverage was renewed for another year. I wasn't sure it was going to. The bad news was I now have to pay a monthly electric bill. The year before I did a budget for the electric and I had over paid enough that this past year I had no electric bill. That was really nice! Have to check with the company and see if I can do a budget for this year. I like budgeting the bills, I find it easier, especially when hubby is away.

In my rush to get out the door this morning I forgot to get something out for dinner tonight. I have absolutely nothing fast for dinner. I wanted to make chili, but the ground turkey is frozen. Thought of making sloppy Joe's, again frozen meat. Asked the youngest to thaw the meat and make dinner, he whined and complained he doesn't like either one, so fine. I'll find my own dinner and they are on their own. Longer work hours are coming for me, don't know what they are going to eat every night. Better not be expecting me to cook for them every day before work.

Hubby's sisters husband was supposed to be back yesterday. He's stranded in the airport in India because of the fog. No flights in or out. He was saying maybe 2 or 3 days. Would not want to be in his place right now.

I have tons of stuff I need to get done over the weekend. Guess while I'm at it I should plan a week of meals, then maybe I won't have this nothing to make night. I do like having everything all planned, just so time consuming I think.

Going to go scramble some eggs for myself for dinner and then back to the books and the planning.

I wanna know.....................

What it's like to eat, sleep, work, talk on the phone, and watch as much tv as I want. Because that's hubby's life. I do have to give him credit, he does work 7 days, 12 hour shifts, but I work 7 days and just as long, sometimes longer. Only problem is, I don't get paid for all that I do. He wouldn't be able to afford me if I did!

Maybe I'm just feeling it because this is the first full week I've worked in a while. But, maybe not, I still have a long list of things to do when I'm home. Maybe I'm feelin it because I just got even more heaped on my shoulders. Like I didn't have enough before. Maybe it's because I know he's leaving soon. He says only a month this time, but...............his track record isn't good.

I think a good dose of retail therapy would be good for me, except it's so darn cold I don't want to be out in it very long. Snow for tomorrow, then low teens over the weekend. Really don't want to be out in that. Need to food shop. Was going to do it tomorrow after work, but not with the snow. My work hours might become longer work hours, into the evening. UGH! Just not into working nights. Honestly, not into working anymore, period. But, hubby won't even let that happen, he's afraid I would be bored at home. As if!!

Came home to no heat. Don't know when the heater stopped working but it was 58 in the house. Hubby had just left an hour before me, why didn't he notice and call the heater man?? Luckily, the guy was here in less than half an hour. I'm glad, this way the repair won't be an emergency repair and get billed double.

Not a whole lot going on, back to school so that is taking up a lot of my time. The boys have already been talking to me about their February break. Please, you just went back to school this week, don't talk to me about another break!!!!!!!!!

Well, time to cook dinner, minestrone soup and grilled cheese sandwiches, yum!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow................

The youngest was the first one out the door this morning to tackle the digging out process. I think the driveway had been plowed once at this point.

This is the view from the back steps. It took some shoving to get the back door open because of the drift in front of it.

The front door, before we attempted ot open it.

The predictions were for 2-4". This is the front railing. Looks like about 6-7" to me!

Huge snow drift on the screen door in the front.

So, needless to say, church was cancelled this morning. The message left by one of the elders was to take time this morning and meditate on how God cleanses us from our sins like God cleanses with the snow.

Saturday suprise

I've been hearing all weekend we were supposed to get nothing more than snow showers all weekend. Well, late last night it was snowing quite heavily. This morning as well. My car is covered enough that it will take some time to uncover it. And still, the prediction is for less than 2". Got news for the weatherman, there's about 4" out there now. At least that's whats on my front steps! It's supposed to snow like this tomorrow as well. My plans were to go into town and drop my time sheet and do a little food shopping. I have to go to the po and bank today, they are close, and everything else can wait, except the time sheet. So, depends on the road conditions. Getting to work on Thursday was not fun, I almost turned around a few times because of the roads being so bad. Only passed one snow plow on the way to work, which is very unusual.

A new year and a new decade has begun. I was up at midnight, but didn't watch the ball drop. I was watching a couple interesting shows and by the time I went to bed it was 1 am. The first one was done by a British reporter based on polygamy. She went into a Mormon polygamist home, spent a few days with the family and asked a lot of questions of the wives. Then she went into the home of a smaller polygamist family, the man was looking for his third wife, but she wanted the view point of the man. The large family she only got the view point of one of the wives. Towards the end of her stay the first wife did sit down and talk to her very openly about her feelings about all this in the beginning. The other wife, who was willing to let her see how their household runs, did tell her their belief and why they believe in polygamist marriage. They say it's not brain washing, my own opinion is, it's very suttle.

The other show was on the life of the Geisha. Didn't really change my thoughts about that either, but what was interesting to me is the time and discomfort these girls go through. There's a certain way everything has to be done and they do it over and over until they get it right. And if they complain about any pain or discomfort they are told to just put up with it that it will eventually go away. Not for me!

Rain and snow

Yesterday morning I look out our bedroom window and see rain. And water, lots and lots of water. The temps over night got high enough to melt the snow we had. Since there was quite a bit, it just flooded the one side of our yard and the neighbors. The water was all the way over to the deck, which ends at the end of our bedroom. I looked a little farther to see if there was any flooding from the field, some but not much. What really stood out was the garden. It looked like an oasis, surrounded by all that water, lol!

Last night I checked the weather report which was predicting 1-3" of snow, but figured they were way off since it's rather mild right now. Looked out my bedroom window this morning and what do I see? Snow, huge snow flakes, everything is covered in

snow. Guess the standing water is frozen under all that snow. And if it isn't, it will be. Tomorrow the high might get out of the upper teens and wind chills in the single digits. Have to remind the kids, and myself, that if they go walking out in the yard to be careful of that spot, might be nothing but ice under there. Or worse yet, not frozen to solid and their whole foot will sink through and get wet.

The oldest had to work early this morning. This was news to me. My plans were to pick up the few things I needed before work because I had no idea what the roads would be like later. I was thinking it would snow later in the morning, not earlier. Got myself together in record time. Except I forgot half of my lunch. I don't get to leave to go out and get lunch, so I have to bring anything I might want. Had planned on a salad and some leftover Indian rice, and cut up banana and strawberry's. I wanted to put the hard boiled egg, some shredded cheese, and maybe some canned chicken in the salad. Didn't happen, all I packed was just salad. Glad I remembered the dressing. Totally forgot the fruit. Didn't get to even drink half my tea and no piece of toast, so no vitamins for today. I managed oatmeal and a few sips of tea. All morning I was hungry. All day actually. I feel like the bottomless pit today. Few hours after I eat, I'm hungry again. It's that gnawing, empty feeling. Sure hope tomorrow isn't like this! Tomorrow I get to leave normal time and the oldest doesn't have to work. And no snow!!

Bought a precooked chicken for dinner tonight. Hubby had me run an errand after work. Went to the supermarket specifically for this one item and forgot it anyway. The temps were dropping fast and it was after 5 pm, so I just called it a day and went home. I'll have to send hubby for it. I've gone out twice not for this and haven't remembered to pick it up yet. Guess I'm not supposed to have it, lol.