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Get warmer.  Hello spring!  Okay, maybe not really but the snow is melting.  I can see grass.  I looooove it!  I didn't even wear a coat today.  Hooray.

I am being insanely productive today
-Wrote lesson plans for an entire month
-Doing a thousand loads of laundry (okay, more like six or seven, but still a lot)
-Almost finished my genogram for family class
-Cooked turkey burger and corn (not together) for dinner
-Bought groceries
-Oh and I went to work
It's been a good day.  I love days when I can get lots of stuff done.  Makes me happy.

We went to Iowa this weekend to see Brad Paisley.  I know, who goes to Iowa in January but it was so much fun.  The concert was amazing.  And we found fabulous places to eat.  Well, one in particular.  It was a seafood market that has fresh fish and such shipped in daily.  Oh holy cow.  I want to eat there every day.  Fresh, home made clam chowder and crab soup.  Yum!!!!!

That friends, is Brad Paisley in front of the screen for one of his songs about fishing.....

oh why

Why is the weather man always right?  It makes me sad.  We got six more inches of snow yesterday.  That makes a grand total of 18 inches.  I drove past a snow drift taller than my car.  Driving is.... well a challenge.  It is too cold for them to use salt so they're using sand.  What does sand do?  Glad you asked.  It creates this lovely sludge that makes it nearly impossible to drive.  It took me 45 minutes to drive what usually takes 20.  But I made it home safely.

They called a snow day today and tomorrow has already been cancelled too.  No snow days for me, still go to work to hang out with the kiddos.  So ready for regular school to start.  And for the snow to go away.  I wore 3 pairs of pants this morning when I left my house -- under armour pants, jeans, and some amazing sweat pants over my jeans.  Attractive! 

This is the view from my porch (through the window -- it's too cold to go out again).  That snow is not on a hill, it's drifted that much.  Fantastic.  Here's to warmth and summer time and flip flops and hot days at the lake.  I can't wait!

on living at the north pole

So, apparently I have moved to the north pole and did not realize it.  There has been snow on the ground for nearly 2 weeks now.  It snowed Christmas eve.  A lot.  And the snow has not melted.  It snowed more last Tuesday.  And then it snowed more Sunday.  It's supposed to snow tomorrow too.  The weather forecast.... ug, it's not getting any better.
Wednesday -- Hi 22, Low 3  90% chance of snow
Thursday -- Hi 5,  Low -6
Friday -- Hi 0, Low -10

Seriously!  I live in the midwest.  I am not impressed.  I have been wearing warm fuzzy boots for oh, about 3 weeks now.  I busted out the Nikes today because I was so tired of boots.  And my feet froze.  I am permanently wearing a bright orange (oh, so unattractive) Columbia coat and a white Columbia hat.  Otherwise I might freeze to death.

I hate winter.  I drove over the lake the other day.  It was frozen.  Then I drove over it again and it was frozen and snow covered.  I mean, really?  C'mon now.  We don't have weather like this.  Or we shouldn't.  A high of 0, now that's just ridiculous.

I want to live in a cup of hot chocolate.

I bought curtains tonight because all the cold air comes in through my crappy apartment windows.  I also bought a space heater.  I have great hopes of being warm again.  Sigh.  Hurry up summer time!