Snow Day, Baby!

The great travesty of being an adult is the lack of snow days. Unless, of course, you're a teacher. I'm not.

Here in the big, bad midwest, we'd been waiting on the latest snowstorm, which they now apparently NAME, like hurricanes. What was this one? Saturn? Isn't that a planet? Or a car?

Anyway, I think my Facebook friend, Stephanie, said it best: Winter storm warning...7am-7am, wait no, 1pm-7am, wait no 3pm-7am....4-6 inches of snow, wait no 8-10 inches of snow, wait no... How about not reporting on a storm that is in North Dakota...wait until its in Illinois??

Took me 2 hours to get home, Tuesday night...and by Wednesday morning, I decided it was best to work from home. We had snow, we had ice, we had {no} plows, and it just seemed safer for all concerned if I stayed home and worked from the couch.

And so I did.

But not before venturing outside to take pictures of the beauty:

 Yep....this is our grill!! Doesn't it make you want an ice cream cone in the worst way?

 Bird bath makes me want a cake. {Essentially the fit-back-into-the-wedding-dress salad diet makes me crave all manner of desserts.}

 Oh so pretty. One of my favorite winter views - pine trees covered in snow.

 I hunkered down on the couch to work while Little Miss {or The Hairy One, as Ryan calls her} blew kisses...

 It was a good day...got lots done at work...all the while guzzling a pot of coffee. Ahh, how I love my coffee.

 Once work was over, I ventured outside to shovel...and I wore Ryan's heavy boots to do it. Those things are like fire gear! SO HEAVY!!! But much warmer than my rain boots...

 Next time it snows, I want to make a snowman. I don't know that I've ever made one. Perhaps when I was a little kid, but I sure don't remember it. And every good snow day should contain making a snowman.

Even so, I'm so grateful I was able to work from home - and Ryan was able to use the good-on-snow car to make it safely to his job!