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February 26, 2008
Dreaded snow
I know I know, I've talked about wanting snow, but now I've about had it with ALL this snow!!! Yesterday was so nice and warm, 45 degrees around 1pm yesterday, felt like a spring day!!! Now we under a storm warning until tomorrow night!! I want spring to come, I want to see the grass, the flowers in bloom and get my new shed built!
Enjoyed a great day of shopping yesterday. The girl's and I and Harriet spent the day shopping and had lunch out, boosting the economy I guess you could say, but it was stuff we needed. Dev and I are going to make a quilt together. We picked out the material yesterday. It's called a rag quilt and you need to make it with flannel type materials. I think, if it comes out good, which it should... we will give it to Mom for her 60th birthday in May. Speaking of which, I'm trying to decide what I want to do for her BIG 60 this year. I kind of wanted to keep it simple, just a small party here at our house with a card shower from others who live away. Now as the time gets a little closer it seems like I should have a big get together and invite lots of people including all of her siblings, she's the baby, so it would be nice to have them all together and get some good pictures. I'll have to see which way I'm leaning more towards as good weather gets here...if it ever does!
Posted by tracey at 05:16 PM | Comments (0)
February 24, 2008
Night Out
So, I did something last night that I didn't think I would ever do and I really didn't want to do it, but thought it wouldn't hurt and would be a night out, which is RARE for me. So, I accepted an invitation to a "Passions" party, (sex toys and other misc things...) An old friend/ex co-worker, was having the party and she wanted me to go, said I didn't have to buy anything, just come the parties were LOTS of fun. So, I went and brought a friend along that really gets into that thing, thought she'd be good for moral support and explaining things to me...and it was actually pretty fun, minus some of the women there that seemed to be lacking in the sex dept because of lack of a partner, or whatever. They were getting a little crazy at times and I'm sure the mountain of jello shots being passed around contributed some to that.
I actually didn't find anything too grotesque, odd or strange, but did quietly wonder at times... "Why would you use that???" I did win the party game prize and I won't go into detail what the game was, it was good for a laugh or two, however. HA!
I enjoyed the munchies, had my diet coke and even placed an order at the end of the night! Nothing too kinky I assure you! One purchase was some hemp body lotion, sounded like good stuff. We'll see...
It was fun getting out for a night even though I had to work today, but now I'm free for the next two days and plan to do some shopping tomorrow with the kiddos and another old friend who doesn't get out much either!
As for hubby he never asked me a thing about the party, didn't even want to know what I bought! HMMMMM...maybe I'll have to surprise him!
In even BIGGER news...I now have two tickets to see him, in August.
MAMA MIA!
Posted by tracey at 05:08 PM | Comments (0)
February 16, 2008
A Stroke of Business
It always feels so good to get some bills paid off, put a little money in the bank and know things are ok for the moment.
I feel so lucky and fortunate and blessed to have such a wonderful family, a great and caring, understanding husband that would and does, move heaven and earth for me. Two amazing daughters that fill my life with more joy and pride than I could ever imagine, even if the oldest one does test my nerves on a daily basis. I know in my heart of hearts that I have instilled all the good I can into her, I know she knows right from wrong, good from bad even if she doesn't always make the right sound decisions. I know she is learning from these choices, good or bad, and that is all I can ask for.
Our home is warm, our cupboards full and life is very good...
We enjoyed more trail riding on the sleds last night, but it was pretty cold so we didn't stay out too late. Tomorrow we plan to make a day of it and despite the chilly temperatures today the sun is shining bright and it almost felt like a spring day today even with our high snow banks! It's coming...
Here's to a splendid weekend of fun and family time!
Posted by tracey at 12:40 PM | Comments (0)
February 13, 2008
Sick? Snow Day...
So, I'm home again, but this time I'm playing hookie from work. Haven't missed any days in like six months, but today, I got up when the alarm went off, went to the bathroom and looked out the window at all this snow, coughed and started sneezing and then my nose was running and I said to heck with it and called out!
I love riding the snow machines, but I must say, this winter has been a rough one! They say to expect at least 8-10 inches today along with freezing rain. School was cancelled, again, and I figured I'd stay home too to keep the fires going and enjoy some time with the kiddos.
Dev is very excited to have her first job this coming summer. A counselor at a camp she has gone to for 10 summers. Now she is old enough to be a counselor there and spend pretty much the whole summer at camp. I plan to send Hannah for a couple of weeks as well. She went last year for two weeks and had a pretty good time.
Hubby is SO excited to have this snow. He LOVES to ride the snow machine, more than I do!
I hear the plows, I'm wondering if I should call someone to plow us out or wait for hubby to get home to do it?
Oh well, we are nice, warm and cozy and glad I went grocery shopping last night!
So, we'll sit and watch the snow today and maybe venture out in a bit as well!
Posted by tracey at 09:26 AM | Comments (0)
February 08, 2008
Day off
So, we are into February and have a lot of our snow back thanks to some nasty weather the last 3-4 days. The kids had a snow day last week and then two days this week that were late arrivals. It's pushing their time in June to be a bit longer and we still have the rest of this month and March to get through!
Today is my day off and I must confess, I hate to do anything on my days off but stay at home, drink my morning coffee, catch up laundry and housekeeping and veg on the computer! I told a friend who was recently injured in a ski accident that I would stop by today and I just haven't wanted to go anywhere. Awful aren't I? But...my job is so consuming sometimes that on my days off I like the time for just me!
Hubby finally got his snow machine fixed, thank you LORD! He was about having a hyper the past two weeks trying to get that fixed. Of course taking it somewhere that does that sort of thing would have cost us well over a $1000, but thanks to someone he works with that knows how to work on them and has a nice heated garage to work in, helped him and they finally got it going last night for a little under $300! Tomorrow afternoon will be the big test as once we are done work we plan to head out and enjoy a big bon fire, sledding and hotdogs in the deep woods! Hannah will go with us as Dev is off to NH with her Gram to attend a friend's 60th birthday bash.
Otherwise, it's been an awfully LONG winter and I'm starting to look forward to spring, despite the fun I have had on my new sled! Hubby is also anxious to get working on our new garage, he's become quite resourceful in his older age!! He's beginning to figure out it's cheaper to do things for yourself rather than hire it out. Everything costs so much today it's crazy.
And...I can't forget about our upcoming trip to DC either. Dev is actually getting more excited about it as well.
Here's to a great evening on the trails tomorrow and safety and LOTS of fun!!
Posted by tracey at 12:25 PM | Comments (0)