It's a Snow Day!!

Snow days are rare in Arkansas and when they happen it shuts us completely down because we don't have the equipment needed to maintain clear roads, etc. It started snowing on Sunday afternoon and within an hour everything was completely covered. In all we got about 6 inches of snow here and some parts of the state got up to 8 - 10 inches.

When I was a kid I loved snow days!! I loved getting in my daddy's truck and driving down to a local parking lot where we did 360's or donuts as some call it. Or we would gather up a sled and go over a few streets to this huge hill and ride the sled down that hill. We would stay out until we were totally frozen then come in warm up and go out in it again.

I was very excited for this good amount of snow and the opportunity that Caleb would have in getting to play in. We lost our power 2 hours after the snow began falling and didn't get it back on until the next morning. Sweet hubby and I decided to take Caleb over to my sister's house since we didn't have heat and so he would be able to play out in the snow with his cousins. I called the next morning to see how things were going and to ask my neice to take a lot of pictures of Caleb in the snow so that I would have them for my scrapbook.....that is when Caleb informed everyone that he WASN'T going out in that stuff!!! AND HE DIDN'T GO OUT. AT. ALL. He didn't want to build a snowman. He didn't want to slide around on a sled. He didn't want to have a snowball fight. He didn't care about the snow at all.

So here are my snow pictures of the big event:

The windshield of my truck



My shoes

Later that night sweet hubby took me to my fabric store to pick up some things and then out to eat at the local Mexican restaurant.  As we are walking out I snapped a quick picture of Caleb in the snow ....he was not happy with me and it isn't a good picture but it is all that I have.



Caleb in the snow of January 2011


Hopefully this won't be our last snow of the season.  Hopefully I can talk Caleb into playing outside in the snow next time.....

For now the doctor is out.......remembering her own fun days of playing in the snow with her family.


Time to make the new year's resolutions.....

It is now January 1, 2011 --- I mean right this minute! So I guess that means the beginning of the new year resolutions....ummm not exactly since they aren't ever kept. So instead of resolutions I will just set some goals for the upcoming year; goals with objectives, that can be measured....after all I am a researcher and that is one of the things we do.

Goals:

1. Organization.

I used to be the most organized person on the earth....a planner in hand and a list in the other. But I stopped working fulltime about 7 years ago and that organization just went out the window, not all at once but slowly over the last few years. However, I have found that when you lose your organizational skills you end up with clutter....in every part of your life so it is time to remove the clutter.

a. Once you have organization, you have a clean house always...

I remember those days...

b. you have more time or scheduled time that allows you to sew more.....

c. and quilt more......

d. then I can do more scrapbooking and updating of scrapbooks...

e. more time to play with Caleb....

f. more time to be efficient in planning my dinner meals with

sweet hubby and Caleb and maybe actually cooking them....

g. with organization there is time for exercising as well as playing

tennis a couple of times a week without feeling guilty for taking

the "me" time.....

h. organization will help me to work on "me".....removing the clutter

that is within me giving me more time for personal prayer and

scripture reading; time to meditate on the good things in my

life......

Wow, just one goal for the year....ORGANIZATION....with a few objectives to achieve it.

Ummm, hopefully this won't be like the usual new year's resolutions that have vanished by the end of January.....

For now the doctor is out.....wishing each and everyone a very happy new year and may you all set your goals for the year....