Snowpocalypse!

(1/26) Sarah and I went to Zumba, and Dad took J to hockey practice. After they got home, we grabbed the pupper and headed for wine country! We had a great time, and visited several places. Noodle raced at the Silvertips game tonight, taking second in the first race and first in the second. The Tips smashed the competition, winning 9-1.  Crazy game!


(1/27) Work day for Dad and I was home with the boys.  J had a hockey game this morning, and I treated him to pancakes afterward. We had a pretty lazy day other than that. The boys played screens, and I finished a book and started another.


(1/28) Work day for Dad and me, and day off for the kiddos. They love teacher work days, and proceeded to rot their brains with video games while I worked upstairs. I was busy from the moment I turned on my computer til it was time to turn it off at 5pm. In a good way, but being "on" all day is exhausting.


(1/29) Work day for Dad and me, and poor D woke up feeling crummy. I really had to go in (since it was the second day of product launch), so Dad picked him up and took him to work where he got sicker, and they were subsequently kicked out. Ugh, so sorry guys! Work was a whirlwind with many meetings and presentations. Everything went really well today.  I was pleasantly surprised!


(1/30) Work day for Dad and day "off" for me. D was feeling much, much better today, and it was off to the races for us. I took the boys to school today, stayed to volunteer in D's class, grabbed the boys, collected C, and headed to the dentist. We went for lunch, then I dropped them back at school, where I returned an hour later to work in J's class.  Then on to D's appointment.  And finally home.  Shew!


(1/31) Work day for me, and day off for Dad.  D and I were both grumping about what we needed to do today.  He had music (which he hates), and I had to go to present to a group in Seattle.  D's day went amazing, and my presentation and webinar went well too.  Huzzah!


(2/1) Work day for me, day off for Dad, and school for the kiddos today. I had a busy day at work, and was more than willing to take a break for office happy hour.  The big boss seems happy with how things are going with our product launch, and I'm very pleased about that!  I got home and vegged out, the twins played video games, and C and Dad went to curling practice. Dad went out with some friends afterward, and when I went out to use the treadmill, I discovered our water heater had sprung a leak. We're at the 13-15 year mark where everything starts to break.  ARGH.  Thankfully, I caught it early, and we'll get it repaired tomorrow hopefully.


(2/2) Groundhog's Day!  Looks like an early spring is on the way.  So naturally we're expecting snow this weekend.  We'll see about that.  Sarah and I went to Zumba this morning, and then I went up to Nanan's house to see if I could get her back in the land of the online.  Mission successful.  Dad made us bourbon bacon mac & cheese tonight and it was delicious!

(2/3) We had our hot water tank replaced today. Dear house, that's enough already! The boys and I had a lazy day today, and Dad had to work.  It started snowing this afternoon, and everyone is hoping for a snow day tomorrow.  It's looking like they'll get their wish! As we are not football fans, we didn't watch the game, and opted instead for the Puppy Bowl this evening. We got to talking about the puppies getting new homes, and come bedtime, J burst into tears, and said he wasn't ready to leave yet, and didn't want to forget us.  Oh my heart. I reminded him he's only 7, and doesn't have to go anywhere for a good, long time.


(2/4) SNOW DAY! We got almost 8" overnight, and it is bitterly cold, so it isn't going anywhere soon. The boys were thrilled to have another pajama day.  I work from home on Mondays, so my commute was just fine.  Dad's was a bit treacherous, but he made it. Dad and C tried their hands at game hens tonight, and dinner was quite tasty. We then had movie night, selecting a couple of Jim Carrey classics (Bruce Almighty & Liar Liar) to show the boys.


(2/5) Another snow day! Dad made it in to work, and I worked remote from home, while the kiddos had another pajama day.  I managed to sneak out for a coffee walk with Sarah in the snow.  It's so beautiful out!


(2/6) The boys had a two hour late start today.  I walked with the twins to school, and stayed to volunteer in D's class.  I covered milk cartons in red paper to be mailboxes for their valentines next week.  So cute!  I went for lunch, and then came back to work in J's class. C and D had appointments after school, so we all trekked out in one car, having Dad drop us at D's, and then he went on to C's. We stopped to stock up on some necessities for the next big snow storm due to come in tomorrow.  It's looking like it could rival the one in '96, and could double what we already have.  Yikes!


(2/7) I finally made it in to work.  We hosted a training in-house, and conducted a webinar. Both went well, but man I'm fried after those. Dad had the day off, and got to ferry the kids to/from school.  They had another two hour late start today due to the conditions. Sounds like they had a good day, and we had a quiet evening in together after I finally got home.


(2/8) I worked from home today due to the impending SNOWPOCALYPSE.  The kids started school at normal time, and were off 75 minutes early for their normal Friday release. The snow started really coming down in the afternoon, and it snowed solidly until I went to sleep.


(2/9) We woke to about 5 new inches, and probably have 8" in spots where the snow was previously untouched.  The roads don't look too bad, so we'll probably go to the Silvertips game tonight. The boys and I met up with Sarah and took the kids sledding until they were frozen all the way through.