Get this

Get this, I called into work today, saying that I could not get there. For some odd reason, they did not plow our street. --maybe, we did not pay our taxes, LOL... =-) Our street had 13 inches of snow, and I know this because, we took a ruler out to measure it. OK, now I told my boss that I could not get to work, but, if I could---I would go in. So, what does he tell me??? YES, that he would pick me up. I could not believe it, he picked me up! I even got a ride home. Next time I am going to keep my mouth shut . =-) If you want to know if we were busy at my work, YES! I swear everyone was out! Boots, snow pants plus anything that was warm, was bought today. The biggest talk was how long they're drive was.

~~Let it SNOW~~~

OK, so I got my SNOW!! It's so exciting!! I went out to help Scott shovel, and wound up w/the littlest shovel. Needless to say that did not go for too long, went to talk to some neighbors, then headed inside. But, Scott on the other hand stayed outside for about 6 hours shoveling, not only his driveway, but, some others. A snow blower was used for most of it. A great friend spend time over here to help too. [Scott then helped w/his driveway]. It is in the 20's, and I'm not sure of the wind chill. Either way, it's cold out. The dogs and kids had a blast playing outside. Simon has kind of played non-stop and when he does come in, one would think he would sleep---but, this is Simon we are talking about. Last week he spend 5 of 7 days taking a bath, Tues. being the last day for a bath. [Always wondered why we had such a big bathroom]. If you would like to see pictures, check out Life rushes by, site. She is so good about putting pictures up. OK, need to check on Q and Simon.. Ginger was out playing in the snow, but, has been sleeping on the couch since she came in [a few hours ago]

Light parade

Since it was in the 60's on Sat. Scott and I decided it would be a great night to see the festival of lights, in East Peoria. I'm thinking everyone had the same idea. =-) It was really busy, but, the kids found a place to stand so they could see everything. The night was great, and at the end, we saw fireworks. [as we were walking to the car] One sad thing I do have to say is, it's amazing how many people are unable to clean up after them selves.

Getting the Tree ready!

Over the weekend, we got our house ready for Christmas. Scott worked on the lights outside, [no picture of that] while Nancy, I and the kids got the tree ready in here. The sweetest thing about this was when Q found an ornament that had Spunky's name on it. He put it in the front of the tree.

AZ pictures

Here are some pictures that Scott took while on his trip to AZ. Besides work, he did not do much more. So, most of the pictures are taken from the car, or hotel. But, it's nice to see the what the outdoors are like there. Also, the pictures of the houses look nice too..

Day after Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to let you know that I survived the day after Thanksgiving. Got to work at 4:45AM [before that time really], and at 5am we were letting people in. Let me tell you, that people were kind of running to get the things that they wanted. The day went by really fast, and people were really great!! Only saw one person I knew there shopping, not sure what she was thinking about to go shopping at 5:45 am.. =-) My family came to rescue me right after work, and took me out for a late lunch. I was ready for bed right after eating. I'm not use to working so early. Ok, this picture was taken in AZ, Scott thought of me when he was down there. How sweet huh??