Snowicane? Are you Serious?

Well, last week a "snowicane" was predicted. And I laughed. And that got the Gods of Snow pretty angry.

Serious branches smacking the house in the middle of the night because the winds were so strong. Serious can't open the doors out because the snow drifts were so high. Serious 3 days off from school snowicane!And of course all this while Spike was on a business trip in Fort Meyers, FL. Lucky dog.

And now that it's done there have been some amazing sledding runs, incredible forts built, snowballs thrown, etc. All the fun of a super snowy time. The during--not so much fun--the after--much better.

But we fared much, much better than many of our neighbors. They lost power for days! Cars were stuck on a closed-down I-84 for hours and hours. ((See the Record Article Here)

And I am SO SICK OF SNOW.

I need spring. It's a refrain that many of us are singing now, but it's soo true. I want a good spring cleaning of the house (shocking!) I want windows open and clothes drying on  the clothesline. I want to go for a walk after dinner because it's still light out. So that's why I had to pick a springy background for the blog. I HAD to. I can't hold onto winter whiteness anymore. And mr. snowicane. Mr. Rainapalooza, Mr. wind-a-rama- I will no longer scoff at your suggestion.

Signs of Spring

Sure it snowed on the first 'official' day of Spring....but at last there's signs of spring at the Gartner-Baca house and we're loving it. I'm just getting over mono and Jake's getting over a 'flu-like illness' and now a double ear infection. But hopefully the warm weather will provide lots of open window/germ free days!! The boys start T-Ball tomorrow (if the weather holds out) and they are really excited about it.

Signs of spring? Crocuses in the yard, clothes drying on the clothes line, boys in the sandbox, a day of worm hunting after an april rain...