changing.

The snow is changing to rain/sleet. It hasn't really stopped since this morning and we are looking at quite a bit (close to 6 inches!) of accumulation in the yard. The roads are pretty bad and I am a little concerned about getting to work in the morning. It is about 3 degrees warmer so some will melt and then the rain will freeze so we aren't sure what to really expect in the morning.
I am going to bed now to dream/fantasize about getting a call telling me not to come to work in the morning.
Night!

more!

We are at about 4 inches of snow and counting...in our yard at least. There are roads closed, people stranded, etc. We don't know what to do with this kind of weather.
Chad and I made a snowman, had a short snowball fight, made angels in the street, and are now drinking hot chocolate by the fire. I got off work early because of the weather and Chad drove home while I freaked out the whole time. My one icy slide has done me in for winter driving. Chad will have to take me to work in the morning if we can even get up the hill outside our house for me to get there at all.
I like snow...as long as I am at home, warm, with my sweetie.
Which I am. Safely. Thankfully.
And it is still coming down. Hard! I took a few pictures from the front porch and I will take more more I am not willing to risk my camera to get you really good pictures. Sorry!

here at last.

Mom is here...all day...just to hang out with me on my day off.
And I couldn't be more excited.
She arrived at a blazing early 8am (meaning she left Columbus at 4:30am mind you...not sleeping runs in the family by the way) and now we get to spend the whole day running around and working on projects. She is already sitting at the sewing machine working on something she brought with her to do since I have her machine!!
Maybe the snow will hold off until she can get home tomorrow...

things.

Chad has been gone since yesterday morning to his training class up near Nashville...I thought I would like a few days of quiet but it seems I miss him more than I thought I would. Frankly, it is usually me that is leaving to go on a hiking trip, see friends, or visit my parents for a weekend when he can't go and leaving him with a half empty bed. And I don't think I like the flipside as much! I slept awesomely until about 1:58am when I got a wrong number phone call (I know...I never turn off my phone...what if it was important?!?) and then I was hopelessly aware of his empty half of the bed. Oh well...he will be back Friday night and I am sure I can manage until then.
My mom is coming tomorrow to hang out with me on my day off and I am super-de-duper excited. Again, we have nothing planned but just chillin' out, enjoying each other's company. She wants to see my watercolors which I am not yet proud of, seeing as how I am the daughter of a painter, but maybe she can give me some pointers and help me on my way.
It is freight day at work - a day we all dread for the rest of the week. It is just a little stressful, tiring, and busy - especially for those who have to unpack, put out, put together frames, hang wires, and clean up at the end of the day. So, I guess closing on freight day is my least favorite too.
Going to paint some, pack my lunch and head to work. The animals have been in rare form this morning and I hope I can keep the cat out of my paints long enough to get something done!

digesting.

I have now spent a little time digesting the houses we saw yesterday and I am ready for a very brief run-through...we only saw about three houses that were on our list and only were able to go into two of them. One had just been bought but will probably be fixed and resold again so our agent is going to do some research. We went in a house that was very solidly not on our list, mostly due to being about 3 times as much as we are able to spend. We were just driving by and our agent decided to go inside. It was brand new....huge...and very modern. Three things we aren't really interested in at the moment. Oh, and over $300,000. Awesome. However, it did have some really cool glass mosaic work in the bathrooms and kitchen and a coffee pot in the wall of the master bathroom. Admittedly, if I drank more coffee, that would be pretty cool! It was interesting just to see it and get some ideas of what other people are doing.
We actually saw one that was in our price range that we might be interested in...so that is good news. We were able to mark a couple off the list too and even more off the list that the agent showed us (I think she knows what we are looking for a little better now...). My favorite (from the outside!) will probably find itself off the list as well. Sad but I am pretty sure it is not "The One".
Going to dry my hair and head to work...Chad will be out of town from Tuesday to Friday of this week and I already miss him (even though he will be home tonight!). I don't like it when he leaves but maybe it means I will get a lot of stuff done while he is gone...painting and project finishing, gym going, yoga classing, healthy eating, etc...fun!

the hunt.

The hunt is officially on...our house hunting with an agent started this afternoon when we got out of church. I don't really even know what to say about it - I am slightly overwhelmed. I sorta just want to put some houses on a wheel, spin it, and buy the one it lands on Wheel-of-Fortune style. The information overload has already started and we only looked at like 4 houses. We saw some others that we might look at later but we were also able to rule out atleast one that was on our list (one that I am a little sad about marking off the list...it was super cute just not for us I think).
So anyway, we started...and I'm not sure what to even say.

woohoo!

They are here. Everyone arrived safely by about 6 last night - I had finally finished everything and taken a shower by the time they got here. We went to the Terminal for dinner last night - we had to wait but it was totally worth it. Came home and watched movies, ate fun food and hung out way past by bedtime.
We have plans to do a lot of nothing today - I made suggestions of things we could do but hanging out at the house and giggling at each other sounds like just as much fun.
I will take pictures and keep you updated.