All Snowed In

Yesterday morning I woke up a 6:15am and everything was snowy! When I went to bed around midnight, about 18 hours later, it was still snowing. Wow. What a beautiful day of snow God gave to us!

At first I thought I had to go into work yesterday. But at 7:00 am, just as I had finished my hair and makeup, I got the official call that canceled school! Yes! I was so content to return to my pajamas and spend the morning with Ryan.


Around 10:00am we were downstairs in our living room and I saw that our neighbors across the parking lot were using a cup to clear ice off their car. "Oh no," I thought, "They don't have an ice scrapper!" Well we have several (p.s. if you ever see ice scrappers on sale I suggest buying a couple to last a while) so I decided to be helpful and offer them one. Put on boots. Check. Put on jacket. Check. Mittens. Check. Hat and scarf. Check. I walked outside. "Hello neighbor, I have an ice scrapper you can use!" My neighbor and her son give me an awkward look. Then she replies, "Oh we don't need an ice scrapper. We're collecting the snow off our car to build a snowman." So feeling slightly ridiculous to have offered unneeded help I trek back inside. Take off hat and scarf. Check. Take off mittens. Check. I think you get the picture.


A bit later Ryan asked me to help him scrape the ice off of HIS car so that he actually could drive to work. Then I got a great idea. "I'll get some extra plastic containers so that the neighbor kid can use our snow too!" Put boots on. Check. The process begins again.

We tromp outside and I get the buckets of snow and take them over to the neighbor and kid. They look at me awkwardly again. "Ummm, thank you. I think he has plenty of snow now."
Oh, okay. I just wanted to be friendly!


I do notice that by this time the neighbor's snow man is coming along quite well. I guess they didn't need my snow. Then I decided to build my own snow man. Ryan went to work. I spend the afternoon cleaning and working on a bit of school stuff.


A while later Ryan comes back home from work early since nobody wanted to eat Olive Garden during the blizzard! Hurray! We went back out into the snow and made a snowman, had a snowball fight, and raced through the snow! It is so rare that Texas gets snow and this is actually our 3rd time this winter for a real snowstorm. And this time it was actually about 8 inches!

A picture of our neighbors' snowman, taken through our living room window. I'm a creeper.

My first snow man, Blobby. I kind of failed.

Snowmen are better when 2 people work together. Here is our prodigy:

Mr. Jake Pavelka, the Snowman

Hello, Jake the Snowman!

He's buddies with Ryan.

After our day of snow fun we slowly drove to Blockbuster to get a movie. We decided to rent Up! I had heard that it was good but I had no idea. It is such a sweet story of love and what adventure is about. Even though it's a cute cartoon, it has adult connections (appropriate adult connections). I laughed and cried. I wanted to watch it again as soon as it was over.

Young Carl and Ellie after they get maried.

I want a mailbox like this!

There was so much snow and ice that I got another day off today (Friday)! Ryan and I slept in and then we made a big breakfast together. It was the best French toast I'd ever made! I always appreciate getting to sit at the table together when we eat. I think sitting at the table creates a peaceful time to just be together and talk. I hope that even when we have kids one day we still sit together and eat as a family.

When Ryan left for work I went back over to be friends with the neighbors. Just kidding! Ha, won't make that awkward mistake again. No really, I do like getting to know people, but maybe I just misjudge situations. What I really did was watch the movie Sabrina. I first saw this movie when I was about 12 and it's always been a picture of romance in my mind. I remember watching it with my childhood best friend Valerie and being awestruck when Sabrina returns from Paris all grown up.

Sabrina, after she's grown up, with the 2 brothers who both fall in love with her.

My plan for the rest of the day is to relax and maybe read. Our staff is supposed to have staff development on Monday, but we went early in August so I actually have off from school on Monday too! What a wonderful 5 day weekend!