SNOWMAGEDDON

We are officially snowed in! We are breaking records here kids. In the 11 years i have lived in Portland I have never seen it snow like this. Being from Utah this kind of snow Is not new to me but I sure haven't seen it in a long time.

Nicole's boss called her yesterday and pretty much told her to not bother trying to come in for the next several days and my job site is completely closed until after x-mas. so....here we are. Honestly we needed to be snowed in. It really has gotten to the point with N's job where we never feel like we see each other. We have very little quality time together. Sunday is our day together but it is often taken up by social engagements or grocery shopping. Hot!

Although we are officially snowed in we have been able to make it out and about a little bit. We put chains on the car before the snow got too crazy and have been to the store and to play cards with some folks who live fairly close. It takes at least 20 minutes of defrost to even think about leaving the driveway but it has been worth it to get out of the house for a bit.



At this point I cant remember what days we did what activities so I will just name a few...

did a mini version of our annual bad x-mas light tour

made it to our favorite chicken wing restaurant

made banana pancakes

played lots of mille bourne (a french card game I just taught N)

we made snow ice cream

played canasta with ana and kenny

watched movies

started the second season of 30 rock

cozied up the house

have eaten WELL

nicole and pickle have had a few park dates

kept the chickens alive by thawing their water several times a day (poor girls)

we have had a kitty visitor named pants. temporary situation but its been nice to have him for a few days.

last but not least, got an effing virus on the laptop so if posts are slow to come in the next little while you know why....sorry Cindy!

the very best part of all of this is that Nicole and i have had lots of quality time. we have desperately needed this time to just be cozy and stuck in the house. We haven't even gotten close to killing each other yet. Tomorrow we will prepare our stockings and have a nice little x-mas eve, just the two of us....and pickle of course.

here are some pics from the last few days.....

























Tonight is x-mas eve. We made it to the store today to get ingredients to make Hungarian soup. We plan to have a fire and snuggle with Pickle and open our stockings. It should be a sweet little x-mas eve. I will post pics in a few days.

Happy holidays to everybody,

T