I could do this all day...

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She left me in stitches

My 8 yr. old ran into a tree while sledding. She now has 8 stitches, a big swollen eye, some other scrapes and cuts, and corneal abrasions.

She's worried that the kids at school will not want to be around her because her eye is swollen. She's also worried that some kids will say mean things.

I'm not even sure she'll go to school tomorrow. I'll wait and see how she's feeling when she wakes up.

What an eventful President's Day!

Will it snow?

Will we get 1-2 inches of snow and 1/4" of ice? Or 4-6 inches of snow and 1 inch of ice? Or not too much of anything?

I vote for lots of snow and little or no ice (no fallen tree limbs or power lines downed by the weight of the ice).

It's just starting to flurry now, but we're forecasted to get a wintry mix over the next 2 days. Brrrrr I'll be in front of the fire tomorrow!

Snow day!

Even though we didn't get much snow, the schools were closed today. I imagine that other parts of the county got more snow than we did. As you can see, we didn't really get much. Here's a shot of my son's tracks through the backyard. He showed me which tracks were his and which belonged to "a deer or a rabbit".



Even though I didn't see him make these tracks, I can totally see him making a lap around the house and leaving his 'mark'. ;-)

It's been a while!

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted. Either I have been very busy, or I just haven't had anything blogworthy to say. I think it's a little bit of both!

Cliff Notes version of my week:

Work, work, and more work

Even more laundry than work, it seems

Registered the kids for ice skating again (I registered them at the LAST moment. Fortunately, they added a section so both kids got in). They both did great. Alexis has moved on to the next level, but Christopher is taking the first level again. I'm glad because he was one of the best ones in the beginners' class. LOL

I've been practicing knitting. I'm a total novice, but I got a lot done this week -- I finished two scarves. One was nearly finished already and the other wasn't even halfway done. But I think I've mastered knitting, purling, and the garter and stockinette stitches. Now on to increasing, decreasing, gauge, ribbing, and reading a pattern so I can make something more complex.

I bought this cool Prismacolor portfolio on clearance at Michael's. Regularly $29.99, but I got it for $3.00. That's a 90% discount. What a steal!



I worked out at Curves three times this week! Yay me! I joined a couple of months ago but fell out of the groove after just a couple of visits (work got really busy so I couldn't get away during the day). But I'm back in the saddle! I got lots to lose (how did THAT happen???) and my health to consider. Gotta do this!

OK, that's a really long list for a Cliff Notes version. So I'll quit while I'm ahead. Happy Monday!