Oh, no it didn't . . .

. . . but it did. It snowed. Again. Not just a little, a lot. Kid's sent home from school early yesterday and completely canceled today. If there is anyone out there with research grant money sitting in their pocket I am wide open for this one: "The Effects Of Repeated Blizzards On A Stay At Home Mother That Is Married With Children To A Travelin' Musician". Shouldn't be any false positives, after all, I'm a pretty honest person. Shouldn't be any external variables to screw it up . . . cuz . . . I'm stranded. I can probably guess what the hypothesis will be: Little white pills will be necessary or havoc will be unavoidable.

This picture of McKenna (Bailey just dumped snow in her face) could easily describe my feelings about snow: sick. to. death. of. it.

The first couple of snow days were like a little holiday, we had fun. We baked, we watched movies, we bought music downloads cuz we couldn't GO anywhere to spend money. Now it is a prison sentence . . . but what, for the love, was my crime???

We are planning to head to the states in the spring but I would go TOday. It would only take about an hour to throw bags together, less than that to book a flight. There would be no lookin' back. But wait, I'm stranded. I am proud to say that I have continued to exercise regularly through the storms AND I haven't baked myself into a complete sugar and fat coma . . . yet. That is where the little white pills keep me balanced. But I might be loosing that battle as we are having chocolate molten cakes for dinner, DINNER! not for dessert AFTER dinner mind you. Am I keeping the balance? Not so much.

We did plan ahead a little. When last at the library we turned in Wonder Woman and in it's place we picked up the 1st season of "Little House on the Prairie" and the 2nd season of "Project Runway". We have found by watching one episode of the Prairie followed by the next episode of Runway we are fully entertained. There are parallels between the two shows you know. For instance, in Little House the characters are God fearin', bible toting people who are honest, hard working and trustworthy. In Project Runway . . . well . . . okay so that isn't the best parallel. But look at Caroline, she sews. And there sure is some sewing on the Runway. Little House is family oriented, Runway is . . . well Heidi Klum is "with child" during this season. It is riveting going from one to the other, a right good emotional rollercoaster ride, if you will.

McKenna is so ready for our trip to the states. My friend Emily shared this little McKennaism that happened in her car the other day. I wasn't there so it is not word for word but you get the idea:
McKenna, "We are going to the states in a little while to visit my Grandparents. We are going to be there for a long time, probably like 5 minutes.
Emily, "Really?"
McKenna, "Well, probably, maybe a month"
Emily, :"That sounds nice"
McKenna, "It'll be more like 96 sleeps"

Here are a few video shots of today. I'm a little unnerved about the crackling sound that you can hear. I hope it is not my camera's innards coming apart because of the cold. I can predict, with very acute clarity, what would be the result of that: no little white pill in the world could make it all go away.