Snowday, Courtenay style

We actually got snow here last night.  It was that wet, gloppy stuff, but it was white.  We rarely get snow here and it almost never stays around for more than a few hours, so I let the girls decide whether to stay home and have a family day or go to school today - guess what they chose.

After a breakfast of biscuits and gravy the house was vacuumed, some laundry was tackled and various other little chores that have been piling up got taken care of.  We have had a "naked" tree standing in the living room for a week, so that finally got decorated today. Dax is still not feeling so hot after having his last remaining wisdom teeth dug out of his head on Friday, and Ron is still fighting the cold-thing that just won't go away, but they still puttered around the house and got some long overdue jobs handled. I had also written "make a BIG snowman" on the chore list, so the girls and I made sure that was done too. There was the required snowball fight, the dog got to eat snow till she puked, and the sun even came out this afternoon for a bit, then we watched Bing and Fred do their magic, so it was really a pretty good day all around.

 Dax and Kaili have gone to a Christmas party for work and Elizabeth is at her last St. John Ambulance meeting before Christmas break. The roads are very shiny tonight and I am glad to be staying home in the morning- it is supposed to begin raining again tomorrow, so they should be back to normal  (wet instead of ice-rink slick).

Tomorrow I will get some baking done.  It hasn't felt much like Christmas this year, but maybe after a few more old sappy B&W movies and Ellie's Christmas concert on Wednesday evening the holiday spirit will seep in to my conciseness.  

My heart and prayers go to those who are suffering right now. . .

There ARE angels!!!!

It was nearly WW 3 around here this afternoon when we asked for help with getting a roast in the oven for dinner.  Even more than that, there has been a generally increasing selfish "gimme" attitude with little or no reciprocation in our house lately.  There was a Christmas program last night and our daughters were supposed to participate along with the young men.  I sort-of badgered one young man into participating, then sat through the performance next to one of my own kids who refused to do her part (feeling like a jerk for giving that young man such a hard time!)
This evening, we were "forcing" the kids to watch some music videos (Piano Guys, Alex Boye) while having dinner with us when the dogs went berserk as someone came to the door. . .

 

The note begins "Just in case our kids drive you to drink, We've got you covered. . ." I think there must be a typo, because it is our OWN kids that are making me want a drink this week. So the note should read "your kids" instead of "our kids"   THANK YOU SO MUCH to our friends aka "Heavenly Father's angels" for the gift!