Pacific: March 14, 2010 on HBO

Iwo Jima Preview

I'm going to have to break down and get HBO...maybe I can be cheap (because lets face it...I am...although I prefer the term "frugal") and get the 3 months free plan. If this is anything like Band of Brothers, we are in for a really good series. If gives me chills just thinking about it.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Saturday Madison and Todd had their annual Daddy Daughter Dance Date.  We had a dress picked out, and spent the afternoon with the girls getting all spruced up at Sweet and Sassy.  It was a little chaotic with post-snow power outages, but the girls seemed to have fun anyway-and just look at that hair!

When we got home, it was time to put on the dress and head out to dinner.  Madison and her friend Peyton cooked up the idea of a double date with their daddies, so Todd picked them up on the way to Chili's.  Madison said it worked out great because the girls talked about girl stuff and the boys talked about boy stuff.  I guess that's a good lesson no matter when you learn it.  :) 

Once they arrived, Madison was all about the dancing.  I cheated a little, and since I worked the dance, I was able to see them in action.  She told me it "was the best Daddy Daughter Dance ever because Daddy had so much fun being silly and dancing with me."  Toward the end of the night, the raffle items were drawn and she won the cozy blanket she wanted so badly.  Cloud 9 isn't high enough to describe how she ended the night.

Snow Day Sustenance

Francis Coppola Petite Sirah.  Yum-O!  Definitely a 5 on our 5 point scale!!  Todd was a little annoyed I drank more than my "share."  All I can say is it was payback time for all those diet cokes I "shared" with him only to reach for my sip and suck ice.  Hmmph.

I made STEW!  I've made it before, but I tried REALLY HARD this time, and it was super yummy.  Well, I thought it was anyway.  :)  Not only did I make stew, but also cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, eggs, and peanut butter cookies.  You can call me Betty Crocker now.  I can take it. 

working from home. :)

I can't stop taking pictures! It's too pretty!

and it was the minivan to the rescue!!!

Todd not only got his own truck stuck in the snow, he also got his dad's truck stuck.  He would argue that his dad got his own truck stuck, but it wouldn't have been out there if Todd wasn't stuck in the first place.

Catch all that?

So, me and the minivan braved the roads from here to Becky's house to retrieve my family.  I made it no problem, because I'm obviously the go-to person when it comes to driving in the snow.  I picked up Todd and the boys-Madison opting for a sleepover with Gran.  I guess Todd didn't get enough vehicles stuck, because when we got home, he proceeded to get the lawn mower stuck in the snow.  Don't ask.  Sean texted me asking if his name was Griswold, and it might very well be!

The boys can't get enough of it though.  They frolicked despite their frozen hands...and paws.

I'm so glad to have my guys here with me.  :)  We have a fire, and are about to whip up some soup and hot chocolate.  Oh, who am I kidding.  I already uncorked a bottle of wine! Cozy-ness awaits.  :)

ya, ya, so it's snowing again.

What a cluster of a day.  Todd and I didn't think the weather was supposed to get bad until tomorrow, so we were completely thrown by the winter wonderland we woke up to.  But, we got the kids dressed, planned for them to stay with his mom, and I planned on making the drive to Dragon Country.  Todd called from town about 10 minutes after I dropped the kids off, and told me to stay home, call a sub, whatever I had to do, that the roads were crappy.  But, that totally put me in a bind!  Who seriously is going to pick up the sub day at 8:00 in the morning when it's freaking snowing buckets outside?  It makes me stress and feel like a total slacker.  So, I made the trek to the city, only to have one class before school was cancelled.  So, I got back on the road and got home safely, because Todd told me to go STRAIGHT home.  He said he would be home ASAP, and he would get the kids from his mom.  Now I'm home alone, and everyone is stuck in the snow at their house.  I'm thinking of suiting up and making the hike over there.  I should be revelling in my alone time, but who wants to hang out by themselves on a snow day?

Bonus:  I just got the call that I have a snow day tomorrow.  :)  No craziness for us!  Maybe we will all be reunited by then!