Buried with Cookies

Well, we are buried in snow again.... We were lucky enough to receive our second large snowfall of the season yesterday - my guess is that we got 8-10". At least we were off from work yesterday for our alternating Friday off, so it was actually a nice day to be stuck.

We spent the day catching up on some chores, and also watched a movie during the afternoon (Ocean's 12... yeah, we're way behind on watching recent movies.). Sometime during the day, Alysia advised me that it was a good chance to read her Mayo Clinic book about all of the changes that will take place between weeks 13-16.... Needless to say, it reminded me that I shouldn't complain about shoveling the snow later. I don't know if it was the cold and snow, or the start of second trimester, but Alysia was knocked out yesterday for the longest nap that I've ever seen her take - about 3 1/2 hours from 4:00-7:30.

We woke up today to a picturesque winter wonderland - the sun was shining on all of the fresh snowfall, and the sky is perfectly blue. It is also a crisp 14 degrees today... with a high of 19 I think. To defy the winter weather, Alysia decided that she is going to wear her Hawaii North Shore shirt all day - we bought that shirt just a few months ago on a beautiful 80 degree day on the beach...

The good news is that today is the day when Alysia makes her Christmas cookies to take her folks' house for the holiday... so even though we're buried in our own house, at least we have cookies!

Until next time....
- Mike