in winter's path

Once again we're up for another blast of Old Man Winter.  He's sending down an arctic front which will bring us another round of rain turning to sleet which will then turn to snow.  Not exactly sure on how much we'll get...I've heard 4-6" as well as 5-8".  Guess I'll wait until it's all over to calculate just what we actually get.  Wondering if the kids will be out of school yet again since it's only going to be a high of 29 tomorrow with a low of 10 which will make for treacherous driving conditions.  There are already school closings posted for tomorrow around the area.  We're once again going to be experiencing rolling blackouts as the temps dip back to near the single digits.   

Remember this little yummy I mentioned to you the other day?  If you're aching to take a little peeky-poo you can do it here:

I took the plunge and spent the $3.30 on it to devour the 170 pages with no ads.  There are some big name artists in this little baby and I'm excited to take some time to sit down over the next few days, in between all the other creating and deadlines I'm working on right now.

I supposed it's about time I rush off and finish working on these little "lovelies" so I can get another box ready to be shipped tomorrow.

I really should have been on the ball and had it done and sent off today but for some reason I just can't seem to get everything done.  Do I sound like a broken record?  Alrighty....3, 2, 1....here I go.  Wish me luck on finding a box that is small enough but yet big enough so I don't spend a fortune sending it!

Winter Wonderland

Sunday morning we welcomed a winter storm and ended up with 5" of the beautiful and fluffy white stuff on the ground.  Over night Sunday night it drizzled which added to the treacherous road conditions and ultimately resulted in the canceling school.  The kids spent a second day out playing in the snow and taking in all they could of the white stuff that doesn't visit often enough.  At the end of the day today there was still snow sitting atop tree branches and rooftops as the temperature did not get much above freezing and that sight was just like one out of a photography book.  It was perfectly picturesque everywhere I drove today.  I really don't think any snow has melted but the roads seemed to have cleared up a bit and are much drier than they were when I headed out to work this morning.

The sun was trying to peek through right around dinner time last night but that only lasted a few minutes before the clouds won that battle.

I have to say it was absolutely gorgeous and makes my heart skip a beat.  I honestly miss winter so much and with the weather the way it has been this fall/winter I wasn't 100% convinced we would see this much snow this year, if any, and even the weatherman was off in his prediction of how much we would end up getting.  Truth be told, we weren't supposed to get anything from this storm as it was supposed to have been a dry storm for us.  So glad he was wrong.  Taryn loves the snow and weather just as much as I do and has spent so much time in the past two days doing the things I did when I was growing up.  Tanner isn't liking it so much anymore because of the hazardous driving conditions as well as the need to clean off the car and scrape the windows.  Honestly I could care less.  Something about being out there in the morning doing that task makes me feel so alive and Jack Frost is nipping at my nose keeps me on my toes.  The beauty of the snow and the frost truly never ceases to amaze me.

I'll always be a South Dakota girl.  Always.