The weather today just sucks

It isn't even warm out - it is just cold, wet, and ugly. It needs to either snow and stay on the ground for a while or spring needs to come a little quicker.
The worst part of getting stuck inside is the clutter starts to build since the kids want to bring toys upstairs from the basement. Then I start noticing the little house projects that need to be taken care of inside of the house such as:

* new caulk - already did my bathroom, but I need to do a few more places
* fix the dry wall that is starting to peel in our bathroom
* wash down the baseboards and repaint them - started, but not finished

I just want to go work on my scrapbooks. I need to order photos and start 2008. Maybe this will be the one year I can keep up for the entire year. Ha, yeah, right!

Snow coming

Pray for a big one. I want to go sledding.

The wedding that is gonna cause a divorce

Jenny's wedding is this Friday night. How inconvenient for us. I know, how bitchy of me. But, here is the thing:

1. it is 1.5 hours away on a Friday night during Rush Hour near Philly
2. it starts at 6:30 pm
3. J has to leave work @ 2
4. Oldest and Middle have to be picked up from school
5. Dog (who is now sick) has to go to kennel from Fri to Sun because of limited p/u time on Sat.
6. $$$$ for said dog in kennel
7. $$$$ for the gas and tolls
8. $$$$ for the hotel - and not one that I get to enjoy
9. drop Oldest off w/ Melissa @ salon
10. drop Middle and Youngest w/ Grandmom
11. Youngest is NOT happy about us leaving her - major tears again - I predict crying and screaming
12. Youngest still not fully recovered from ear infections
13. dinner? maybe @ 8 or so?
14. SNOW STORM forecasted - driving on Turnpike in snow storm - NOT my idea of fun

DH needs to be reasonable about this. I am not a happy camper about this. I'd rather go to Patti's and scrap. That I know I would enjoy.

School is cancelled

First J. got the phone call that school was delayed 2 hours - J got up after doing the phone tree to iron his shirt and get ready to go in. Then another call @ 7am. Nope, school is cancelled. I guess the buses couldn't make the journey safely to all the nooks and crannies of his school district with all of the ice. Following J's school districts lead, all of the other districts, including ours, started cancelling too. Middle was soooo excited. She said this was the best day ever.

The downside of this? Now there won't be a four day weekend. Friday will be the make-up day. That means I have to go with Youngest for Grandparents' Day at preschool because Lou and Barbara won't be coming and J will have to work. Drats. That screws up my work schedule. Oh, well. I get to spend the time with my four year old - maybe we will do lunch too.
These are from Tuesday. Not much in the way of snow, but they were dying to get out there.

Who let Old Man Winter in??

Good gracious! Where did the frigid weather come from? Now were are suppose to get snow and freezing rain tomorrow? Fantastic - maybe some snow to sled in again? We haven't had much of a chance this year for some good sledding time, and I miss it. I never had this growing up in Virginia Beach, so I want to take advantage of the opportunity. Besides - when you are all bundled up - who can tell that I'm 38.9999 years old??? I am pretty short, so I can blend in with all of the kids. :-)