A Snow Day in Texas

We had a snow day of sorts down here in Texas! On Thursday a friend and I drove to Houston (3 hours away) for a conference, and on the way back I definitely drove through rain, sleet and snow, and it took us 4 hours to get back to Temple. My friend couldn't even make it back to Waco, 30 miles up the highway, because it was just ice at that point. Kyle had his PT canceled so he didn't have to go in until 9, and then that got pushed back to 11, and then Fort Hood closed, so he had the day off! I got up bright and early to check out the situation and possibly make an attempt at driving to Waco, but the streets were just ice and google maps said over an hour to drive there, and everything in Temple was closed or delayed, so I thought I'd let it warm up a bit and the roads clear (and my office wasn't opening until 10 anyway). Anyway, I was told I didn't need to come in, so snow day for me too! We played in the snow with Luna, and sort of the cats. Most of the ice and snow cleared through the day, and I went in to Waco for a meeting at 4, things pretty much looked back to normal. It was really fun to see my neighborhood and Texas covered in snow, and Luna playing with her frozen tennis ball was very entertaining.

- S

Snow Days

It started snowing here Thursday evening (so we canceled our plans to go out for ice cream. but it was ok because instead husband came up with this), and Friday there was a 2-hour delay for schools. I was excited that we got a decent show of snow while Kyle and I were up here visiting (all the while it is 70 degrees in Texas). The kittens also seemed intrigued by the white stuff falling from the sky and covering everything on the ground.

And then after husband woke up, I made waffles for brunch/lunch for mom, dad, Kyle and I (though Hux wanted some). 

And we let the kittens out for their first experience with snow! Huxley loved it. He quickly turned into a snow leopard. He ran back and forth along the back yard for a bit, and then started running in circles around the house. Then he started expanding further into the back and side yards, hiding out under some large trees. He also did this thing where he growled a lot. It was weird. He didn't want to be caught to be brought back in. Darwin on the other hand, is quite a bit smaller than Huxtable (she is 6.7 lbs, he is 10 lbs), and was shaking like a leaf at venturing outside. She was curious and poked around a bit, but didn't enjoy it much.

After we wrangled Huxtabee (these cats have many names) inside, we warmed up with some tea. And then maybe spent some hours doing internet things like Pinterest and watching a concert and looking for a leather jacket for me for riding the motorcycle. Then we went downtown for about an hour which is as much as I can handle when the students are here. We brought back Chipotle for dinner, and then watched Bon Cop, Bad Cop, a French Canadian movie Kyle has been wanting me to see for a while, while the kittens hung out by the fire.

Last night it snowed even more, so we shoveled this morning. Have a good weekend!

- From the desk of Mrs. M

New Phone and Snow Day

Saturday I worked 6:30 to 3 and 10:30 to 6:30 this morning. It snowed a lot more than I was expecting, but it was pretty cool. Today you would hardly know that yesterday was a snowy slushy mess. I got an iphone yesterday, too (no more Droids for this lady), so aside from the first two photos, I've been playing with the awesome camera and Instagram app. As usual the kittens are my photo subjects. They were curious and also a bit scared of the falling melting snow today. 

I'm off to work again, but only until 8 tonight. 

I miss Pitt and I miss my husband.

- From the desk of Mrs. M