Getting tired of the snow. So different from last year. We have at least twelve inches packed down in the backyard - which is not really a big deal; our yard is just twelve inches higher than at other times of the year! Today I dug out the inside of a pile of frozen snow, creating a hollow big enough for one of the boys to crawl into and snuggle in! Ha! M came home from school, said "Oh, cool!" and promptly crawled into the "igloo". P came a few minutes later, and said (whined) "That's not what I wanted; I wanted a new toy!" Weather forecast says tomorrow night will bring another 10-15cm of the white stuff, so I best keep the shovels out and ready to go!! At least I don't mind the ice picking and the shoveling. It is a way to get out in the fresh air and pound something or throw something, without actually destroying anything. Great for frustration relief!
Not that I'm frustrated. A left this morning for E again. He should be home Friday night, if he doesn't get snowed out. He still didn't get his windshield wiper fixed, so it is pretty much stupid to be driving winter time prairie in the dark and blowing snow. Well, we'll see how the roads/weather are by then.
L is definitely the puzzle queen. Her teacher was telling me that a lot of the kids in her class can't fit together even simple puzzles, showing that the kids have little or no exposure to puzzling at home. I grew up with puzzles, and we have quite a few in the house. Any that L can get her hands on are completed in record time, and she is doing some now that are beyond her age level and difficult even for P - who is also pretty good at puzzles - to do. We went to the Salvation Army this afternoon to see if they had any puzzles appropriate for her age, but they had nothing. We got instead a soccer ball, a pair of ice skates, a bunch of small toys, and a picture for L's bedroom wall. I really needed a loveseat hide-a-bed for the playroom, a leather recliner for A's office, a small drop-leaf table for wherever, and a large student's desk for M, but couldn't arrange transport, as A is out of town and Dad was heading out to do a house blessing and couldn't bring the truck down to the store. Thank goodness it didn't work out, cause my spontaneity would have definitely resulted in buyer's remorse. I don't really need any of it, but a good deal is SO hard to walk away from!!
Dropped off the pins for Sanctity of Life Sunday at the Right to Life office. Got more ribbons for the pins for our church. Took M to the bank to make a deposit. And got Quiznos for dinner, since it was that time already and I had four hungry kids in the van and nothing in the plan for dinner.
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