morning fail

"Hey, how did the morning go?"

That is what my husband asks me every morning on my drive to work.

Today, the answer "not so good."

I set my alarm for a 5:30 wake up call, every day. I must have been half asleep when I did this last night because it went off at 6:30. [FAIL]

I am showered, dressed, & ready to start my day by the time I wake Olivia up at 6:45. Thanks to my delayed awakening today, I didn't get out of the shower until close to 6:45. [FAIL]

I keep my calm, and try not to make the mornings stressful for anyone. But today I was a frantic lunatic "Olivia get up, we slept late!" "You cannot miss the bus!" "Get your clothes on!" [FAIL]

Olivia was up & ready in time for the bus. However, the bit of a warm-ish weather melted some of the snow on her path to the bus. But it refroze over night. So she slipped & busted her hind-end on the ice while walking to get on the bus. She cried...a lot. I carried her to the bus & basically had to pry her little hands from around my neck & put her on the first step to the bus. She walked to her seat with her head down. Sat in her seat & waved at me with the most pitiful sad face with tears still streaming down her face.

Yes, so all in all, NOT. A. GOOD. MORNING.

Seven Things

My friend Ramee at Raising Redheads tagged me in this fun little game.

Here's the deal, I have to list 7 things about myself & then tag 7 of my bloggy friends & ask that they do the same.

Here it goes! Some of these are going to be a repeat, but that's ok with me :)

#1 - I am a not the best driver in the world. And living with a man who drives for his profession, I get reminded of that pretty often. I can't drive in reverse any farther than backing out of a parking place, and even then it's questionable. Driving straight & what not is ok.

#2 - I can't remember the last time that I wasn't at least a little bit tired. I wake up tired, I am tired throughout the day, I get home from work tired. But what do I do, stay up late each night to try to get the house in order, or just to watch TV uninterrupted.

#3 - I do not like mashed potatoes made from real potatoes. It's all I can do to muscle them down at my Mom's or my Mother-in-Law's. But I ♥ instant mashed potatoes! I ♥ any other way you can make potatoes too. It's weird, but my husband & kids will never eat real mashed potatoes that I have made because I will never make them.

#4 - I may have a slight hoarding problem. I keep everything, literally ev.er.y.thing! It's bad, and I have now come to see that I may have a problem. Just yesterday, I threw out my old bookbag from Jr High that I was holding on to for, well for I don't know why. Maybe I was hoping that my navy blue canvas Spree bag would come back into style & the girls could use it. Who knows...

#5 - I have an unhealthy addiction to Facebook. I swore that I wouldn't get sucked into Facebook when it first came out. But, I always give in to peer pressure, it's one of my weaknesses. I check Facebook all the time, literally any time I have a free second. And it's a good thing that I don't have access to it at work, because I would be in trouble.

#6 - Contrary to what my lovely new header says, I. HATE. WINTER. I hate being cold all the time, I hate having to bundle the kids up, I hate driving in the snow/ice/all wintery conditions. I hate that my furnace has been running practically non stop since the first part of December. It can't end soon enough.

#7 - I have a serious crafting addiction. And I actually told Jarrett we need a bigger house because I need to have a "craft only room". It would be wonderful to be able to have all of my stuff laid out & a perfect place for me to do my thang. But, alas I will have to deal with cramming all of my stuff back in boxes & shoving them in my hall closet/junk cabinet/underwear drawer. I have craft stuff everywhere I can think of that I know the girls won't be able to find.

Now onto my bloggy friends that I am tagging. You guys better do it...I will be checking.

1) Laura @ And Baby Makes Three...

2) Sarah @ The Brownies

3) Hilary @ The Life of Hilary

4) Ashley @ Finding Out Who I Am

5) Wendy @ The Short Story

6) Jessica @ Baby Eli ♥

7) Amber @ Wy-Guy & Emme Lu

Enjoy!!!

SNOW

Looks like we could be in for quite the winter storm tonight. The forecast is calling for 5 to 7 inches of snow overnight. And the best part, severe wind gusts tomorrow & Friday. Which means blowing & drifting snow. That will be awesome! (that's sarcasm folks) Lets add this to the snow that is still present & that will be about 10 inches of snow. More awesomeness.

I guess snow isn't really that bad. After all, it is because of snow that I was able to take these pictures on New Years Day. The kids went sledding at my Grandma & Grandpa's even though the temperature was only 4 or 5 degrees. But that didn't stop them from having loads & loads of fun in the half hour they were outside.

My Grandma even got in the action, she took lil Andrew sledding down the hill (see picture #3). Frankly, I think Jarrett had more fun than the kids. He must have gone down the hill 30 times. I even went once, and I took Olivia out when she was walking up the hill in the process. ha!