In With The New...

OMG I feel like I have been beat up from the past 3 weeks here in Colorado. I am not even wanting to watch the news anymore lately. First, we are having the strangest weather. I have not seen this much snow in the 11 years we have lived here. We had 24+ inches Dec 20-22, another 14” on Dec 27-28 and another 12” on Jan 5-6. Just crazy! The snow usually melts right away here and we don’t have much on the ground during the winter but it was SO much snow and it is still everywhere, even though it is melting and the huge piles are getting smaller. The boys returned to school yesterday after having 3 snow days right before the Christmas holiday and then 2 weeks off. We counted that in 21 days, they had 2 days of school. They thought that was pretty cool! Me too, until the last day or so when I was really feeling being OVERSTIMULATED~ LOL It is amazing how much energy they have ALL DAY LONG. Of course, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is good for them to be active boys! Then there was the shooting of one of the Denver Broncos players on New Years. This young man was only 24 years old. SO SAD. A horrible way to start the New Year. Then an avalanche this past Saturday- thankfully no one was seriously injured. One person had a couple broken ribs but was treated and released from hospital. Can you imagine 1) being buried in your car in an avalanche or 2) having your car pushed off the edge of the road from the avalanche? Then Sunday and Monday there were horrific hurricane force winds- we had 70 mile an hour winds in Boulder area! Cars were stranded and roads were shut down because all that snow we have had was blowing everywhere causing white outs and literally stopping cars in their tracks! Oh yeah and don’t forget to add Christmas Eve, Christmas morning and New Year’s preparations and celebrations into the mix! I am literally exhausted from the thought of everything! I LOVE the holidays but you know deep down the activities are a bit stressing, then add the crazy weather, then freaky news events and I think Amy has the right idea because this sounds wonderful right about now!!

So I am looking ahead to the New Year and all that it has to offer. Good stuff in 2007! Like these photos of Jack enjoying the little hill Daddy made for the boys in the back yard. After the first storm he shoveled all the snow from our patio into a little hill for the boys to sled down. This past weekend he added the newest snow to the hill and made a second little hill so it is almost like a roller coaster. The boys just LOVED it. Again tonight they were out there until after dark whooping and hollering as they rode their sleds down the hill over and over and OVER. So cool to hear!

Other Good Things:

My new screen saver from Shabby Miss Jenn. Get your own "Goodie" here. I also added Heather's calendar.

This new website: Lifts With A Twist. Susan has done a great job with her new format and I am SO excited to see all the new inspiration for scrapping. And look at the AMAZING cheerful freebie for participating!! Love it- exactly what is needed to bring some sunshine in January!

Okay, Hoping to post some things I am owrking on later this week...Hope everyone has a great week.

PS We are supposed to get ANOTHER snow this Friday/Saturday. Gotta get some craft supplies tomorrow so the boys and I can do some projects if we are stuck at home! FUN!

Comments

[Kim]

I've been SEEING all of that weird Colorado stuff! Crazy, crazy! I'm just happy to see that you've survived it all.