Snow!

We woke up Friday morning to the fattest, fluffiest snow I have ever seen!  It was so beautiful.  And, it was perfect for snowman-building.  As Steve was shoveling the driveway, he observed that the snow was clinging to itself so much that a snowman was almost building itself so he just continued the process to make our Yankee-fan snowman....

I just love snowmen!  I also love the man who built ours - Steve!  We celebrated his birthday last Sunday evening with dinner and cake.  

The snow postponed our planned trip to St. Louis until Saturday and, aside from shoveling, we just stayed inside.  I finished stripping wallpaper and I patched up the chinked grout in our entryway.  The weather cancelled my Civic Orchestra rehearsal the night before, too.  So, I was able to do a lot of movie watching this week.  On Wednesday, Steve and I watched "A Dog's Journey" based upon the book - which we had both read.  Well, the movie was wonderful and tearful (in a good way).  We watched "Heaven Can Wait" Thursday night, I watched "The Mirror Has Two Faces" Friday afternoon, and we both watched "Mask of Zorro" Friday night.  I worked on Days For Girls stuff and assembling papers for taxes while watching.  

Our St. Louis trip yesterday was nice.  They didn't get as much snow as we did and, of course the roads were clear by the time we left.  We had lunch with Beckie at a McAlisters Deli, we attended the 2:00 temple session, and afterwards, we brought dinner (Walmart rotisserie chicken) for the Southerlands. Piano lessons followed and we were back in Columbia by 9:30 last night.  

We have had kind of icky weather all week.  As I look at my calendar, I am reminded that we also had a skiff of snow on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  But, we had our Days For Girls monthly meeting anyway since it had already been postponed from the Saturday before (due to weather).  And, it has been COLD!  I dread my heating bill next month.  

At the Music Suite, I have been doing (and I finally finished) inventory of the "gifts".  Oh boy, it was a 14 page doozy.  SO many musical doodads to be counted and then to find where they were on the list.  THAT was the challenge since none of them seemed to be identified in any logical or consistent manner.  And some of the items have been on the inventory for years if not decades.  Same with some of the music books.  Like being in a time warp.  

The Remus brothers are ready so home repairs begin next week - hooray!