Day 25

Another cold one here but not unbearable. I had to deal with the stupidity of parents today at school once again. No one there apparently knows how to use a parking lot or the rules of the school that their child attends. The district policy is that if the temperature is above ten degrees that the children will have recess outside. Some parents think that this is still too cold but have no idea how to deal with it other than complain loudly to other parents. My response was to talk to the administration or shut up and buy your kid a heavier coat. As you can imagine this did not go over so well. Alas, I came home and put my jammies on and have enjoyed a lovely evening with the family.

Day 24 State Of The Union

Another beautiful day here in central Maine. The temperature finally made it above zero today but not by much. The high for Augusta was 4 degrees. We did have sunny skies and about an inch of snow throughout the day. I am looking forward to the state of the union address tonight to get the President's view on the past year and the one ahead. I am already pretty sure what he will say but I wait with baited breath to hear the Republican response to the address. If the last two responses are any indication it should be hilarious. I can not wait to see if Paul Ryan (r) from Wisconsin talks about his "Road Map For America" tonight. I have no idea what the Tea Party response by Michele Bachman will be but I am guessing it will be very slanderous towards the President and will contain at least one reference to violence. I hope that you are all planning to watch and stay politically active in the following year.

Day 23

Not a lot going on here in the frigid northeast today. I had some cognitive rehabilitation at the VA hospital today and the temperature never rose above freezing. It did not feel that cold but I did not dilly dally outside today either. I hope that you are all warm and safe tonight. Have a great Tuesday.

Day 22

It has been a rather productive Sunday here at the house. The day started with blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast which delighted the girls. Then dinner went into the crock-pot and the cleaning of the house began. Rebecca has been working on the basement all day and I have been working on the kitchen. She is making great progress on our bedroom slash office. I have the kitchen pretty much squared away. The kids went out to play for a bit but the wind drove them back inside after about half an hour. They have been relatively good today but we are definitely ready for Monday and school to start back up. Not much planned for the next week but I am sure that things will pop up. I hope that you all have a wonderful week and take a moment to look around at the beauty you walk by everyday and never take a second to take a closer look.

Days 19, 20. and 21

 So obviously I have been slacking again and am now three days behind. I managed to take pictures on all of the days I have just been lazy at uploading. The past week has been a little crazy with all of the snow and school days off due to it. We are now all dug out from the two storms the past week and have another one in our future. I hope that you are all enjoying your weekend and have a great Sunday.

Day 17

Not a bad day overall. Kyrie got out of school at 1145 today because of the snow so we have been house bound for the afternoon. I already shoveled twice and plan on doing it again in the near future. I know that it sounds crazy but if I do it now then it will not be anywhere near as bad in the morning. The plow hasn't even come down our street yet so I will have to deal with all that at the end of the driveway when it does come. I hope that you are all warm and dry tonight and have a great tomorrow.

Day 15 and 16

 Ok, so I know that I have been slacking off already but I will just roll two days into one. Had a great time yesterday at Jaden's birthday party and have just hung around the house today. I am still working on over 300 photos I took at the party so I will have them available by Wednesday. I hope that you are all enjoying your holiday and have a great week.