Stream of Conscienceness

We have a LOT of snow here. It's pretty crazy--23 inches with 32 inch+ snow drifts. I worked on the taxes today. I was hoping to finish, but it didn't happen. I made a little mistake that turned into a really big mistake that is keeping me from being able to file my state taxes--either by e-file or mail. We had homemade pizza tonight. Just as we took the pizza out of the oven, the power went off. Caleb loved playing with the crank radio. We made valentines today for family members and I made gift tags for the valentines for his school friends. There's no church tomorrow for the second week in a row. I was supposed to have nursery duty. I didn't have nursery duty as a result of the December storm either. There's a good movie on tonight about a guy with Tourette's Sydrome who becomes a teacher. Matt is refusing to watch it. Caleb is having conversations with his trucks. Becky doesn't like the snow and has only been going potty on the porch. We missed 2 1/2 days of school last week and I'm sure we'll miss more this week. There's another storm coming Tuesday night that is supposed to dump another 6 inches. That seems like nothing compared to this storm. I'm not sure if we'll even have a Valentine's Day party. The kids are bringing the same item they were assigned for the holiday party that we didn't have because of the snow. If we aren't there on Friday, we ARE still having a party! It's not fair for them to miss it again. We lost half of a tree in our yard today from the weight of the snow. Good thing Matt's car wasn't in its normal spot.

Did you follow all of that? :)

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