I awoke at 5 am to a fresh blanket (sounds cliche but really does look like a blanket) of snow. It looks like another 6 inches or so fell overnight and it’s still coming down. They say we’ll get up to another 4 inches today before it stops, then a bit of a break tomorrow before another round on Tuesday.
My honey was sent home a 1/2 hour early yesterday as her manager told her she’d worked so hard to just go home. If the world, or even a small percentage of it, had the work ethic of my wife, we wouldn’t be in the trouble we are today. Mark my words, she’ll be moving up the ladder faster than anyone else there. She works again today from 10 to 6 which means she’ll be home about half time of the big game. You see on Super Bowl Sunday, time is measured around the game. For example, it’s 3 hours 48 minutes before pre game right now. She finished putting the final touches on her famous tortilla soup and made a fresh load of guacamole for me and the boys. I think she’s downstairs on the elliptical getting some exercise. I was going to try to get to the gym but will probably follow her as we’re running out of time. I did shovel our walk and Grandma’s and cleaned off the cars which with 6 inches of snow is a workout in itself.
The youngest and I had some alone time yesterday while his older brother was at the birthday party. We did some shopping, went to the bookstore and had a hot chocolate. (mine was actually a double espresso) Then we headed home to finish the laundry and housecleaning. We picked his brother up about 5:45 and headed home for dinner. My brother made ribs and sauerkraut, an old standby from my youth. It was nice not to have to cook or eat my tortilla soup as it’s great game food.
I’m trying to get my Mom and brother together for the game but they’re both opting out saying they each want to watch the game alone. Wonder if I have bad breath? It’s probably the kids as they don’t want to be distracted during the game. Oh well, to me, part of the fun of the Super Bowl is getting together and watching it in a group. I guess this year it’ll be me and the boys! We’ll come up with some fun things like a “pool” with nickels or dimes, decorate the house a bit and make some fun non-alcholic drinks. Who knows, maybe well even have our own “snow bowl” game before the actual game starts. Maybe we’ll crash Grandma’s or my brother’s house before the game. (if either of you are reading this, you’d better answer the door if we show up!)
Too much snow to get up the hill to church. We really wanted to go today as there’s a kids class that starts today. I think it’ll probably be postponed as chains are required to get up the hill to our church. Oh well, time to get going as Mom will be showering and leaving pretty soon and I want to get 1/2 hour on the elliptical.
God Bless everyone and Go Pack! Give us a call in the 2nd half if you’re watching.