Patiently waiting for snow

That's one of the things I was looking forward to when I found out we were moving here. Well, not for me but for the kids. They rarely ever saw snow back in Texas but they did get lucky a couple of times. We've been very patiently waiting since November for buckets of snow to start falling. I've seen it but they haven't. I had to drive to D.C. one day back in November I think it was to pick Mike up because he only worked half a day. About half way there it started snowing like crazy. In fact, it was snowing so hard and was so hazy out I couldn't even see the Pentagon until I got right up on it. By the time we left there was quite a bit of snow on the ground. When we got back home there was nothing. I thought it was pretty cool but the kids weren't too amused. They have their snowsuits, hats, gloves, and sleds ready. They're just waiting for the white stuff. I check the extended forecast on Accuweather every day and they always seem to have snow in days 11-15. As those days get closer though they always seem to take it out. You know, I've always wondered how they can predict the weather that far in advance. It seems to me that they rarely ever predict it correctly short term. The kids have been really excited because we're going to visit my parents in West Virginia next weekend. They live way up in the mountains and have already gotten tons of snow. Of course the kids think this is incredibly unfair since their. They're just certain they'd appreciate the snow more than their grandparents and have asked me nearly every day if it's supposed to snow while we're there. Well I've been checking and of course not...lol. They're definitely gonna get to play in the snow though. I have a couple of uncles who work at a ski resort called Winter Place in West Virginia. I'm planning on taking them snow tubing there next Sunday. They've never done that before so I'm really looking forward to taking them. While looking at the forecast there I did notice the high is in the 20's that day so I'd better go get some long johns or something to wear under my jeans...lol. I'm looking forward to the trip and I'm really looking forward to seeing my mom......I know she's really been missing me.

We had a pretty good day. I spent most of it trying to convince Mike that it would be a really good time to get those new floors...lol! We went downtown for a bit. I wanted to stop off at the stitching shop to browse around. I was good and only picked up 1 cut of fabric. Oh what pretty fabric it was though!! I bought a really pretty piece of fabric from Picture this Plus in the color Phoenix. I picked it up for a piece I'm stitching for a friend for a Valentine exchange I'm in. It's so pretty! I looked the color up online to share but won't bother because what I found actually looks nothing like what I have here. I started on the piece today and hope to have it finished in a few more. After we left downtown we stopped by Lowes to get some paint samples. I've decided I want to paint my kitchen but haven't decided 100% on a color. I think I nearly have though. I wish I liked painting as much as I like stitching. I'm afraid we might need new floors when I get done LOL!