ENOUGH!!!!!

I hate winter now! Snow is great until January. As we get another 5 inches of snow today, the memories of hot summer days on a patio seem so distant that I can just faintly recall the feel of the warm sun on my face. I bought a pair of cheap boots from target that I could wear while shoveling and snow blowing. I quickly learned that 20$ work boots have negative traction and was rendered helpless in the middle of my steep driveway a week ago. My snow blower sucks and is almost more work than shoveling most of the time. I need spring to be here. I can't take the negative affect the frigid temps and wintry weather are having on my normally sunny disposition! I have come to the conclusion that the standard response that most Iowans give when asked if they would live in Florida or California of "I think I would miss the seasons" is a bunch of CRAP! This "I would miss the seasons" or "no snow on Christmas" line is just a stupid lie that us Iowans have tricked ourselves into believing. Well I am not fooled anymore! Well...not until summer or Christmas rolls around again.

This says it all.

What have yahs Wednesday

1. I'm out of books to read. I finished "The Tipping Point" and thought it was pretty good. It was one of those books that I would put down and then talk to Josh about what I just read. He's reading it right now. It's like we're in our own little book club, isn't that cute? I most recently finished "Wicked" and enjoyed it. Now I'm torn between which book to start, "Son of a Witch" or "Outliers"?


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2. I know that everyone's probably pretty sick of the Single Ladies song by Beyonce, but I really wish she would've performed that at the Grammys instead of the little "If I were a Boy"/"You Oughta Know" remix. I just wasn't into the crazy hairography but I guess she's committed to the part.

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3. I was just complaining to Josh that no one runs "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reruns anymore and then yesterday morning, my syndication gods were smiling down on me--I happened to flip to MTV and they are running episodes at 8 a.m. This will go perfectly with my 7 a.m. Saved by the Bell showing.


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Doggy in the window

Poor little Sudsy, his father's away on business but he can't stop looking out the window for him.

Sing along

Libby was baptized this weekend and after the washing away of original sin, we went to the Pauley's house for pizza, karaoke and Catchphrase. Andrew and Josh thought it would be a good idea to sing a soothing tune once some of the babies in the family started to nod off.

So they chose "Creep" by Radiohead.

And we're the two best friends...

Nick and Amy are here! And with them came Sudsy Pie's new BFF, Ditka.

How'd we end up here?

A pic from last week's ice storm. It's times like these that really make me wonder how it came to be that my family decided to pack up and move across the world to Iowa, of all places. Most of us Filipino folk tend to head for the west coast but not our family. We say, give us the subzero temps and the snow we refuse to drive in. Perhaps it's the sweet Midwestern values that sucked all of us in.

What have yahs Wednesday

1. In December, I realized that hulu has episodes of "My So-called Life". Oh, Jordan Catalano, how you make my angsty teen self swoon.


2. Finally purchased a ladle/yadle this weekend. We tried to buy one a few years ago and Target was sold out. Crazy but true. We would later get engaged and fail to register for one. We then got married, collected our wedding cash and gift cards and headed to Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond. We walked out with several housewares, none of which were a ladle.

3. Cuddlee=perfect way to stay warm and blog in the cold basement. Thanks, Jonna!