Holy Snowflakes!

We got hit with a whopper of a blizzard last night! It snowed all day and all night and I woke up to over a foot of snow!!! I can't remember the last time I've seen this much snow! Of course the little kid in me was beaming with glee at the thought of enough snow to cancel school, but unfortunately the same rules do not apply to jobs. Thus I was left with the daunting task of shoveling myself out of the house and then proceeding to my car.

I have to admit I was rather pleased with my shoveling skills. I managed to dig out my car in record time! yay me!



I would like to point out that the snow is three steps deep. THREE STEPS!!!



On a side note...look how pretty the neighbor's house looks so pretty!

Updates...

I forgot I had these pictures of Joe with his sandwich cake...so fun!







While I'm at it, here's another picture of our tree with all its decorations and our presents!

Sneak Peek

I tried my hand at making my own Christmas cards this year. I did a combination of printmaking and basic stamping and wound up with some reasonably fun cards. Seeing as how my cards are still traveling around in satchels and mail trucks, I can't very well spoil them completely, so here are just a few snipits from my testing...

Happy Birthday Joe!

I tried my hand at making a special cake for Joe...haven't cut into it yet, but at least it looks cool!

It's a Tree!

I got my snow!
Yesterday morning brought a nice layer of snow and even a blizzard in Franklin, where we got our tree!







I'm still waiting on the ornaments I ordered from Target (how sad that I have to order some because the nearest store with a selection of traditional ornaments is about an hour away...), so the tree is a bit bare. We did our best with garland and candy canes and few ornaments we got in town. I think it looks rather nice either way...

Where's the Snow?

It's December and I feel like it's October. The leaves are still on the ground and there's not a snowflake to be seen. I thought that moving to Maine was going to bring on a whole new level of winter, but I have yet to see it. I can't say I'm complaining all that much because let's be honest, I don't like the cold. But Joe and I are planning to cut down a Christmas tree this weekend, and I can't quite get in the mood for that if unless I'm bundled up in a scarf, hat and gloves. My winter accessories are being seriously neglected. Maybe I'll just have to blast Christmas music in the car and turn on the AC. Don't think I won't do it...