61 days!

Today of course is Valentines Day, more importantly we are getting closer to Belize!  Today is the 2 month countdown to the start of our vacation and wedding week!  I had many goals before April came along: lose 10 pounds, workout 5 days a week, and be more active...of course none of those have been accomplished yet, except I am eating much healthier.  I go this week for my first dress fitting and it will need to be taken in, I knew I should have gotten a smaller size....

So far there are 37 of us going to Belize, which is a much higher number than I would have ever expected or imagined...I thought maybe there would be 15 at the most, I was obviously way off...Bryan and I are extremely grateful for all of those that are making the trip for our wedding! 

The agenda consists of sunset cruising, scuba diving, the wedding (of course :) ), mayan ruins tour, kayaking, deep sea fishing, volleyball, sunbathing, relaxing and whatever else we feel like doing!

We could only be so lucky to be able to see another group of sharks...Awesome or Crazy depending on who you ask! :)

Mayan Ruins...How in the world were they able to build these things? Aliens perhaps?

Charlie

During the spring, summer, and fall we always had a pair of cardinals that stayed around our front porch. This was probably because they had a nest in the bush in front of our porch. As most birds fly south for the winter, at least one of the cardinals stayed around, maybe both I'm not talented enough to tell if it is the same Cardinal or not...But, the one pictured above is who I call Charlie, Charlie the Cardinal! One day I kept hearing this pecking sound, I just thought it was snow melting or that it was raining....But, it was Charlie in our window pecking at the glass. I do not know if this is normal of Cardinals, but he is always there, maybe he's trying to tell me it's about time I clean the window...Hum, it's not time for Spring cleaning yet, so that can wait.  At least twice a day the last couple of months he has been there and finally I took a picture, it is not the best picture but you get the drift. Bryan thinks I'm crazy for blogging about Charlie, but who knew Cardinals would stay around all winter and would hang out on our window ledge!!

The Blizzard!

So, the weatherman said a huge storm was coming, a storm that would be worse than any for a decade! I was skeptical, mainly because the weatherman is mostly always wrong.  But, come Tuesday morning the snow was falling, the wind was blowing, and the temperatures were diving.  Luckily the office let us go home around 12:30 when there was only about four inches of snow....I made it home with ease, the Corolla can really handle snow packed roads. But, once home the blizzard came, but I was home so I didn't really care.  I had gone grocery shopping Monday, which was an awful idea because the store was packed! If you have never been to our Price Chopper then you would not know how nice it is to go to because there is never a crowd, but this time it was a madhouse! I was there to get stuff for dinner, the rest of the people were there to stock up before the bad weather hit.  But, I have a pretty stocked pantry, freezer, and deepfreeze so I would have been ok either way.  But, since I was held hostage in my house I made veggie beef stew, roast chicken, falafels (our vegetarian meal for the week), egg sandwiches for breakfast, and just now made brownies. Thank god I'm not home all the time because all I would be doing is cooking and eating!
This morning came and we were basically snowed in, because our cul-de-sac had not been plowed and there was no way I was getting up and shoveling the driveway when the windchill was -20ish.  So, I called in a snow day because no matter how bad it is Johnson County will not close! 

Once we got out of bed ate breakfast and lunch we finally tackled the driveway.  Zoey had fun outside with us, Sammy not so much he hates the cold and snow so he stayed inside.  Unfortunately our street still has not been plowed so who knows if I'll be able to get to work tomorrow!  Owell, I'm glad I'm a hoarder of my vacation days :)

Taking a break after all the hard work :)