Winter and Such

December 14, 2013

I'm just gonna say it:

I HATE WINTER.

I swear every year is worse than the last. I hate it, hate it, hate it.

We have had uber cold temps - especially for December! The other morning I called the "time & temp", and it said "-5". Did you hear that, people?!? NEGATIVE FIVE!!!!! And we had to go out in it!

Then today we got dumped on by snow ALL day. I mean, we woke up to it, and it just kept coming and coming. Again, the perfect sort of day to just stay home, right?

But we had places to go and people to see. It was a full day for our schedule.

I had to venture out first for a neighborhood board meeting (oh yes, I'm now on our neighborhood board).

We later attended a "Gotcha Party" to celebrate our friends adopting a daughter.

Our third event of the day - a Christmas Open House - got postponed because of the awful roads/weather. So instead we made a Target run and then treated ourselves to Hacienda. Yum!

Catherine, our lovely now two year old, cut our dinner short by behaving like a two year old, and on the way home, I said to Josh, "I don't know if it's even worth it to go out anymore."

I wasn't saying this because of the weather. I was saying this because we end up so exhausted from dealing with her antics that it's making me ponder just staying home.

I really don't have anything important to say. I just realized it had been a long time since I'd posted, and the last post was such a downer that I thought I'd post something random and lighthearted.

Oh, poor Catherine every so often has problems pooping. We have yet to pinpoint the cause, but sometimes she gets pretty constipated and then when she tries pooping (still in a diaper, BTW) she just cries, poor girl. I talk to her all the time, so recently I started trying to explain to her that it hurts because she's constipated. I thought it might help her understand part of it if I named/defined the problem.

So now when she's trying to poop - which isn't just in the comfort of a bathroom, mind you, but out in public - she cries and yells "I'M CONSTIPATED!!"

Poor girl, but funny. I can't help but chuckle. It's just funny to hear that shouted from a two year old.

So, going back to the Christmas Open House I mentioned... I am SO excited for this party!! Fortunately, instead of just canceling it, it was postponed to tomorrow evening. I should really lower my expectations so that I don't set the bar too high and then feel letdown. But, seriously, I am pumped! The hosts are new friends from our church, and it sounds like they love to entertain as much as I do. Anticipating this event is making me remember how much I used to frequent parties, and realize how much I miss attending and hosting parties!!

I've done a football themed birthday party for Josh the last two years, so I think I'm going to make that an annual thing - maybe move it up a bit to hopefully get nicer weather so the party can expand outside if desired or needed. We don't have a TON of space indoors, so I like the thought of being able to expand onto the back deck, the front porch, and the back yard.