Mother Nature was giving us midwest and west states a break with warm weather so we all assumed that Ol Man Winter torked her off a bit!  He must have wooed her back because we got hit with a pretty good storm this weekend.

It looks like a winter wonderland around here as long as you don't go looking at the roads! 

Our family day went really well yesterday even if we didn't do to much.  We, like the rest of the tri state residents of the area, loaded up and headed to the Home Show, Movies, Lunch, and Shopping realitivly early so we could beat the storm.  Yes, we are all a tad bit crazy.  Most folks hear a big storm is coming their way usually just do the shopping and go right back home and are preparing for no power and all that jazz.  Not us midwesterners!:D  We are the ones that hope Mother Nature will tease Ol Man Winter for another few hours so we can have our weekends:D 

The Home Show was a disappointment.  We try to go every year even if we rent because they usually have a lot of great ideas renters can even do if they rent houses.  This year I was not to impressed even though their giveaways and drawings were bigger!  After the Home Show we jaunted from downtown to the east side of the city so I could hit Target.  (I have been going there over Walmart anymore-better quality items)  I walked out with a Timex watch for $5 cheaper then Walmart, some hair items, and one work outfit.  A pants outfit of course:P  A nice pair of black slacks and a tourqouis blouse that can also be warn with jeans if I go out or skirts!:D  I debated about getting a pair of black loafer type work shoes but I am extermly hard on shoes due to my size 9 feet, and the fact I have really high arches.  Okay and the fact I walk on the insides of my feet and my toes:D  So I looked at Randy and said I am going to hold off on another pair of shoes till I can get to a better shoe place.  He of course rolled his eyes.  After Target, we jaunted from the east side of the city back over to the Nebraska side of the city and hit my grocery store were I just added a few things that I didn't have and then we tried hitting the cell phone store that I want to get a prepaid phone with but they were closed for hte day.  With a big HIRING NOW poster in the window.  Looks like they can't get anyone in the shop:D  So then we hit Wally World because I know they have the company I want back in electronics.  Well they only sell the plans and the plan phones and tried getting me to buy off the shelf pre paid phones.  Kiss my ass on that one because their calling prices are outragouse and normally don't let you roam on anyone elses's towers.

We finally headed home and were just saying that Mother Nature is really holding out on Ol Man Winter and then we passed the third to last town on our way home and Ol Man Winter got what he wanted!  The storm hit when we were about 20 minutes from home.  Rain, sleet, and snow Oh MY!  We and many other folks slowed way down and started busting our way through the fast covered hiway of snow and sleet.  A car behind us must have hit a patch of black ice because we slowed down and pulled over to make sure they were okay after the car did a few 360 circles in the middle of hte hiway and ended up on the shoulder facing the right way!  Randy ran back and asked if everyone was okay and of course it was a couple of ol ladies heading home from the River Boat Casino!  So I took over driving the big truck and Randy hopped in and took over driving for hte ladies.  They lived in the town before ours and luckly not on one of the hilly side streets but near the hospital (the hospital we are hoping Randy is trying to get on at).  We got them home and Randy and I walked them inside and told the one lady to call her grandson to come get her and NOT to try driving her butt home (she lives clear down bottom on country roads-yes I knew who she was and went to school with her grandson).  Then we headed home and were the first ppl on our hiway to head east so all the cars coming out of our town were making sure to stay in our tracks a good ways back because they knew we would end up turning on top of a hill to our drive.

We made it home safe and sound right when Mother Nature and Ol Man Winter really started the Foreplay!  By the time we got the bags in, kitty boxes emptied and re filled, all the snow in my bags melted and my kitchen floor was one small pond of very cold water!  Me being me and as I told Randy in our marriage vows, "I am not your domesticated bitch"; Randy and the kids put grociers away and mopped up my kitchen while I cleaned up my very snowy and muddy mudporch and got my mudporch rugs washing!

Now since Mother Nature and Ol Man Winter have climaxed and seem to be smoking their pleasure cig with light snow, I am hoping my cousin Brian remembers that we are down here in the Valley and comes and digs us out!  Normally I wouldn't worry about this but my aunty and uncle are out on a cruse and they left last week and aren't back yet!  My uncle usually is the one that snow mobiles over to the farm and brings back the tractor to dig everyone out!  If Brian doesn't come anytime this morning I am going to have to call him and ask him to have us dug out by tomorrow morning even if the kids dont' have school because Randy starts his job tomorrow and I have to get to work!

Today is a day of cleaning since we can't do to much with Ol Man Winter and Mother Nature still getting it on:D