For My Mom

My Mom recently mentioned that she was tired of not seeing a new post.  I told her that my work computer no longer let me access blogger and since I did majority of my posting from there (wh...wha...what????), it was near impossible to maintain a regular posting schedule anymore.

But, since I recently injured myself in a somewhat-hard-to-explain-extremely-awkward-at-home-involving-a-hot-curling-iron-second-degree-burn-lots-of-bandages-and-antibiotics-and-limited-movement-due-to-extreme-pain-incident, I now have a bit of free time in the evenings to update this.

So, we live in Michigan....our winter months are usually November to April/May-ish.  Yeah, we've had 3 snow falls so far.  And the most accumulation that one of those brought us was 3 inches. 
LAME-O!

This guy wants some serious snow to play in!!!!!

We did venture to the hill (AKA: Grandma and Grandad's backyard) on one Saturday with about 2 inches on the ground.  The boys sled for about an hour...and that was it....it started to melt and was gone by the next day!

A few weekends ago, we ventured to Belle Isle for Shiver on the River.  They had the old Aquarium open for the event but the wait to get in was about 2 hours....so we ventured to the flower house instead.

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!!

We surprised the kids with little goodie bags at breakfast this morning and I gave Dan some spicy dark chocolate bars.  He surprised me with these beautiful flowers.

We set up the kids with dinner this evening and then ventured to our favorite local Indian restaurant for a tasty dinner for two!

Ok, I think I am caught up for now....I will try try try to be better about this.

Oh - Lent starts next Wednesday.  I am using the 40 days of "fasting" to kick my butt into a better weight loss program.  I am giving up all sweets....candy, cake, cookies, pastries, pop, etc.

Could be rough....but it could also be one of the best things I have done in a looooong time.
Wish me luck....wish Dan and the kids luck....I could be really cranky (or crankier!)