Out and about

David dug the car out yesterday and put the chains on, so we were able to return our videos. He had to go into work today so this morning he dropped me off at my doc appt. Now I am at a coffeeshop waiting for my eye doc appt.
Gotta get this years vision benefits! I've got to get home after this and work on my dissertation. Only about half the buses are running with all this snow on the ground. Hope our plane can get out tomorrow!
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snow photos

Here are a few photos taken during our recent snows.

David, Sam and I went for a walk after the first snow. The sidewalks and roads were pretty clear so we didn't have any problems. This is not the case after the second snow, though.


This is after the second snow. I know this looks pretty wimpy to some of you who are used to much more, but the fact that the snow didn't melt on the concrete and blacktop surfaces really made Seattle grind to a halt.

Another one... Sam loves to roll in the snow!


Pretty white rooftops after the snow.

snow day

Yesterday the weather people promised that we would get a big snowfall. All the seattle public schools closed in anticipation of this snow. And, as of 10:30 last night there was no snow in the city of Seattle. So, all those kids got the day off and no snow.

I guess we are making up for it today. Everything is coated in snow outside and it just keeps coming down. It has been snowing all morning. I'm working from home, as is David. I don't think many people have ventured out. The newscasters are telling people to just stay home. It is so funny how this city shuts down with a couple of inches of snow. I guess we do have some big hills and we also don't normally get snow so we aren't really prepared in terms of snowplows etc. I'm enjoying the snow. It is so pretty.

It isn't a wet snow either---it is very light and fluffy. While that means snowballs aren't exactly easy to make, it would definitely make for some great skiing in the mountains. I think that one of the local ski places is supposed to open tomorrow.

I'm loving the snow!

confession

I have a confession to make.

I recently got a new phone. It is a smart phone. Not just that, it is a Blackberry.

I know, I know! In some ways I can't believe I decided on a blackberry, but I really liked the capabilities, and the way it works, so I went for it. Plus it is pink :-)

David and I decided that we really wanted to be able to look things up on the go, and that since we are almost always together, it would make sense for just one of us to get the phone with internet service. And it will be very helpful for me when I am traveling for work, so we decided to pay for the extra data plan so that my phone has internet.

So, if anyone else is on a Blackberry, apparently we can text message for free through Blackberry Messenger--we just have to set each other up with a profile or something. Let me know if you have a Crackberry too!

moving time!

Mom and Grandma are moving to Peter's this weekend. I know they have already moved some stuff and will continue to move other things too. Moving is hard. I think it gets harder as you get older. Not just because you accumulate more stuff, although almost no one is immune to that problem, but also because you can't do as much of it yourself. ....hey, wait. maybe it gets easier as you get older BECAUSE you can't do as much of it yourself. Hmmmm...hiring movers sure makes things easier. But you still have to pack...and then you are back to the problem of having too much stuff.

thanksgiving pics

Here is David and Matt. We were trying to take pictures with the night setting on the camera, but you have to hold the camera really still/not move it at all to get a good picture. This is the best one we got of David and Matt with the city in the background. For those of you who might remember, this place is where David and I took our wedding photos.

In front of the market. It was pretty busy down there the day after thanksgiving.

This is what Thanksgiving dinner looked like at the Litzler house this year.

And finally, this is the little patch in our backyard that we were working on in late fall. I don't think I ever posted any pictures of it. I think we are going to move some plants around..it isn't quite how we want it yet.

thanksgiving

We had a great thanksgiving here. David's brother came up to visit and we played downtown, went over to Bainbridge Island, and had a lot of great meals. Truthfully, it was REALLY nice not to have to travel for this holiday. Sometimes it just gets to be too much traveling every single holiday.

I'm not really looking forward to work this week...It is just going to be hard after having so many days off in a row to get back into the swing of things. But I've got lots to do so I better starting swinging fast!