5 Fact Friday

Happy Friday, my friends! It has been a long week here. Not quite sure why, it just seemed to have dragged by. But IT'S THE WEEKEND!! I am so happy for this weekend. Nothing really planned except for a group dinner with my book club and all our husbands on Sunday, but I love weekends!

1. This past week I signed up for some free online courses through a government sponsored "university" to better myself for my job. However, I have spent hours trying to figure out first, why I couldn't log in, and then trying to figure out why the content for the course wouldn't load on my computer. Frustrating. But, at least I got to listen to this ridiculous hold music the university has.

2. Collin has been watching The Walking Dead pretty much since it started. He has always been a zombie fan and I on the other hand am terrified of zombies. I would try not to be around when Collin watched the show but sometimes it was just impossible. Then the story pulled me in. So when Season 3 came back a few weeks ago, I started watching it, too! And now I can't wait for 9 PM on Sunday nights!

3. It snowed on Monday AND Thursday this week. I think I mentioned that earlier. It didn't stick to the roads on Monday and then on Thursday it didn't stick at all, but still, it snowed. However, I didn't hate it. It was much too pretty to hate. I thought it would make me mad because it was supposed to be spring on Wednesday, but I enjoyed the snow!

4. The first day of spring turned out to be a pretty nice day! And I love that Rita's gives away free Italian ice that day. I went with Collin and some of his coworkers. I got myself a yummy cup of chocolate!

5. Taking this photo yesterday afternoon really made my heart happy. It turned out to be such a beautiful afternoon. And it made me want to go on a photo walk to capture spring prettiness.

I hope you guys have a happy weekend. I pray it's full of fun and relaxation!

Cindy

(Semi) Wordless Wednesday

Guys, it snowed on Monday. SNOWED. Today is the first day of spring and it snowed on Monday. I was so disappointed when I got up Monday morning and there was snow on the ground. And it was still snowing! It kept snowing until about noon or so and then it was dreary and rained the rest of the day. But the snow actually stuck and stayed on the grass and vehicles until the rain came. Fortunately it was too warm for it to stick to the roads.

The light dusting before work. It was even more covered later in the morning!

It may have not been the weather I wanted, but it was pretty.

So yesterday and today it's in the high 50's. Tomorrow barely 40 with a chance of snow. UGH. Now that it's officially spring, can't we just have all spring-like weather??

Cindy

Life, Lately!

It's been a fun and busy past few days! We got more snow on Friday afternoon/evening which (along with my cold) kept us home, I had a lovely girl's day with some ladies Saturday, Sunday we had church, lunch with some friends, and some errand running. Then yesterday it was back to work and then play practice last night at 8pm. Whew! And the busy-ness isn't going to end until this weekend (or maybe after!) I don't necessarily mind being busy, but keep me going too long and I get annoyed and just want to be home!

The pretty snow on my lunch break last Thursday once the sun came out and it had stopped snowing.


The pretty sky on my way back in to work after lunch on Thursday.

Do they look mischievous? It's because they were. Collin put Seabass in the snow to freak him out, instead he runs around trying to climb trees and hiding in bushes. Needless to say, I freaked out a little!

After his excursion in the snow, he decided to make it up to me by snuggling in my lap for a long while that evening.

A pretty sunrise on Friday morning before the weather got bad again.

I'd been wearing my puffy down coat all last week because it keeps me warm. However, sometimes the feathers escape!

The snow on my windshield as I left work on Friday afternoon. It had only been snowing for about an hour and there was already significant accumulation and the roads were slippery!

Even though it was snowing outside I made myself a hot fudge sundae!

While watching Back to the Future Seabass slept on me.

I love when Collin tries to figure out songs. He is so great at hearing something and being able to play it. I love his musicality.

The frost on my car windows Sunday morning as we left for church.

Somebody hit my car door with their car door it looks like... I have no idea who it was and there's a little bit of scratching at the top mark. =/ My poor car was already dirty enough from the snow/salt. Now it's damaged. =(

I don't like the cold weather, but I sure do like that I can wear cute hats!

So that's a little bit of what's been going on lately! Today is so nice and warm! It's almost 60° and tomorrow is supposed to be in the mid 60's! Which is perfect because I can wear a dress AND... Tomorrow is my birthday!! I'm really excited! There's not really anything too big planned, we're just going to Cracker Barrel for dinner tomorrow evening with family. But I love that place and can't wait to enjoy a delicious meal! This birthday isn't anything too terribly monumental, I'm turning 27, but I still love celebrating. I love celebrating life! Plus, it gives me an excuse to spend time with family and get a good meal. =)

Cindy

A Snowy Morning

Hi friends! Did you miss me? I've been in a bit of a blog slump lately. I love my blog and all my friends I just haven't had any motivation to post. But today, today it snowed! And I had to show it to you. And it was gorgeous, friends! Or still is gorgeous. =) The sun has come out but the snow is still on the ground and I love it! The roads are finally clearing and for that I am grateful, because driving to work this morning, not so fun... The roads weren't plowed and there was a thin layer of ice underneath the snow that made it just a bit slippery... I drove 20-25mph the whole way in to work. Good thing my commute is less than 5 miles.

This was the sky yesterday afternoon before the snow began to fall that evening.

Leaving my apartment for work.

You can kind of see the sun trying to peek through for it's sunrise.


The main road in our apartment complex. Completely unplowed...

The snow still coming down outside my office window about an hour ago.

It's been such a pretty morning. I love the snow like this. It's light and very fluffy so it's easy to clean off and it's just pretty enough and there's not a lot of it to cause any issues. I do love when we get snowed in, but my wallet doesn't like that so much since it means Collin doesn't get paid if he doesn't work.

We're supposed to get some more snow tomorrow so we'll see what happens! But for now, I shall enjoy this beauty. Did you get any snow where you're at?

Cindy

SNOW!

So apparently all that spring-like weather we'd been having was just a tease. It's SNOWING today! It's so, so beautiful! And the best part, it's not sticking to the roads so it's not a really threat. It's just gorgeous!

I hope that wherever you are you had a good weekend and are enjoying your Monday no matter what the weather may be like! And I am so glad to know that my friends that were in areas affected by the super severe storms are doing okay. I was thinking about you all this past weekend and I'm so glad to know the tornados didn't affect any of you. I'm grateful myself that we only had rain. But please, keep all those that were affected in your prayers. There was some severe devasation throughout our country this past weekend.

Cindy

My Week via Instagram

Since I haven't really had too much of a "real" update in the past week or so, I thought I'd show you what's been going on in my life!
I bought some new shirts at Old Navy last week and they are so super comfy!
My daily reminder here at work.
This isn't the best quality picture, but that bright blob is the moon. It was HUGE and sooo bright.
Think it's time to take my Christmas tree home from the office?
(just so you know I took it home that afternoon)
Chocolate peanut butter drink. It wasn't a milkshake and it wasn't a smoothie. It was basically chocolate peanut butter milk. So good!
He gets so cozy and actually loves being covered by a blanket.
The sun was extra bright on my way to work Friday morning. The sky was filled with orange.
I love wearing blue and I especially love it when my hair is wavy.
I much prefer to sit barefoot at work.
We watched an IMAX movie called Sharks and Stank was intently watching the tv. During the movie there were 3 (out of 4) animals sitting with us. Collin playing around on his ukelele.
It snowed Saturday night! Just a dusting but it was pretty on Sunday morning. My boys napped on the couch after church while I addressed my Valentine's.
Addressing the Valentine's I made on Saturday. I made 14 cards!

It's been a fun week! I didn't document any pictures of my card making with my friend Jeannie, nor did I document any pictures from our evening with Jeff and Jeannie. We went to Olive Garden for dinner with them and then back to their apartment to play some games. We had a blast! And then yesterday after church our youth group made 120 Valentine's to deliver to a local nursing home. The kids really enjoyed making the cards and I should have taken a picture of them in all their creative-ness. It was so fun to watch!

Anyway, what have you been up to this past week/weekend? I hope it's been filled with lots of fun and happiness as mine has been!

Cindy