Saturday, February 5, 2011

The Anti-Snow Bubble Bursteth

There have been blizzards, snowmageddons of ginormous proportion, across the USA this winter. Many places had a white Christmas, including parts of Florida, and warmish places along the eastern seaboard. With each icy swath seen on The Weather Channel map, we hoped for our piece of snowy heaven. Local weathermen would be giddy with predictions, but each time, they'd back down on accumulation totals in the days leading up to the storm. "The DC metro area will see 8-10 inches...no, wait, 6-8 inches...actually, just 1-2 inches...okay, we can expect a dusting by mid-morning."

We were in the Anti-Snow Bubble. To the north of us, kids made snow angels out the wazoo. To the south of us, colonial Williamsburg was snuggled into an icy blanket. Even Virginia Beach, to the east of us, was powder white. Now, our New England neighbors are buried, as are my Midwestern buddies; they are begging for mercy. Over and over again, the snow passed us by.

Until last week! Twelve glorious inches of perfect packing-and-sledding snow! Hooray! After about two days of out-of-school kiddos, wearing boots to work and grimy salty/sandy cars, I was ready for Spring. So, thank you, Snow Angel of Winter Goodness, but I am now finished with you. You may peddle your wares elsewhere. But feel free to visit next winter!









Monday, December 27, 2010

Merry Christmas!








How The Grinch Made Our Christmas Eve Awesome

On Christmas Eve Day, we headed to National Harbor for ICE! featuring the story of How the Grinch Stole Christmas carved in ice. Lots and lots of huge blocks of ice. Aunt Meredith was in town and joined us as well. We donned blue parkas to enter the exhibit, where it's a chilly 9 degrees at all time. Best part? Freezing our tushies off on the ice slides!





Thursday, December 23, 2010

Home Sweet Home!

The luck o' the schedule (my work schedule, that is) meant I had 6 days in a row off smack-dab in the middle of December. Six days off?! Let's get in the car and drive home! We celebrated Christmas with both sets of grandparents, & we got to see our friends, hang with our families, and get homesick all over again...


















Friday, December 10, 2010

Madison Square Garden Hosts the Memphis Tigers (and us)

Thanks to our fellow Memphian-turned-Virginian Brian, we had the honor of watching our hometown Tigers play basketball at Madison Square Garden in NYC. We played Kansas, ranked #2 at the time, and actually held our own in the first half, though we only led for a few seconds. The half-time score gave us the false hope that we had a chance. Alas, we fell apart in the second half, BUT it was quite somethin' to be in that historic arena, watching our young team up close, and cheering them on!



Wednesday, December 1, 2010

9-Year-Old Dreams Do Come True

Best. Birthday. Party. Ever.


Local Japanese steakhouse offers **free** limo service to and from the restaurant. What a PERFECT party idea for a girl turning 9! Some serious squealing ensued--my ears are still ringing--but we loaded a few of Molly's gal pals up & treated them to hibachi chicken. Wouldn't you have loved this when you were a kid? Wouldn't you love it now!?



Sunday, November 28, 2010

First Santa Sighting of 2010

Thanksgiving weekend. Carriage rides with Santa! This year is notable as Amelia's first year to not only tolerate but l.o.v.e. Santa. Exit fear and terror, enter batting eyelashes and endless chatting. This particular Santa was quite outstanding. Looked great and very friendly.