Blizzard

In addition to the catch-up post below, here are some pictures of our blizzard today (actually, this is just a lot of snow- the blizzard is just getting started. I think it will mostly be a lot of wind blowing all this snow around so you can't see. We're still learning these new weather terms).

E is giving an exam and hopefully walking home for a late lunch. My school is closed and I have a cold, so I'm taking it easy here. The wind is picking up, and it's actually a little sunny!

So I've been delinquent...

The problem with blogging, is that if there is something interesting going on, you're too busy doing it to blog about it. And if you have time to blog, chances are you have nothing to say. The good thing about blogging, is, there aren't very many rules, especially if you have a guaranteed reader base (i.e., parents).

Here is an alphabetical (but not chronological or even comprehensive) update on happenings here in Small Town, Midwest:

A is for the Art Festival we went to on Main Street the other month. We live in a postcard.

Also, A is for Advent. We have a wreath and readings from Isaiah.

B is for Biology. Which is loved by one of us. Guess which one! Some people at the local community college might even be learning some.

C is for Christmas! We bought a $25 tree from Target, and we can’t wait for our long trip home. Being that we live in a postcard, it is getting very pretty around here.

D is for driving. We know how to get several places now, and it’s felt great to know where a few things are. We sometimes seem to spend a lot of time driving.

E is for eggplant. Remember that pizza from the other post? We had it again last night, when we had some people over for dinner. Still yummy.

F is for new friends. I think we’re up to three point five.

G is for green. Which is now gone from our landscape.

H is for hiking. We went with our new friends who have three kids four and under. We like them (and their parents, too). They are the winners of our church friends, because they only live 15 minutes away, in another little town, as opposed to in the “city,” forty minutes away. There were lots of trees and a river, and it reminded us of home.

H is also for Halloween- we had some of E's co-workers over for a little Halloween Party.

I is for incisive. That would be E’s students. In my case, I stands for present. That’s where my students are at. But, that makes them very rewarding to teach.

J is for the name of almost every person in our small group. It’s eerie. We break the mold. Who’s surprised?

K is for Keen. We both just got “matching” winter boots as our main Christmas present. They’re rated down to -30 degrees.

(the camera was fogged up because I just came in from outside!)

L is for bowling Lanes. We went to with another couple from church the day before Thanksgiving! They just moved here in June, so we considered ourselves the transplant bowling league for the evening.

M is for the Night of Christmas Magic. Oh, yes, it was magical. With elves, and cookie decorating, and cookie eating, and horse-drawn carriage rides. In the magical snow.

N is for New Moon, which I made E go and see with me when it came out. He was a good sport and now is owed one big favor.

O is for outside Christmas lights. It’s pretty cold when you put them up December 5^th! Now we know why everyone here puts them up the day before Thanksgiving. They are white, per E’s opinion. Our inside lights are colored, per R’s.

Phone calls from home are soooo phun! As was this awesome surprise package I got from K.

Q is for Q-tips. Which we are currently out of, and it’s a long way to T*arget.

R is for racquetball! We’ve been playing (each other, sadly for E) once a week at the college gym. Soon we’re supposed to play doubles with a student and his girlfriend! Hopefully I’ll be able to hit the ball by then!

S is for Sam Seaborne. We’ve been watching West Wing from the library, since it is cold and dark when we get home. We never saw it while it was actually aired.

T is for teaching, which we’ve been doing a lot of. E more than me!

U is for uphill, which is how E walks to work every day. Sometimes I give him a ride, but not today.

V is for visitors! We had our good friend K come visit over Labor Day, and my mom came out for a few days in November. A good time was had by all. Our guest room officially has a guest bed, so.... come on over!

W is the woodpecker I can see outside right now (which was several days ago, before our blizzard started.) At least, I think it’s a red-bellied woodpecker....

X is for xerox. I was babysitting our friend’s kids the other day, and the oldest asked what his box of paper said, and then how I knew. I said I knew because it was spelled x-e-r-o-x.

Y is for yogurt, which we still like to eat with granola for lunch. I’ve been experimenting with making my own granola- I think this last batch came out pretty good.

(that's the granola, in case you couldn't tell)

Z is for zero, which the forecast predicts we’ll be 2 degrees below tonight, with windchills down to -20.