snow days & moving days

I know it is old news now, 
but last week it snowed in Georgia! 
And I am terribly grateful that I do not live in Atlanta. 

Tuesday the university closed at Noon 
and we had all day Wednesday off as Snow days. 
Yay for a day and a half off work! 

Remember me mentioning that I was moving into a new apartment this weekend? 
Well, since I got off work early Tuesday ... 
and so did most of my friends ... 
I thought it was a brilliant idea to move all of my stuff Tuesday, 
in the freezing rain, instead of Saturday when it was 60°. 

I know, I know ... I am a genius! 

Good news! 
I got all of my stuff moved in 3 hours. 
Bad news! 
I owe all of my friends, big time. 
If I even still have friends. ;)

A small sampling of the boxes

the only place to sit in the apartment at that time! 

Oh, and about that snow day. 
My little city did not really get any snow. 
We got just a small dusting Wednesday morning that had pretty much melted by 10am. 
We did get quite a bit of ice though. 

ice

lots and lots of ice

proof it snowed

look really close & you'll see more snow

I was so jealous of everyone's snow pictures on Facebook! 
My sister and Aunt sent me snow pictures from the farm ... that is 250 miles south of me! 

In other apartment related news, I have gotten a lot of stuff unpacked and put in it's proper place. 
Not that you can tell by the amount of boxes left to be unpacked. 
I do have 2 rooms completely finished, my bathroom and my library. 
Priorities, people! 

I seem to be cursed with small bathrooms. 
The past 3 places I have lived have had tiny bathrooms and I have had to come up with creative storage solutions. 
I love one of the solutions I came up with for the new apartment ... hanging crates.  

D and I found these handmade crates at a local antique store. 
I just love them! And they are the perfect place for towels & wash rags. 
D had racked up a ton of brownie points over the last week. 
I know he is more ready than I am for my apartment to be completely unpacked! 

This is what happens when it snows in Georgia!

The GA DOT has everything under control!

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One of my FB friends shared a link to this picture.

And I HAD to share it with y'all.

It is just too funny!

Snow! What Snow?!

Good news:

I got an extra day off from work yesterday because of the possibility of snow!

Bad news:

I live in the ONLY place in the country that did not get snow! {or so it seems}

We only got lots and lots of ice.

The trees were really pretty, though, covered in ice!

I have not had a chance yet to really explore my new editing program.
But I did play around with it some last night.

Here are a couple of before and after shots.

Basically, my method was just to play around with the stuff on the sidebars until the pic looked good to me.

I really need to start reading my new books!

Any and all criticisms are welcome!
 

Calvin & Hobbes...just because!!

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dreams do come true♥

"Snow in the South is wonderful. It has a kind of magic and mystery that it has nowhere else. And the reason for this is that it comes to people in the South not as the grim, unyielding tenant of Winter's keep, but as a strange and wild visitor from the secret North."

 ~Thomas Wolfe~

my car

preparing for the EPIC snowball war

trampoline snow angel

our itty bitty snowman

snowman at the local donut shop this morning!

We had a blast playing in the snow last night.
This morning it was melting but it was fun while it lasted.
My nieces got to see snow for the first time yesterday too.
And they live on the GA/FL border.
My sis recorded them and sent it to me...priceless!

Sorry the pics are not of the best caliber.
I was having too much fun to really take my time.
Despite that I took over 100 pics last night!

dreaming of a white...friday night!

Guess what is forecasted for tonight...SNOW!

Granted I am not getting my hopes up too high.

But, hey, a girl can dream, right?!

They are actually saying there could be an accumulation of 1-3".

The last time it snowed here was 3 years ago and then it was just flurries.

I was 6 the last time snow actually accumulated and then it was only 1-2".

Last year when I lived in Chicago was my first experience with snow.

And I LOVED IT!

So, here's to dreaming of a white friday night in South Georgia!!

calvin & hobbes=the greatest comic strip ever!

 In honor of 95% of the country buried in snow!

I am still just a little jealous.

We have not seen one. single. snowflake.

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