Samm got me white tulips for valentines day

and dark actually wonderful chocolate.  and a little tree, well, three trees that are intertwined.  he's so romantic.  


I am coming over the brow of the hill right now.  Finished my job.  basically.  And the house is supposed to be finished in a week or so.  And things are starting to stabilize around here.  Now if only we could get some sunshine. 

I was enchanted, now I'm bored

SNOW.  is getting old.  




Wednesday I traipsed around for hours bored of being inside - I bought some very expensive hot cocoa at the post office/shop because that's what happens when you're bored and most shops are closed due to "severe weather."  

Actually, it might have been worth $6.  It's pretty decadent. This is a cup that went way to fast.  So here are some things I saw:

 You can see I was out for a while.  You can also see I was very concerned about the amount of snow and coldness.  

My attempt to combat the winter-trappedness today was to wear my bathrobe much longer than was appropriate and to spend hours making decoupage letters "HODGES" with Samm for our new house.  We covered the letters in pages from an old dictionary.  So the "H" has definitions for words that start with "H" etc.  Oh. So. Fun.  We also made pizza.  Home made crust, i was nervous, but it was pretty crispy and delicious if I do say so.  

Spring.  I need you real bad.  Please hurry.
The forecast is:  snow flurries snow, chances of more snow.

I'm buzzed.

On buzz - google is taking over all of life even some more. 
On coffee. as usual.  
On Maralynn.  She's here and my life is better for it,
   oriented better: to love well, to pray more, to think more gently and just think more about other people in general. It's like the good parts of me, often simmering with lots of selfish and apathetic parts of me, come swimming to the surface.  This is good. 

On dates with Samm.  I have to go...