More Snow...

Yup. Four more inches.  We are now buried in about a foot and a half of the stuff.  It's going to be quite a mess when it melts... which might be today since it looks like it might be in the 40s.  

Josh cried when Eli threw his last touchdown pass.  How he became a Pats fan, I have no idea...oh wait... yeah, I do.  A couple of years ago, his friend gave him his Pats uniform and Josh's heart was connected immediately.  Our house was divided last night with Hunter, Jacob and Josh with Tom and Jeremy and I pulling for Eli.  What an exciting game to watch!

I have been struggling a lot with self-discipline and long to be more focused and deliberate with my time and life.  

A Day at the Spa

In the beginning of December I went into Spalon Spa in Aurora to buy 7 spa day gift certificates for the ACS coaches wives and was given the opportunity (since I bought gift certificates) to register to win a gift certificate of my own...7 times!:-)  Imagine my surprise and delight in January when I received a call telling me that I had won!  It was sort of a pay-it-forward moment and it really made me smile.  I had worked really hard to raise a lot of money to bless the coaches by blessing their wives and then God turned around and blessed me.  It was cool.  Today I went to Spalon and soaked up a massage, a Chinese Herbology treatment, a facial, pedicure, manicure and shampoo and style.  It was relaxing and fun but it was nothing in comparison to knowing the one who gave me the gift.  He is more sweet and dear and fulfilling than any spa service could ever be and Lord, I love you very much. Thank you for being such a lavish giver of good gifts.

Today

Began with snow.  Lots of it.  I am guessing over a foot.  Jeremy had to go to work but the rest of us had our stuff cancelled for the day and were left with the shoveling.  Jacob and I enjoyed working together and were proud to have a nicely cleaned driveway and sidewalk after a couple of hours.

Hunter tested for his yellow belt in HapKiDo and new marshal art that he's begun.  He passed and we were proud of him.  He seems to be enjoying this new focus.  I took pictures but have not uploaded them yet.  I will try to do that tomorrow.