from where I sit...

It's naptime. At 4:22 pm every day, it's usually still naptime. Nearing the end of these few, quiet hours of my day. They are usually not still, however, because I almost always find lots of things to keep me moving... but today I decided to just SIT on my couch and check my email and call H & R Block about filing our taxes and look at THIS great promotion for nursing moms(Enter "VALENTINE" as promo code at checkout for FREEBIE!!!) I have been sitting for almost an hour, now, and started noticing "movement" out of my peripheral vision just a few minutes ago. Raised the blinds to find winter "flurries" comin' fast again...reminding me that this winter isn't quite over...


... Within just about 20 minutes, Joe and Greta's yard is starting to become covered....



...and Clive Staples has roused himself from my bed to come and count snowflakes with me...


...He hasn't said so himself, yet, but I am thinking he's as ready for spring as I am. Usually, on a warm day, this guy's out and about in the neighborhood at this hour, but not during the winter. 4:22 pm means naptime for him, too, these days...along with about 17 more hours of the day! Winter sleeper. Can't blame him. These white flakes a' fallin' are making my eyes heavy too...

Just a few minutes later, now, and the road is starting to accumulate snow...


I wondered if that would happen. That means, without a doubt, no school tomorrow...which doesn't really affect my life, but which I know is getting old for lots of friends! :) It also means that Rich will be later getting home because, as we all know, a single falling snowflake here in Tennessee usually means multiple car wrecks on the already-too-crowded I-65 S at quittin' time. Think we'll just have soup tonight. Yeah, warm veggie soup (although mine doesn't hold a candle to Greta's homeade soup!) sounds good...


...starting to really cover things up out there...

We'd planned to do our new fave winter activity tonight, "mim" at the Rec Center... but donning a bathing suit is hard enough when the temps are just low...I can't see myself also donning my snow boots to get there tonight! No, tonight may call for a "nuggle" night. Jadey is big on those lately. We push the fronts of our two couches together so they are touching and it kinda makes a "double wide" (obviously:)) and extra comfy palate for us...when she hears us moving the coffee table she runs in an screams with delight, "NUGGLE"...and jumps on the couches. She tells us both where to sit and once we're all situated she gives the cutest nod of contentment.

Hopefully me and my sweetheart (V-Day is close enough to start calling him that,again, right??? ;)) will find a good movie (that is, after Jadey has tired of crawling all over us and settles down)...and drift off into a sweet, warm dreamland together. Just about 3 feet away, outside, these flakes may still be falling from the storehouses...


...and I will dream of sunshine and sand...