Hi! Hello? Anyone There??

So I've been a bit non-existent lately. I think 31 days to be exact. But in all fairness, it's been a bit busy around here. I've been busy with this....

That's the 2010 edition! She is our final addition.

Little Jillian Claire was born January 4th.

(It was a balmy-13 degrees at 8:11am when she was born.)

And these...

Is that excuse enough?

My "to-do" list looks like this:

So I'm feeling really accomplished. :) My oh so patient husband can confirm this to be true. I keep telling him that the housekeeper should be fired for lack of work. Hmph...Are the unemployment benefits in IA as good as CA? I might need to file if he'll just fire me.

The snow is still falling and just hit a new record today. The new snow fall total for this winter is 46.2 inches. So much for the 30 we were told about. Oh and that winter is only 60% over.

On a less positive note...our snowman is officially dead. He was decapitated by the hot yellow thing in the sky last week during our January thaw (when the thermometer hit 37!). And since has lost everything but his base that my man worked so hard to build. Pics to come.

The kids still want to play in the snow every. single. day. and my car is still horribly dirty. I guess some things just don't change. That's good, I guess. We thrive on routine conditions.

I have a craft/computer room full of stuff, not "junk" and my brain is full of ideas and things to make/to-do. Of course, I only want to do the fun stuff. Those toilets will still be there tomorrow, right?

Until then, I'm just going to sit right here, sip my hot cocoa with lots of mini marshmallows and snuggle with our new baby. She's our last and rumor has it, she won't let me do this forever.

Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!