Stuck Inside

A picture of our winter wonderland. 20 inches and counting!

My dog. He's a lover! His favorite place - on the couch, his head on my shoulder when I sit on the floor in front of him. Such a sweet old guy :) 

We have the best dog and Danika just loves him. He lets her do WHATEVER and just takes it. 

Danika's homemade halloween costume - a woodland fairy! 

Danika and Momma Cheering for the Packers. We're silly! 

As you well know, Danika and I have both been sick ... swine flu, regular flu, cold, contagious ear infection (! right !) ... whatever. We've been sick since Friday, which means we have literally not left our house AT ALL for a week now. OMG. The first five days was by choice/need as to not expose her to other yuckies or infect others. The last two days as we both are at about 95%? 

SNOW. Lots and lots and lots of SNOW. Don't get me wrong, I love SNOW and it has been absolutely fascinating watching it build and accumulate and turn the world a peaceful white. But WOW. I think we're at 21 inches now in my little area of town. Ridiculous! With ALL this time on my hands I've decided to think positively and create a list of reasons why this has been good for us ...

1. I don't have to shower. Or blow dry. Or curl. Or apply make up. Or even change my clothes. Because no other person is going out there either and Danika doesn't care. 

2. With that being said, with ever nap Danika takes, I AM in the shower, just to warm up and change things up a bit. How often do you have an excuse to take 4 (long) showers a day?

3. Yoga pants and tee shirts. Nuff said. 

4. My dad's secret recipe for Russian Tea. I've been through a HUGE pot in 2 days. 

5. Comfort Foods ... macaroni and cheese (homemade, of course), Chili, muffins, COOKIES!!!

6. I have learned how to become extremely creative in entertaining a one year old for days on end. 

7. Banjo is catching up on much needed attention and love

8. I have not been able to go shopping. Therefore I have saved lots and lots of money that I would have otherwise spent on crap and gas to get the crap. 

9. I have finally caught up on all my emails. ANd I have updated facebook about 27 times. 

10. And this makes, what, post number 4 in the last 2 days? You lucky people.