Yay!! Two snow days in a row!!! Did I say, I LOVE snowdays?!?!?!?! We had lots of ice, maybe two inches, then, several inches of snow on top of that!!! I think we got, at least, a foot of snow, maybe a little more.

Yesterday my daughter & I put up our Christmas tree, so now with that done and all the snow on the ground, I'm starting to get in the Christmas mood. Actually, I'm starting to panic because I've done very little shopping. I'm a terrible procrastinator, but, this is really bad, even for me. I think I'm done with my daughters presents and maybe two or three other people, but, sadly, that's it. I just don't know what to get anyone. At this point, I'm seriously considering just getting everybody gift cards so they can pick out exactly what they want. That would be so much easier and save a lot of time and frustration fighting the crowds at the malls, not to mention gas money.

My daughter just left a few hours ago to go spend the night with some friends so they can play in the snow- sledding & four-wheeling. So that means I get to sleep in tomorrow morning!!! I normally get up around 6:30 or 7:00 to fix her breakfast & give her her heart meds. on the weekends. Then, I try to go back to sleep, but, rarely do. Once I'm up, I'm usually awake and thinking of all the things I need to be doing. But, I'm going to sleep in tomorrow for sure. Of course, since she's gone, I won't sleep in real late (8:00 or 9:00 is late for me) because I'll have to get up & go chop the ice in Charlie's (the horse) water, then, do the same for the dogs. Man, that just plain sucks, I don't know how ranchers who have all these animals do it in the winter. You have to do it more than once a day when it's this cold. Plus, our dog barn roof is about to fall in from the weight of the ice & snow. So, I'm hoping that doesn't happen before we can get it fixed. We wedged 3 big wooden poles where we could so it will hopefully hold until tomorrow, when we can work on it more. It was late in the evening when we discovered what had happened. Hoping that the dogs don't get squished!!