A very snowy day...or is it just gonna melt?

These first couple of photos show the snowy backyard at 8am after we spent over an hour clearing the driveway and front walkway.
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By 11am, the snow was still falling pretty heavily and it didn't seem smart to go out again to snowblow the driveway until the snow finished falling.
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By 2pm, not only had the snow stopped falling, but the temperature went up to 40 degrees and everything started to rapidly melt. Snowblowing the driveway this time was very difficult because the snow was so wet and heavy it kept clogging the snowblower. Yikes! So, it became necessary to shovel instead. This has been one crazy snowy day!
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Put up some new blinds and drapes in the Dining Room. Went with a sage that has a shimmer to it. Insulated, of course....if you have been to the house this winter, you will know that it is a little chilly!
Eventually we need to rip down this awful wallpaper border (not our style at all!) and paint the walls and trim. For some reason the sellers thought pink trim around the doors and windows was smart. No, it wasn't.  Long term goal is to convert this room into a study/play room and convert the Pink Living Room into a dining room.  Money and time are the recipe for accomplishing such goals.
Anyway, Bailey says "HI"...he loves to help out with these projects!

The Bread Maker

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Our new breadmaker.  So, we went and gathered two jars of coins to take to the grocery store to use in the Coin Star machine.  We selected the option to get a gift card to Amazon.com rather than getting cash in order to get 100% of our money.  (apparently when you select "cash", you lose a percentage as a fee for using the machine).  So, we must have had a lot of quarters because we had over $170 by the end!  woohoo!  And, this beautiful loaf of bread is one of many more to come from our wonderful new bread maker.  Delicious!

Happy Birthday!!

Wearing some birthday presents:  New grey cashmere sweater and new purple fleece (all designed to keep me warm in the house!!) and new necklace.  So fun!

Had a wonderful time celebrating my birthday with family!Photos:http://picasaweb.google.com/allisonm129/20100131Allisons33rdBday?feat=directlink