Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

Me at the coffee shop this morning... Tim coming into our driveway yesterday...
(Tim knows the difference between the possessive form of your and "you're" - he just forgot and didn't want to change it.) :)

This is Maddie in the Suburban on the way to Silver City for Christmas, with her "little bone".

In Silver City at Tim's Grandma's, with the 'fam.'
My little Santa is so cute!!
Holy Cow! This stuff isn't stopping! We have gotten two snowstorms, one after the other, about a week apart. This last one has dumped about three feet and it's still going. Since Tim fixed the 4 wheel-drive on our huge truck, we're able to get out. Some of the roads are plowed; (plowing in NM is TOTALLY different than in places where it snows all the time! You're on your own here! No sand or salt even in most places, and many, many roads go totally unplowed!) the Interstate has been closed and probably the other road into town is also closed. Who cares - we have our grocery store and coffee shop up here! We only made it out of our own driveway because of our high clearance and "super swamper" tires!

This morning we ventured out and lo and behold, one of our favorite coffee shops was open. There were a few other people, as well as a couple who were on their way up to the slopes (we have a nice ski area on the nearby mountain). We were highly entertained by a young man in a 4wd trying to make it home - up a steep hill with a switchback. He was so persistent! Up... and down. Up... and down. Up... and down. He stopped at the coffee shop briefly where the proprietor offered a free cuppa', just for his determination. We also suggested he weight down his bed and maybe get some kitty litter. I think he took our suggestion, because he left and awhile later - he made it up! Possibly weighted down his truck a bit?

So we're having fun. :) Maddie LOVES the snow and has to leap and bound through it at these depths. I'll play out there with her today again. Heard the snow will taper off today - then another storm system coming through Tuesday. We'll see! I'm dying for snowshoes!!

Life...

Life continues. I was urged to write a blog by an old friend in CL, and I thought, it has been awhile!

Well, I don't have the photos off the camera yet, but next time I'll send you photos of Maddie in our 12+ inches of snow here recently. It's already more than half melted and it was only the day before yesterday! I love that... Maddie and I played in the snow and it was fun. It's also funny to see her reaction (this is her first real snow) to 3+ft drifts! She bounds through pretty good. I love playing in the snow with dogs - they're so good natured, you can kick snow in their face in order to steal their ball from them, and they don't accuse you of playing dirty!! Ha ha!

Not much new, which is fine - I'm still plugging away in real estate. So far the people I've worked with really like me and appreciate my responsiveness, honesty, and hard work. Tim continues on with all his auto-related stuff and is doing good. I have been exercising at a gym up here almost daily (!) now - it helps to have a bunch of fun ladies to work out with and then go out for coffee with afterward! I lift weights MWF and do Jazzercise (so fun!) T/Th. So far the results are good for me, except that I still kind of eat like crap, which negates half my workout. But I think I have more energy, and I am lifting more serious weight with my upper body in particular. I think I'll see how big I can get. :) If I get big, I'll have Tim take photos.

We are going to Silver City for Christmas, which I love. It is the closest thing to Christmases as a child for me and I really love Tim's family there. Did I mention it's usually warm too? :) Although this year it may not be!
Well here are some photos...

When I went to Minneapolis in November, I hung out with my sister and brother a lot - here's a photos of my siblings and Joe, all wearing scarves I made for them! :)

This is Debbie messing with paint during our creation of the baby room. Her pregnancy has gone really well - doesn't she look great?

And here's Maddie in a little flurry awhile ago. She gets cold so easily! She must be a New Mexico dog. I think she really likes her coat.