Things I did while I was sleeping

We got 18 inches of snow on Friday, very little sleep this weekend and then a storm yesterday that dumped another four inches of snow followed by a few hours of freezing rain and then some rain.

So while Husby dealt with the snow, I dealt with the home.

Toby and I had supper and learned some more about colours with Mr Buns then after he went to bed I did copious amounts of laundry, two loads of dishes in the dishwasher, one load in the sink, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the living room and then started work on our bedroom which is the household dumping ground. I had planned a relaxing evening of letting the laundry pile up to the dulcet tones of Fox Mulder but with Husby working so hard outside I had to give him something nice to come back into so along with a clean house he got King Ranch Casserole, a cup of coffee and honestly - no bragging - the best batch of chocolate chip cookies I have ever made. He came in at 8.30 to eat and then went back out again till 11.

This is my kitchen window:

I look through this window and watch birds in the spring as I do dishes. Can you see Husby's legs? He's walking on a snowbank on level with my shoulders. By the time he had removed the snow from the roof he was walking level with the top of my head! We have a lot of ice and snow and if left too long it causes serious problems. Like the carport caving in last night and the window leaking on Sunday. This is minor compared to past years believe me. When you get this much snow it doesn't matter how well sealed your house is something always finds it's way in. Luckily Husby is wonderful and can deal with all of this. He even got to sleep in and wake up to coffee and warm muffins this morning.

We are both very tired but it's a good tired, a tired that comes from working hard side by side and accomplishing something for our family. That kind of tired I can deal with. Tired because he played too much World of Warcraft and I pretended to be Bakerella I don't deal well with. This kind of tired reminds me of how much we are a team and how well we work together, each contributing their piece. At this point in time Toby contributes cuteness and poo but there will come a time when he contributes his own sweat on our little homestead.

Have a blessed and snow free day!