Today is another Snow Day for Fort Osage (and many other schools in the area) and that makes me pretty happy.  I have commented on this before but i feel like this is the main news today and there are a couple things about snow days i do NOT like.   

I am not even going to go there with the whole 'we have to make this up later' argument.   live in the now.

My problems with snow days are this:

1.  I ALWAYS wake up after sleeping in a bit and have a sinking feeling of fear that the snow day idea was just a dream and i am late for school.  it usually happens 2-3 times before i am really confident that i am doing the right thing.    its stressing for a wee moment

2.  When we DON'T have snow days i usually spent the entire night before and morning of must glued to the tv or cell phone waiting to hear.    Then i am a bit let down.   I am not let down at the school district for not calling.... i am let down at myself because i try to operate in the mindset of 'we will have school and if they call it that will be a special surprise.'     we both know that is easier said than done.

on December 18th our semester ended and i started my winter break.  a full two weeks!   at the end of this two week break we had a snow day.  then we had school on tuesday.  then three more snow days (today being the third in a row) and now a weekend.    its kind of getting to the point where it is hard to be positive about it all.  on one hand i always enjoy being off of work, but on the other hand i am basically trapped in a house because the weather is NOT being nice.  i guess i am just hoping this weather lets us be out of school by the 4th of july because i really enjoy that holiday and wouldnt want to be couped up at school all day.  i wish i had more to update but i have been spending my days accomplishing very little.   i have watched quite a few movies and tv shows and some football.  i have spent far too much time on facebook.   i have done some work in the kitchen and laundry, but i still havent taken down my christmas tree and there is no plan to do that any time in the future.  i am doing to need some real outside pressure to get motivated to do that.   so many ornimants to put up and thats no fun.  I just wanted to reach out and put some words out there along with this picture.   enjoy.   stay warm.

yes yes yes!    A snow day on a Monday.  This one didn't just extend a weekend though; it extended our whole break.   it feels pretty great.   this makes for a 17th day in a row not to be at school.   While i did do some work at home it is still a great perk of the job.  it was also great to have this break from daily commitments to spend time with pam and my family and my new house!   I have this day off so i thought i would post a quick updates that are all very random.

1. Pam and I made this awesome snowman a few days back and it is still standing in my yard.   

2.   I just updated my links (to the right and down a bit on this page)

3.  I am planning on explaining all the links on that list and why they are there.

4.  I have a few senior sessions coming up and even booked a wedding i believe.    This wedding thing is news because i have turned down a dozen weddings or so in the recent past (even though i have done a couple) but i feel like i have the equipment, the eye, and the experience to move forward in this direction.

5.  I am working on a facebook 'fan page' for my photography...... not sure about it or if it  makes sense but look for an invitation to that one of these days.

6.  Last but not least i wanted to let you all in on this awesome photo site i look at occasionally.   

    - big picture - boston globe -

this is basically a series of full screen gorgeous images

go here occasionally, they covered christmas very well.

hope all is well in your world.