Really, 2010? Really?

So far 2010 has proven to be a bit of a challenge.
We are back at our house now with a temporary motor in until we can get a new unit put in ($$$), which could take a couple weeks. It's so nice to be back home - we actually got to move back in Monday night - yipee! Thanks to mom and dad again for letting us bombard them. Now we are just hoping the motor hangs on as it is below zero here and crazy windy. We got another several inches of snow - it's crazy how much we have here.See the bike that is almost totally covered up?!?


As you can see there is a bit of snow in our backyard. It's almost as high as the chairs - and our picnic table for the kids is hard to even see - so crazy! I just wish the kids could go out and play in it. Unfortunately they can't since 1. I would probably lose a kid or two since the snow is so high and 2. they would all certainly get frostbite. School has been cancelled the last two days which must be because of the cold - not the streets since we were out and about yesterday when the kids should have been at school. School was cancelled the night before when it hadn't even snowed yet - totally takes the fun out of waking up in the morning to see if you have school or not, but oh well.
On to more interesting news...I was driving over to Michelle's house to play yesterday afternoon and guess what happens? I hit a bird - on the highway. First of all, what the heck is a bird doing here in sub-zero temps? Second, what the heck is it doing FLYING AT MY CAR?!?! It hit the passenger side window and tore it completely off. It happened so fast that it took me a second to figure out what happened. I am trying to stay positive about things here, but seriously, no heat and now I lose my mirror?? I hope we win the lottery next...$$$ - I have plenty I can spend it on at this point.
That's all for now...oh - just found out school is already cancelled for tomorrow too - yipee...I'm running out of things to do here people...although - I do enjoy staying in my pjs all day! (not that I actually do that - I'm just sayin')
Here's to stayin' warm!