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Do you ever feel like you're trapped in a freaky movie

Try being stuck at home for 4 days

with 3 kids

2 dogs

and NO husband

You might have a little freaky moment or two

We did not leave the house for 2 straight days

Not totally uncommon

But when mother nature tells you that you can't

Well of course it's all you can think about

The boys managed to play outside for all of 10 minutes

It was way too cold

And I could not take Christian out

Which means I could not go out with the big boys

DARN the LUCK

By day 3

 I was over it

And out of most food

We braved it and headed out for Chick for lunch

Then I picked up Connor's BFF for a playdate

At least there was someone to help entertain for a couple of hours

Day 5

The cupboards were bare

It was the day before grocery day anyway

But the snow had started again that morning

Nothing big

The kind of snowfall that is gorgeous to watch

and under normal circumstances would not do much harm

That stuff fell ALL.DAY.LONG.

Seriously

So all the tracks that had been made in the driveways

COVERED AGAIN

I had to go get food

So while Connor was at his buddy's house

The other 2 boys and I headed out

The city had finally gotten all the roads plowed

So it was very drivable

I decided to go to the grocery store right across the street

They were plowing the parking lot

but it was pretty crowded

And since I am not crazy about that store

We headed to the neighborhood Walmart

It's parking lot was a mushy disaster

So I decided to try Target

At least they have bigger shopping carts so both boys could ride

SCORE

their lot was not too bad

But they were out of everything

Of course they usually are

***side note to any Target employees, could you please work on your speed of stocking the shelves? This is really annoying****

On the way home I encountered a small problem

On the ever so slight hill on my street

UM, YEAH

I could not get up the damn thing

I got half way up

and rolled back down

Got half way up

and rolled back down

The entire time a nice little crew of yard workers 3 houses up

were just watching

No one offered to come help the stupid lady who couldn't get up the hill

I would have just parked and walked the rest of the way home

But I had a car full of groceries

Finally on the third of fourth try

and steering it clear to the left

almost on the curb

I made it

I wanted to shoot the helpless yardies the bird

But I didn't

I gave a victory cheer instead

In all my sliding backwards down the hill

I was reminded of my dad taking us out to do doughnuts when we were little

We had an orange fiesta car

stick shift

and on icy occasions we would go the abandoned Fred's parking lot

My dad would throw it in neutral and pull up the emergency brake

Now that's fun

I don't know if that's exactly how it happened 

but it sounds good, so go with it

The snow is beautiful

When it's white as far as your eye can see

And during the day with the sun shines on the ground

It can cast a wonderful glow inside your house

that is different,brighter than you would usually have

And when it melts

It is a nasty, muddy, slushy mess

We are expecting more snow this week

Nothing like last week 

But truth be told

I didn't mind it so much

The way I loathe our schedule

I am glad when we don't have to go to school

It's not like I get a break 

In fact it's better with everyone home

Cause naps don't get shortened or missed

It's during these home bound times that I wish

I were a better cook

or baker

or crafter

But I am pretty good with the wii

And I make a mean bucket of popcorn

snow on my friends

snow on