OH! I just love the snow. it is so comforting to me to sit on the couch with a fleece blanket and watch the snnow falling. We have a nush in the front yard that looks like a large coffee crumb cake muffin! You know, the kins that is covered with powdered sugar and yet you can still see the small, brown sugary mixture peeking through the top?

Zachary has been asking.......begging! for snow ever since he saw there was a "chance" of flurries on weather.com! I heard him running up the stairs this morning and look out the window. There was an energetic YES! and then he proceeded to curl up on the couch with a fleece......just like Mama!

Around here, we all have our own fleece blankets. Some have more than one, actually! I On the big couch (as opposed to the loveseat), we keep a huge queen sized quilt that I made years ago. It is fought over on a regular basis and shows the brusies to prove it! Anyone know HOW to fix a quilt? I know how to make one, but not fix one! I wish I had time for quilting.....

As a matter of fact, these days I am finding myself wishing for the ONE thing I simply cannot make........more time! Yesterday Meagan, Josiah and I went for a lovely walk through the small town of Hawley, PA. It is less than 15 minutes from our home and simply full of adorable shops, old fashioned diners, and the neates play house! Meg and Josiah went over to the candy store to check things out in the snack department! I wondered up to the World Dance Theatre. I met the proprietor who was the nicest guy! He and his wife have recently taken charge of the theater and are offering all manner of classes. Art, drama, ballroom dancing, Irish step dancing, and Karate. So, how what does this all have to do with my desire for more time? I want more time to Do some of these things!

I would love to have the time to take an aerobics class with Meagan, join the drama group and do play or make fantabulous costumes! Not that I have any skill, but I would still love to do it. Or, and this is one of those deep, dark, hidden secrets of mine.....one of those things that not even my husband knows and I am now sharing this with the public........I would love to learn how to draw and paint like Tasha Tudor! So, time is what I need more of. Maybe it is more that I need to get the time I do have in right order?

I have read and utilized dozens of time managment books/schedules. I know HOW to manage time, yet I find it challenging to implement them on a consistent level. I do them for a while and then something gets thrown into the mix.....a trip to the emergency room, a sick Grama, an impromptu visit to NYC for the weekend. Then, the schedule of my dreams gets thrown to the wayside! Oh well. I love that my life is on the unpredictable saide. Most of the time, anyway! Plus I know I am now entering into a new dimension of life! My boys are old enough to leave home for 2-3 hours without the fear of them burning the place down! Ryan is just as good at watching the younger boys as Ryan is.....depending on the attitude of the younger boys, that is! I can tell when they will be ornery and need to come with me.

So, maybe the lord will allow me some time to do those fun things I have had to put off over the past years. I have NO regrets and i do not want to sound as though I am complaining. On the contrary. Yesterday was invigorating to me. It challenged me to take the chance to consider that I could possibly accomplish some of these things!

Off to get some other things done. Ryan has his first digital photography class and this afternoon I am torturing Meagan by making her come with me to a free Irish step dancing class! possibly, I will have pictures to follow........