It's Cold!

Nearly 50 below wind chills are expected! It's crazy to me that skin can freeze in less than 10 minutes. I'm hoping that the superintendent thinks it too cold to have children outside! Yes, I already had one snow day this week, but I wasted it. My own fault I guess. I was LAZY! I suppose you might think that laying around is okay on a snow day, but I would have liked to accomplish a bit more. Tomorrow, when we have another day off (or if...) I'll make a list and let you know what I do with my day.

Hotel Zwiefel

This place has been busy lately!

Friday, January 3 - Mom and Mallory came to stay the night before we left to go to Burlington to visit relatives. We ate at Applebees and watched Enchanted.

Saturday, January 4 - An ice storm changed dinner with friend Bryan into Bryan staying on the sofa de Zwiefel. We scraped together some food out of my well-stocked "bare" cupboards. You know the kind... there's plenty there but nothing to eat. Pizza, baked beans, pina colada jello. We watched the Chargers win!

Sunday and Monday - I rearranged the things I had been storing in the guest room to make way for...

Tuesday, January 6 - Friday, January 9 - My friend Kate needed a place to stay for a few days since the dorms were closed. She is a part of the small group of college women I lead in bible study once a week. We had tons of fun, and she brought baked goodies. Always a plus!

It has been so wonderful having house guests lately. The couch and guest room are currently vacant. Make your reservations today!

I'll leave the light on for ya.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas...

...and a Happy New Year!

Break has been great! "Refreshing" is the word for it. I still have several days too!

I was not mentally prepared for Christmas. I had worked up to the 23rd, so opening presents the morning of the 24th was weird. My favorite gift is the trainer Mom bought for my bike. I've wanted one for a long time! I'm really excited about riding indoors this winter! (Considering the alternative, riding outside.)

The highlight of opening gifts was watching Rhylee try to eat the bows and paper. He's getting another tooth, and he will chew on anything. Mallory was also very entertaining as she continued her tradition of wrapping things she finds around the house. Dad opened a boxed set of WWII videos that he was given for Christmas about five years ago. I also had several items she had wrapped for me. You never know what you're going to get, again!

Christmas eve was spent in West Bend with Mom's family. Mom, Alissa, and I went to the Christmas Eve Mass with Grandpa. Our church's service was too close to family dinner. The drive home from West Bend is always memorable, but this year's especially so. We drove home in a car without heat. Brrr.. Dad had driven the car there because my car was in the way of his. (He could have called, the keys were in the house!)

Christmas morning we woke up to check out what Santa had left. Mario DDR for the gamecube! Santa and I found a really good price for it on ebay. He also left me a jar of my favorite peanut butter. What a sense of humor he has!

We went to my dad's brother's for Christmas dinner. I haven't seen this group of cousins for a few years. It was good to catch up.

The day after Christmas I bought a new phone. It was definitely time! I could make one call on the old one and the low battery warning would start beeping. The new one isn't too fancy, but I'm having fun with the new features.

Life since then has been great. It's nice to sleep in and do whatever I like. I brought things home from school to work on, but I probably won't touch them until the 3rd or so. I also have a few things to work on for my grad school applications. I'm still dragging my feet. Change is exciting, but overwhelming!

I wish you all the best in the New Year! I'm resolving to post every so often. We all know I'll have time on my many snow days! haha