On HuffPo, serious snow, cake

So this is exciting. I’m now a member of the Huffington Post blogging team. OMG! My first piece, a comedic bit, was published this morning: Hating on Winter. I cannot tell y’all how excited I am about all of this.

We are, today, having our biggest snow yet this year. It’s pretty though my entire crew is 100% over it all. I haven’t yet been able to convince the boys to go outside.

(yet another) snow day

Instead, we’re playing Sorry, eating popcorn, and making cake. Two chocolate rounds just came out of the oven, and once they’re cool, I’ll ice them and we’ll dig in. Just cuz.

Serious question

Has winter taken its toll on my dear J? He is furiously writing a new Star Wars movie script and seems not to understand the concept of printing a single copy. ON the color printer. How much blank ink/money is in that pile, I ask you? Why the all-black background on every honking page?

one copy wasn’t good enough?

I chastised him a bit, because really, and I think he tried to pretend like this patchwork, kidnapper thing was his plan all along.

                              what?

It looks like the Unabomber lives in my basement. AND we are sure to have a snow day tomorrow (thanks a lot, pending March snow) and there is no school on Friday. And then it’s the weekend! I can’t.

Ice storm aftermath

School was delayed by two hours this morning, so the boys and I took a walk to explore all the ice storm had enveloped in its crystalline grip. Things were melting quickly, but we happened upon some amazing stuff: whole sheets of molded ice slipping off leaves and individual spears of grass; entire hydrangea heads enrobed; coated branches which looked like wands the White Witch might love. It was very beautiful and Is now, fortunately, very gone.

iced-branch wands

Jack managed to slip off this icy covering of a newel post cap

ice-encased hydrangea blossom

this leaf cover is slipping off