I'm Out of Here!

Today:

High 74
Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.

Friday
High 49
Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs 45 to 50. North winds 10 to 20 mph.

To Dearest:
With this forecast I am not going to hang around the house today. When you arrive home the dishes may not be done, the laundry will still be unfinished. It will absolutely not be folded and definitely not put away. (So when you are looking for pants tomorrow morning let me direct you to the laundry basket in the wash room)

I am grabbing the jogging stroller, my camera, a picnic lunch, and my friend from Nellymom blog, and we are headed to the state park.

When you ask what I did today
I am going to say:
I lived.
I enjoyed.
What I wanted to.

I am out of here!

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Side note: Dearest will not care that I skipped out to the park he will however be jealous. As he is stuck trying to beat algebraic equations into 15 year old heads....

Winter Weather Advisory

I repeat, no travel is advised. Temperatures are dropping. Tomorrows high is projected to be -30. Winds will gust today up to 40 mph. Snowfalls will measure between 8-12". Please, again, do not travel. So... what do we do? We take off for home.

Let me start back where I left off. We were on our way to our first Christmas celebration, at the in-laws. I had my new found decision to relax and not kill myself to please under my belt. We were on our way. Once we arrived I had a good time, the best time we have had at the in-laws celebration in years. (Since we had kids really) It did help that the kids are getting bigger and aren't as demanding. We were worried about one thing though... the weather.

A snow storm was blowing in and it didn't sound good. We knew this when we drove the two hours to the party, but, decided to go anyway. The wind picked up and the snow started falling and blowing about 8 pm. As we tucked in for the night we wondered what the morn' would bring. By 9 am it wasn't looking good. But, being true Minnnesotans and having 4 wheel drive we decided to try for home anyway. Along the way we even took the time to celebrate at the cousin's house - I mean it was their first Christmas celebration and they had been preparing for quite awhile! The food was cooked... we had to go, right? It was quick but enjoyable.

I am glad we went. I am especially pleased with how well the weekend went. I feel like it was a great start to what I hope will be the best Christmas season in a long time.