Up to our necks in snow

And I thought is was hard to take pictures of the tree. It's even worse trying to get kids in motion while opening presents. Nathan got all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but seems most excited about his dinasaur "Cuddly". He came with a website link that let Nathan name a star. We picked one in Ursala Major somewhere. Claire got about three baby dolls, but for some reason has focused on the one that cries when you put a pacifier or bottle in it's mouth.

Today was supposed to be a day of semi-relaxation mixed with home improvement while the kids went to Grandmas. But we're looking at another foot of snow today, and didn't want to have to worry about driving over to get the kids tonight. So instead, the kids are eating popcorn while Dan is shovels the driveway and I tear all the old, broken, dingy window blinds down and replace them with old, dingy curtains. And I'm kind of astonished that whoever did the last paint job here didn't remove the blind brackets first. I've always thought the paint was one of the good points here, but now that I'm looking at a square of brown paint in the kitchen corner windows, and a swath of white paint over the front door, I'm pretty annoyed.

And Dan is annoyed that he can't find metal shovels anymore.