That's what I get for complaining...

I chose to rant and rave about the measly 3 inches of snow we got and the following 5 DAYS of no school because of it. I whined every day about all the things I had hoped to get done while the kids were supposed to be at school. And what did that get me? TWELVE NEW INCHES OF SNOW! Yep! Finally, when we had to consent to the fact that winter break came a week early for the kids, on Saturday it hauled off and dumped 12 new inches of snow. Then, for the icing on the cake, Mother Nature threw down a 1/2 inch of freezing rain on top of it. So we have yet another week of canceled church, and I'm sure were it not winter break, school would have been canceled again. Doug had no choice but to go out in it--it's his weekend to take care of the babies. So with his big truck and tire chains, and after spending 30 minutes or so de-icing his truck so he could actually get in it, he's been out. The rest of us are hunkered down for a while. In some ways it is really nice--we've made Christmas cookies, played games, listened to music, got the Christmas cards ready (finally), and watched Christmas cartoons. Actually, that will probably be the agenda for most of the week.