Snow Day #1

Thanks to the dangerous, iced covered roads, schools across Central Virginia were closed today. While I hate losing the Teacher Work Days that are used to make up for the snow days, I love to have an extra day home with my family. Depending on which station/website you look at and choose to believe, it's possible we may get more of a wintry mix/snow this evening...looking out our front windows you can see the snow just pouring over the mountains. I don't know if it will make its way across or not, but either way, it's a beautiful sight.

That vast gray sky is a huge cloud of wintry precipitation so thick that we can no longer see the mountains.

Today was particularly nice because my husband was also off. We both got to spend some time together and with G, which, due to work schedules, is not as often as we'd like.



Sporting her "Snow Day" attire

He has had to miss out on so much lately with the long hours at the fire department. I just adore seeing him catch up on daddy-daughter time.

An afternoon cat nap

We also spent today doing a little house work and catching up on some Christmas crafts that will be featured in this week's Five on Friday post. I was able to make a few ornaments, get in some "art work" and make a couple of skirts (that I hope will fit the little ones I've made them for).

 I was also able to begin some major work on our Budget Binder that will serve as a tool for our financial over haul in 2014. We've done really well thus far in our marriage, but we know we could be doing better. I'm excited and anxious at the same time. We'll have to really discipline ourselves and remain sources of encouragement and accountability for one another as we begin this journey. We did get excited as we started looking at what we could accomplish in just one year if we work our plan. One of our biggest hindrances is my student loans. Between my undergrad and Master's degrees, I have accumulated a good bit of debt. I can't wait to really begin putting a dent in it. God continues to provide and only through His provision have we been able to do the things we've done. He also expects us to handle His provisions with care and sensibility. I know without a doubt we'll be blessed through this. I hope to post more on it later.

While reviewing what I would need for our binder, I ran across Living Well Spending Less. I've read a few of her blogs in the past but this time on her site I discovered that she has a wonderful list of free printables for tons of DIY home projects (i.e. budgets, cleaning, etc.). The type A in me quickly fell in love.

Feeling rather rested and inspired, I'm looking forward to this evening's dinner. I'm trying a new recipe...Lemon Parmesan Pasta. I'll have to let you know how it goes...

I just love unexpected days off. How do/would you spend yours?