I’m off to bed, but just a quick note to say I’m still alive. This evening, I tackled some random bags of paper (we’re a stacking household and when company is imminent, we have a bad habit of stashing stacks of paper in bags in the bedroom) that seem to have been from 2006 and 2007. You’ll be relieved to hear that while I pulled out the odd greeting card or knitting pattern, generally most of what we encountered went into the recycling bin or the shredder.

We have been very good in not re-introducing mess into the bedroom since we emptied it last month for the rat purging. My goal is to finish going through the rest of the piles in the next ten days in time to be ready for Pi(e) Day on the 14th. I’ll be sorely disappointed if I have to hide things in the bedroom like usual.

Here’s to more productive evenings like tonight!

March 1 and 2: Snow! It started snowing Saturday as Rudi and I were walking home from our late night pizza dinner. It mixed with rain and sleet, so by morning we were still without accumulation. It picked up again around noon when we were at the market, but the temps were just too high to allow it to stick. It kicked in off and on all afternoon and evening, and finally around midnight started to stick to the ground. Around one, Rudi and I went out to play for a few minutes before returning home for hot tea and bed.

This morning we awoke to several inches of snow and a delayed work start for Rudi. I walked to work and will offer up some photos tonight when I download them from the camera.

Everything looks so pretty. I know those of you up north are tired of snow, but I miss it, so am happy we finally got a taste before the cherry blossoms and tulips are out full-force.

In that vein, here are some weather-appropriate tunes: