Simply Stated

Valentine's 2011 came and went pretty quickly. We both were at the hospital most of the day on Valentines, but did come home and have our traditional meal of crab legs. I love having a nice meal at home away from the crowds. I guess we never really have been big Valentine's celebrators- is that even a word? Colby sent me flowers one year when we were engaged and living in 2 different places, but other than that- I'm more of a "just because" kind of gal. Although, I love getting cards and words of affirmation no matter the holiday! So I did have one of those tucked in my purse that morning. :)

But, my favorite part about holidays is decorations! I love it! Guess I got that as a hand-me-down from my mom who always decorated when I was growing up and she sends me something fun each year to add to the collection. Colby rolls his eyes and grumbles about something else to get out of the attic, but I guess it's something I want to be fun for my kids in the future. I loved having my red and pink around all month long. And don't be fooled, most of the decor is from Big Lots, Hobby Lobby the previous year after holiday-sale, and The Dollar Tree. They have such great finds!

Happy Valentines! Hope you had a wonderful day and know that God's love for you surpasses all understanding. Nothing can separate you from His love! May you all be filled with the fullness of God!

 Once again, our favorite small group leaders The Dunns hosted a fun Superbowl party. This was at the end of the very long snow week, so it was great to get out of the house and spend time with friends that we hadn't gotten to see previously in the week since we didn't have Bible Study b/c of the ice. It was a unanimous crowd going for the Packers, but I mean- I was only rooting for them b/c I love me some Green and Gold, ha! Go Bears! :) We were definitely ready for the Superbowl to come and go, because it seemed like everything in town was Superbowl focused. Trash pickup, iced roads, electricity outages, traffic, blah, blah, blah...Jerry's World. It's sad how much money truly does go into something like that. I mean really, football? Too many starving people in the world in my opinion. Although, I guess it's still a good time to fellowship with friends.

Well, once again the month is going to pass by! Better update! :) February started out with the craziest ice/snow days yet. Colby was on call the night it blew in and came home about 4 in the morning when the sleet was starting. I'm so glad he got to come home a little early, or else he probably would have been stuck! When we woke up that morning, our street was an ice skating rink with about 2 inches of ice! It was freezing cold temperatures for the whole week, so it took awhile to melt! Ugh! There's a reason we live in Texas folks! When Colby was accepted to med school in Pennsylvania first (love you Camille!) I was dreading the whole "winter thing." Relieved to stay in Texas, yet we've gotten a pretty good taste of it after moving from San Antonio to here. People who know us know that we are way too cheap to pay for air conditioner, and let's be honest living tight means something's gotta go. We def lived in San Antonio in a 2 story house and our most expensive electric bill was like $70 bucks in the dead heat of summer. Well, things haven't changed here, we just don't run it too much. But peeps...when it comes to cold- I hate it! I have the space heaters in front of me wherever I sit all winter long, in the bathroom to pre-heat so I can take a shower, am wrapped up in a blanket always, ugh! I just don't like being cold! So this was a hard week. We had several hours without power, and a frozen pipe in our bathroom. However, it made me so grateful to have a warm house to be in. I prayed fervently that week for the homeless that they would find a warm place to sleep.

So we ended up having 4 snow days where Colby was excused from rotations. I was supposed to have Psych clinicals, but since the place I was scheduled operates based on the school district, I was canceled too! So we hunkered down in the house for the week. Ok, I will admit on Tuesday I begged Colb to take me to Rosa's for Taco Tuesday...yah, that wasn't a good idea. We slid all over the place, and barely got Colby's truck back in the driveway. It was great to be able to spend time together in our pajamas. I did have to work on one of the days, since the hospital wasn't closed of course, and mercy- it was a long drive there! It was blowing snow the entire time I was driving at 5:30 in the morning and you couldn't even see where the lanes were on the highway! I prayed the whole drive and thankfully got to and from work safely- Thank you Lord! I gave myself plenty of time and honestly, the scariest thing is the other people driving. I was passed several times by yahoos going way too fast! All the Northern people probably are laughing at our snow days, but frankly, we don't have the plows, snow tires, or equipment to make things still function and it's not safe b/c people don't know how to drive in it! Which makes me wonder- if we consistently have weeks like this each year- how come we don't have snow plows? Hmm... anyway, wanted to remember our cold winter!  PS- I haven't really blogged about this, but since the ski trip, my knee has been doing all kinds of crazy things. So, I've been on crutches, going to physical therapy, etc. and it still isn't really feeling better-prayers appreciated! Just wanted to document that ice and crutches def weren't a good mix, ha! :)