Happy Monday Morning!

I can't tell you how happy I am to be back at work. Weird, right?

Who is ever happy about 1. Waking up early come Monday morning 2. To be happy about going to work? 3. Did I mention that it's Monday and I always dread Mondays??

Well, if you were like me and have been snowed in for 6 days...you would be SO happy to just have somewhere to go other than the rooms in your house. Let me tell you, coming to work is like a breath of fresh air. I miss having interaction with humans. Dogs just aren't good conversationalists. Plus, I don't want to come off as that crazy lady who talks to her dogs. I did get rescued by my awesome momma for the weekend, so that HELPED a ton with my cabin fever. I have never seen so many frustrated comments on FB, almost everyone status's have been how much they hate the snow, cabin fever is getting the best of me and my favorite one seems to be, whoever is praying for snow...please oh please stop. Seriously. Whoever is praying for snow...STOP!! Everyone would appreciate it here in Oklahoma.

I've learned a few things to better prepare myself for the next blizzard. However, I pray that I will never have to be in one again ; ) but just in case...here are a few tips that I have learned.

1. Sometimes the weather men actually do know what they are talking about, so when they say 20 inches of snow...they might be right.
2. Forget the food...stock up on alcohol. Everyone and their dog is at Wal-Mart...all the eggs, bread and milk are taken so don't fret just go to the liquor store. It not only makes you forget that you have no contact with the outside world, after a few drinks...you are nice and toasty and sleep pretty well.
3. Just a disclaimer...I am in no way an alcoholic, but its not like I was driving anywhere anytime soon...so why not?
4.Get snowed in with someone. Preferably someone you like. Preferably a hot boy. Just saying.
5. Buy a freakin snow shovel. I think I am the only one that didn't get this memo. My little baby shovel didn't really help with the 20 plus inches of snow in my driveway.
6. Do not..I repeat Do Not park in the middle of the freakin road. My poor mailbox has seen better days, due to my jackass neighbor who thought it would be fun to park in the middle of the road, so that when cars pass they have to drive in my yard and hit my mailbox. How am I supposed to get mail now??
7.Speaking of mail...I realize this isn't a tip...but I thought all mail carriers were supposed to deliver come rain, sleet or hail...is a blizzard not in that category? I would have liked to have received my Pioneer Woman's Black Heels to Tractor Wheels. Damn Blizzard.
8. I don't have anything else...I just have to end on an even number.

Things I missed due to the Storm that I am not happy about

1. My hair appointment. This girl needs her hair high-lighted like no ones business...my eyebrows are also starting to look a little Groucho Marx if you know what I mean. Plus, who knows when I will be able to get in again...she is a busy busy lady. Please excuse my pony tail hairstyles for awhile.


Groucho Marx



2. Bella also missed her grooming appointment. I gave her a haircut...she's not real happy with me. I can tell.

3. I missed the book signing for The Pioneer Woman's new book...luckily she is going to re-schedule it.

4. My bff Miss Football was supposed to come for a visit...thankfully the airlines let her switch her tickets and she is coming this weekend...fingers crossed.

Things my mom and I did to keep us entertained.

1. Movies...I don't know how many times we watched The Proposal. Great movie

2. We built a family of snowmen

Mom and Bella and Bentley is somewhere

3. I made a snow angel


4. We ate an entire Vegan Chocolate Texas sheet cake. Just the two of us.
5. I broke 10,000 points on Just Dance...ya, I'm awesome.


Well, that's the Blizzard of 2011 in a nutshell. Sorry this post is so long...I had a lot to talk about you know

Have a lovely Monday folks!

XOXO,
Lyndse

I'm back!!!!!!!!!

I'm back, I'm back, I'm back!!! After 3 looong days of being completely snowed in with no contact to the outside world, my mom felt pity on me and rescued me from what has now become Snoklahoma, Snoclopase, Snomagadon...hell as I like to call it...pure, cold, blizzardly, miserable hell. Well, it wasn't that miserable. I did have heat and water and electricity, but NO ONE to talk to. I may have called my mom like a million times in the last three days. I was literally going crazy, one more day and you might have found me in a padded room. I think even my dogs were ready for me to get rescued. In case you have been living under a rock or were the fortunate ones to not receive any of the 20 INCHES of snow and more coming as I type this, than you would know that Oklahoma got majorly crapped on my Mother Nature. Thank you Mother Nature for once again reminding me how much I absolutely hate winter. HATE IT. LOATHE IT. DESPISE IT.

I am a summer girl. I was born in late August, so by nature...I am just a summer loving girl. I love hot days, where in the morning on your way to work you can roll your windows down, summer nights outside with a nice Oklahoma breeze, spending all day on the lake in the hot sun, sno-cones, I am NOT NOT NOT a winter girl. Now, mind you, I don't mind the occasional snow...just a dusting. I love snow skiing and Colorado. However, I do not love this

Snow drifting to my front door...no bueno.

Or this

My poor little bushes...I hope they make it through.

Even poor little bella isn't a fan, she got stuck a couple of times...and I had to pull her out, poor thing

Bentley wasn't a fan either

When you are stuck in the house for three days with no one to talk to but yourself and your little doggies, you start to do stuff you never want to do like...organize your closet, deep clean your house, give your dog a haircut because she missed her groomers appointment due to the snow.

Good things from being snowed in, catching up on your dvr, I would have blogged but my laptop is broken or that would have been a good thing, working out multiple times a day(due to free exercise shows on your tv), drinking wine at 11:00 am...don't judge me, you try being snowed in by yourself with no where to go going on your third day of no human contact, and  being able to catch your dog doing some yoga....



We really are trying to watch our girlish figures in my household.

I am so happy to be re-connected to the bloggy world...it feels so good : ) I also couldn't be happier to be snowed in at my moms house, because so far today I have had two bowls of home-made peach cobbler, we are having chicken pot pie for dinner and she just made some chocolate sheet cake...so much for my girlish figure!!

XOXO,
Lyndse