Just when my back was starting to feel better and I was looking forward to being sprung from my week of house arrest, the predicted a major blizzard hitting the area. Now snow and wind in Chicago in the winter isn't really anything new. And the weather people have a tendency to over hype things. But for some reason, everyone took them seriously this time. And rightly so! The storm was supposed to start on Tuesday afternoon. Monday I went grocery shopping like I do every week. Me and 100,000 of my neighbors. I have never seen the store so packed! It was insane and everyone had lost their freaking minds! Everyone was rude and pushy. The shelves weren't bare as we would see on the news in other stores, but the place was a zoo. I decided to cancel my plans on Tuesday, even though I was hoping to be home by 1 pm. I just didn't want to get stuck if I was running late. Schools and businesses were already planning to let out early. Tuesday night Matt and I watched the storm. It was awesome! The snow! The wind! The drifts! Once I knew all my family were safely where they were supposed to be, I was a lot less anxious and more excited to see what mother nature had in store. We woke up Wednesday morning to about 20 inches of snow and four foot drifts in our yard. Matt went out to work on shoveling and I made breakfast. Since we were stuck at home, I decided to deep clean the bathroom. Man did it need it! Wednesday night the temperature dropped to well below zero and again on Thursday many things were closed due to the cold and people still trying to dig out. While the storm didn't eclipse the previous record for most snowfall/biggest storm, it certainly was not over hyped and I was glad to have my little family safe and cozy in our house. Friday morning we had MOPS and everyone was so eager to get out of the house!
And that is about that. I should also mention (you know, so I remember) that Lily is about potty trained. She almost never has accidents and even stays dry over night and at nap time more often than not (though she is in a pull up for them!) I was feeling like a bad mommy because she was closer to three, but once she was ready, she just got it and now I am fine with it. Now if I can only get her off the darn paci. She has been wanting it all the time lately, and our rule is only bed time of nap time. She will actually go and sit on her bed for a half hour, just to have her paci. Lily has also been a handful lately. I have always been a more, I am not sure, confident mommy, not thinking I needed to read every parenting book out there, but I am right now reading The Five Love Languages of Children. Next on my list is Love and Logic. I just need some tools to parent her more effectively and more importantly, keep my cool with her!
Oh yeah, one more thing. I am starting Weight Watchers again. I am just going to do it on my own, more of the older program since I know they just switched it up. I have to do something! Prior to my, ahem, injury I was going to the gym 3 to 4 times a week, and plan to get back into it, but I need more. I lost maybe 3 pounds in a month. Yeah, definitely need help in the diet department. And WW has worked for me in the past - until I stopped going and gained all the weight plus more back. The only thing is that it was so much easier when I worked full time! Anyway, we are going to Florida with my family in June and I need to lose weight! Come to think of it, my back will probably feel better to if I lose some weight!
Have a great week!

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