SNOW!

We heard rumors we would have snow this morning when we woke. We never get snow and we certainly never get snow when it is predicted. Well, it was predicted we would have 2.5-3 inches when we woke. And we did have 3 inches of snow and it was still coming down heavy. We were so shocked. The snow was beautiful, so we took pictures of the house we live in and ran to our new house. Our new house would have looked great, but we still have scaffolds, pallets of brick, buckets, machinery, etc. everywhere. Unfortunately, the temperature went up and the sun came out, so the snow started disappearing quickly about 10 am. It was funny to see our buttercups blooming beneath the snow.

Tide Guy was gone last week, so a friend and I met the stucco guy to pick the stucco color. We picked a grayish color to match the key ways above the windows. Unfortunately, it was too pink. It was really pink before it cured. So, we are trying again. This time the stucco guy had us narrow it down again and he will get us new samples. We are going to consider something in the brown family this time.

Gas prices are about the same, but the economy is still terrible. Our favorite Mexican restaurant, due to the increase of produce, now charges $1.50 for the third serving of chips and salsa.

In the adoption world, it looks like China referred through March 6, 2006. A whole 4 days. Two of which are weekend days. It seems that March 7, 2006, is a large day so it is possible China will only refer one day next month. Yuk.

We have started filling out paperwork to submit to our adoption agency. We are basically done except for one or two questions and getting a money order. Once that is sent in we can get our home study appointment in place. We spent a bit of today rearranging a storage room in this house. We have stacks of lighting fixtures, plumbing equipment, and other items stored here for the new house. This is all in addition to the household goods stored in another room. It looks more "homey", but there is still some work to do to make it look better.

Happy March
Tide Gal & Tide Guy