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If you haven't checked out the above blog, please do so.  My friend Katie from high school authors the awesomeness and well, she does a nice job and makes me laugh.

Its cold.  Again.  I'm so down with winter…. growing up in Michigan and living in both Vermont and Colorado in my 20's, I appreciate the seasons.  You will never find me complaining about how spring can't come soon enough, blah blah blah.  Snow is pretty and white and makes everything look new and fresh.  Plus, every snowflake is different.  Wrap your head around that.  The ONLY challenge to winter, aside from not flicking off asshole drivers that don't know how to drive in snow, is finding things to do inside for FREE with an 18-month-old.

1.)  Beau has mastered YouTube on my iPhone.  Great.  I hear the itsy bitsy spider on loop all day long.  ALL DAY.  Why can't he watch Sammy Hagar videos on YouTube?  I'll teach him that tomorrow.

2.)  We hit up the local library last week.  Shockingly, Beau didn't break anything.  He literally ran up and down the deserted aisles making pterodactyl noises and snacked on fruit snacks ("yummies").  Two hours flew by like the wind AND he was wiped in time for his nap.  Rad.

3.)  COSTCO.  a.k.a. The Snack Zone.  Love.  I need not go into details.

4.)  Having a handful of neighbor kids always willing to come to our house and play.  Kick ass.  Ranging in age from 15 months to 6, Beau has plenty of rolldawgs willing to come and chill at our house.  As long as I'm stocked on cheese sticks, juice boxes, yummies, poppycornies and pretzels, we are all good.  Plus, his little girlfriend Katelyn (aka "Kukla" which means darling in Greek) and Beau practice ewok speaking while on said visits.

I'm officially fat.  Huge.  I no longer look like I had too much casserole at Christmas.  Baby Willis moves all day long.  Very active…. maybe a future Olympian?  I'd love two kids that can master the downhill at Lillehammer or Chemonix.  I don't want to pay for said ski lessons however, able bodied individuals who can shred are well respected by most.

Kristy update:

If you haven't already, please google Kare4Kristy.  There is a giveforward.com page dedicated to her and all contributions are greatly appreciated.  She continues to make slow progress…..  I still have hope she will make a full recovery however, the road will be long.  Just as my friend KKR from createajoyfullife.com will write, life is precious.  Savor EVERY DAY with your loved ones and forgo the petty nonsense because it could change in a hot minute.