There's Not Enough Snow, But I Have Photos!

Hello, readers!

I'm kind of thrilled to see that some people are viewing my blog. I had about 10 views since yesterday, and they weren't me. Setting up that site visit counter at the bottom of my page has been good for my morale. =D

People like you are both seeing my blog and looking at my profile, and I thank you! Clearly my writings aren't anything particularly substantial but I do enjoy posting them. It makes me feel that I have some sort of audience, and knowing that makes me write a lot better.

That post from yesterday? I spent an estimated 2 hours on it. Maybe more. Now does that reveal how big of a dork I am? I got home on Friday night and I really felt like writing. It's kind of strange that I'm writing personal essays for fun but I actually really DID enjoy writing it and I think it turned out kind of nicely.
Yeah?

Denver's getting big snow this weekend (I'm sorry. I'm talking to you about the weather. I'm kind of short for words today but I want to write something). After sleeping and watching NUMB3RS episodes for hours in my room this afternoon, I was surprised to see a heavy blanket of snow on the ground when I looked out my front window. Let me look again.

Oh. Not as much snow as I thought. Just a couple inches. I was thinking in the 2-foot range. I'm disappointed. I usually don't like snow, or cold, or anything really associated with winter at all except maybe cute coats and hats and the way my nose gets red in the cold. I like the way the cold gives my face some color. I also like scarves. I love scarves. Aside from that though, winter is a pain in the ass, as is snow, unless of course I am skiing on it.
I just wanted a lot of snow tonight because I really don't want to go to church tomorrow morning. This weekend all I really want to do is sleep.
I lead a terribly exciting life, I know.
So right now I'm fantasizing how my house should look 6 AM tomorrow...6 foot snowbanks blocking my front door. How wonderful would it be to say, Oh, darn, looks like we won't be able to move the car today. Looks like I'll have to spend the day at home staying warm in bed.

That unfortunately is not the case right now. I'm sad to see tire marks on the road, which means of course that conditions are drive-able right now.
I can't even barricade myself in my bedroom because I'm stuck upstairs caring for crying children who are actually beating themselves up pretty badly tonight. My 12-year old brother felt justified in knocking two small children down onto the floor because he was hit by my 8-year-old sister.
Then when I yell at him he insists that he did nothing wrong.

I put up with chaos on a daily basis.

Let me show you a picture of my family. Just for kicks.
Photos make blogs much more interesting.

This isn't even all of us. This picture was taken in the summer of 2006. Since then another baby boy has been born and my mother is now expecting baby #12. But this is the most recent decent picture of most of the whole gang. I'm the tall redhead standing behind my parents. The kid in the right-hand corner is the second oldest. He's not that short. I don't know why but he is sinking into something there in the back row. He's actually taller than me now.

Now for some more pictures. This is fun.

This is my baby brother, Charlie, not pictured in the family photo. He's a real cutie, I love him a lot.

This is my brother in a skirt. I have nothing more to say to that.

This is one of my TV boyfriends, Charlie from LOST. Best show on television. No matter what you say, LOST is amazing. Because of this guy, I call my baby brother "Chah-lee" all the time.

This is another TV boyfriend, Jim Halpert from The Office. I am crazy over this guy.

This is me, my best friend Iliana, and my piano on prom night of Junior year. I had a killer dress that I loved. It just wasn't very dance-friendly.


This is my sister Katie being unspeakably cute. This was part of a candid trampoline photoshoot last summer. Tons of fun.

This is my brother and me being rebellious little shits. Heh heh.


This is my sister Lucy and me on Christmas Eve of my sophomore year. I look deranged, but hey, we like to have fun.


I love this picture. Katie is wearing a pirate bandana. She is still unspeakably cute. That's my sister Mary in the background giving me a killer smile.

This is me and Iliana on New Year's 2007. I look pretty stupid when I laugh, but this is definitely us. :)

This is me and my brother Michael. We're the only two redheads in my family. I think we're pretty lucky. :)

Well, I think I've posted enough photos for the night. I may post more random photos another day. Maybe I'll just start taking more pictures in order to better document my life.

Anyways, I'm off to do something actually productive now.

Happy Saturday.