Snowmageddon - March 5

For the last couple of posts it has been centered around snow. DC had such a mild winter that I really thought we dodge a bullet of a bad east coast winter. Ha! Then February came in with force and so did March. On Thursday March 5 we got around 5. 3 inches of snow at home. Reagan National Airport broke a record that was set in 1888! Dulles recorded 9.4 inches of snow. It was a unique storm where it came in once the sun came out. Thankfully we all had a snow day and of course we went out in it, cause I live with crazy people! These pictures were taken along Mount Vernon Highway.

Photos around our house.

Our huge backyard.

Bumblebee doesn't like the snow and I don't blame him! 

 This is suppose to be our last storm. It better be because there is only 3 weeks from the kick off of cherry blossom season.    

February 2015

I am so proud of myself for trying to keep this blog updated, I am actually only writing this post 3 days into March. Though, I should note, that I will have guests for a month straight starting on the day this blog post will post, so while I have been blogging strong for about 5 months, that may come to an end for the month of April/May. Of course I will be back. 

Okay, for everyday life in February.

 My ever growing jewelry wall. 

I officially started a job with benefits and paid time off on February 2. While I am a huge supporter of minimalist, they go to an extreme, so I caved and brought in a couple photos from home. Our office space will be moving in April or May, so maybe at that time I will bring in more. But for now these photos make me smile and also make me miss Idaho. The back photo is a photo Bonni gave me after I came back from bereavement leave, it says, friends are the family you chose, the gang. That's so true. Those 6 people in that photo are like family to me, and I miss all of them so much. The front photo is a picture Alissa gave me as a goodbye gift.

Tuf brought home Georgetown cupcakes (the show was/is/I don't know, on TLC).

Oh Princess. She still loves her heating pad. And in February she went back on insulin :( Remission over :( I am however, hopeful that she could go into a 2nd remission when we get her sugar levels under control. Since I know what I am doing this time around it is not nearly as stressful. The vet told me, that she wished she could clone me for all owners with diabetic animals. I didn't bother to tell her my melt downs when Princess was first diagnosed with diabetes almost two years ago. Thankfully I don't mind needles and giving her the shot of insulin or testing her blood is easy  for both her and I. Disclaimer, by easy I don't mean it has always been that way. The first time I had to test Princess's blood, I cried, I thought I was going to have to put her to sleep because I couldn't test her blood all the time, but we stuck with it and I bruised both her ears, very bad the first time. Now that I have tested her blood at least a 100 times, we both are cool with it. And giving a shot to a cat is so easy, she doesn't even feel it, actually she is usually purring when I give it to her, because I am petting her. 

Sometimes I wonder why her diabetes came back... not that eating ice cream helped. Man, she loves anything that is frozen. And to my credit this was the first time in at least a year she had any type of human food. 

 

Just like human diabetes, Princess drinks a lot of water. Score for her that we have had to keep water running at night to prevent frozen pipes.

And just a random photo of dumb dumb (aka the guard dog, aka Dexter)

Now for the monthly photos of my adorable nieces and nephews.

Left photo: watching the Super Bowl

Right Photo: Playing my little ponies

Blizzard of 2015

Okay, we all know I really dislike snow. I mostly dislike driving in snow. On Saturday, February 21, DC got hit with another snow storm. When deciding what to do on Saturday afternoon, I suggested we go to the mall and take pictures! The monuments covered in snow, was magical. We had so much fun playing in the snow as you can see from the below photos. This was one of my best days in DC, thus far.

Lincoln on the left and the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument on the right.

Snowball fight! But first I asked Anthony to help me make a snowball. The snow was so dry!

We are crazy!

Snow angel

 I love this photo of Tuf, with the single tear running down her cheek.

The snow was deep!

Jefferson Memorial

This is looking over the Tidal Basin from the MLK memorial to the Jefferson Memorial.

Anthony eating snow!This is funny because he is such a germaphobe and freaks out when a fry accidentally touches the restaurant table.

FDR Memorial

 

One of my favorite photos. So simple. Quiet. Still. Peaceful.

Catching snow on my tongue.

After playing on the mall and tidal basin, I suggested we go see the Capitol. When we parked close to the Capitol we noticed that people were on the reflecting pool. Oh yeah! We are going to go out there as well. I was super excited!!! However, getting onto the frozen reflecting pool was not as easy as it may seem. 

The reflecting pool was frozen solid!

Now for some photos. First the normal ones.

And now for the fun ones! These are hilarious and of course my mouth is wide open!

Then the Capitol Police came and ordered all of us off the ice. Boo! But for the 10 or so minutes we were on the reflecting pool were some of the most memorable memories I will always have. Years from now I will think of this time and laugh!

As we were walking back to the car the snow turned to ice and started pelting us, so we took that as our sign to go home, take off all our layers and dry off.