Philly is a very interesting place!!

Tommy's shovelled more snow in the last 2 months than he has in his life!

We built a snowman!! :)

Snow up to my knees (taken in our back yard area).

Our street.

My Car buried under snow (above).

Philly is the only place that I've lived that has extreme inclement weather. When we do have blizzards or regular snow fall, it is the only place that i know of where people save their parking spots by putting everything from trash cans, cones, old coffee containers, recyclable bins or chairs in the spot. It is one of the most passive aggressive statements that I've seen when it comes to saving a spot. After having had to dig myself out of a parking spot before (and it took an hour) and also seeing how much of a pain finding a parking spot is when there's snow on the ground, I now understand why people save their spots - but it's still pretty funny to drive around and see plastic/metal chairs, cones on top of plastic crates and recyclable bins in parking spaces...as if they can't be moved! Gotta love Philly!! And although I don't think this has happened since I've lived here, I was told that one year someone was shot because they took someone's spot. Praise God for His peace, mercy and grace!! :)

Hope you enjoyed the photos.

And here are links to us making snow angels!! :)

Tommy's Snow Angel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybKy1yFHFLo

Fatimah's Snow Angel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFjJYuuDs7M

We Have A New Living Room!

We spent all this past weekend painting our living room and the upstairs hall way. It was a big ordeal as we were supposed to have folks over to help us paint the living room, the dining room, and the hall (and maybe the kitchen). We couldn't decide on the kitchen colors but picked out a color for the living room and dining room. We went to buy the paint and got it and then when we put the color on the wall, I didn't like for the dining room since it was such a rich color. So we primed the living room (after taping and putting down the drop clothes everywhere) and then we applied to coats of paint. The hall way was finished yesterday. The color has grown on me and I like it now. It definitely beats the yellow that was on the walls. So it feels like we have a new living room!!! We still have to stain the mirror and hang it up and hang up some more pictures in the living room but at least the walls are painted!!(...and we have to get rid of the red carpet!!) Can't wait to do the dining room so we can have that room back in order. (We finally landed on a color! ;)).