I've been crappy at blogging lately

Not really sure why...I have plenty of things to go on about, and even time to do it, I just haven't been doing so. Anyway, here's what's doing on our end these days:

SNOW

• In spite of the fact that I thought we were going to have a truly snowless winter this year (heck, I was even starting to lament the lack of snow!), we did end up having a winter wonderland here last Friday, complete with a day off of school and work!
• It was, for all intents and purposes, Eden's first real experience with snow (what a difference from Sadie's life at that age!), and she just adored the white stuff.
  

Here are some pix from the day.

All bundled up and rarin' to go.

Trekking.

You know you're a shore girl when your boogie board doubles as a sled.

WORK (mine)

• I had a very encouraging meeting with my new boss the other day, and it looks very probably that a positive position change (and salary increase) is in the works. This is good news (obviously), as I really want to make the University my career home for the next 20+ years, so the idea that there is room to grow professionally is a positive development.

WORK (Evan's)

• Evan continues to be busy. He delivered a big piece (a display table/cabinet for an engineer to display blueprints and drawings) last week and is on target to deliver a smaller piece (bathroom vanity) this weekend.
  
• Next up is a dining room table (the bonus is that he's going to do a two-for on this so that we actually end up with a much needed dining room table ourselves!).
• Once the table is complete, he will begin work on a desk for a 'repeat customer'. This project is especially nice, as this customer gives Evan carte blanche to simply create to his heart's desire, and price is no object (must be nice, huh?).
• Finally, he's got three things in the pipeline - one is 'this close' to being a for-sure project and the other two are iffy. So, in any event, he seems to have enough work to keep him busy (and our bills paid) for the next few months, at least.

THE GIRLS

• The kids are doing great. Sadie's reading just continues to amaze me, and she all of the sudden seems to have grown up so much. It is :) and :( at the same time. Bittersweet, I guess, is the word.
• I've stuck to my 'playdate plan' with her, and she's had a playdate scheduled each weekend. Some have gone better than others, but overall, I can see that she's becoming more comfortable with other kids, in general. She has also willingly gone on playdates without me, which was something I thought would never happen.
• Eden continues to be her same adorable, devilish self. In any given day, I can go from just wanting to eat her up, to wanting to auction her off on ebay, and back again, multiple times. She truly is a little 'curious George'.
  
• She has hit the 'why?' stage (early), it seems. As I recall, Sadie hit this much closer to 2 1/2 or three. Now, every statement I make is met with "Why?". She also has take to saying (about anything she likes) "Oh, I love ---! That's my favorite!" It is really too cute.
  

ME
As for me, things are status quo. I haven't been exercising as much as I would like, though I'm optimistic that after the clocks change ahead next week, I can start riding my bike in to work after doing the lunchtime dropoff. Just doing that made such a difference in my overall fitness level last year, that I'm looking forward to getting into it again.

As my last post indicates, I'm also spending a ridiculous amount of time and energy planning out this trip to WDW. I'm even starting to 'get' the obsessive planning that I had previously mocked. This is really our first big vacation just as a core family, and I want it to be the best it can be.

I've also been trying to help Evan out with some of the more mundane, administrative tasks with regard to his business (creating invoices, writing up estimates). That kind of stuff appeals to my love of micro-managing ;) , so it is really a good fit.

I guess that's about all that is going on here. I will try to be better about blogging. I'm not really doing the pay to post stuff anymore (just kind of lost my motivation), so that's probably why I am not posting as frequently. Anyway, that's all for now.

updates

• The kids are still sick.
  
• Sadie is really feeling well enough to go back to school, but on the advice of my (possibly overly conservative) uncle, I'm keeping her out the rest of the week. I'm guessing they aren't going to cover anything this week in Kindergarten that is going to keep her out of Harvard.
• With the onset of a rash all over her body yesterday, I think it is safe to say that Eden most likely has Roseola. Not serious, but a pain, nonetheless. After spending the first few days of the illness relatively unaffected, she has now hit the irritable as hell phase. She has brief bursts of pleasantness, punctuated by long stretches of crying, whining or sleeping. I do feel bad for her, and I hope by the end of the week, we she gets some much-needed relief.
• The silver lining is that we've opted to use this week as one of our two daycare 'freebie weeks' (where we don't send them and we don't pay). So, at least we've got an extra $300 in our pockets this week.
• Outside the confines of the illness compound, all seems to be humming along. Work is very busy, which is actually a good thing. Keeps me motivated.
  
• Evan is busy, too, getting ready to deliver another piece at the end of the month. A couple of more prospects (some more firm than others) are on the horizon, too.
• This morning, as I left the house, I was actually lamenting the fact that we can't fit my car into our garage. I had to spend some time scraping the windshield and warming the car up. Of course, having had to do that on an almost daily basis during the winter months in MA, I can't complain too much, but still. It would have been nice to just get in and go. It is doubtful our car will ever reside in the garage, given how much stuff we have, so maybe I should look into one of those car covers or some other way of not having to deal with a frosted-over windshield.
• Anyway, time to get back to work. Hopefully, the next time I post, I'll have some healthy updates on the kids.