Another Random Mind Dump

It's been less then a month since the last one, but I feel like it was therapeutic last time, so I'm going to do it again. Just a few of the things rolling around this mind of mine:

• My girls have no concept of inside voices
• I hope the roads are not too slick, I have a to do list longer then I can ignore
• I also hope that the two pieces of mail I have been waiting on show up today. 
• Shoveling the sidewalk is much easier if you get to it in the morning before people walk on it.
• This is one week that I am glad I don't have the weather they are getting back home. We may have a few inches on the ground, but my parents (who normally are lucky to get a dusting of snow yearly) got 13 inches! 
• Diet Mountain dew is the best. I'm glad daddy was willing to share his with me! 
• It's really hard remembering to do all the little things that I used to rely on Jimmy for.
• I need to remember that my girls are perfectly capable of helping around the house and give them opportunities to do so. 
• I also need to remember that I don't need to help them solve every conflict that comes up. They need to learn to work through things themselves. 
• As much as I dislike having to put on Natalie's shoes every day (she got ones that need to be tied and can't quite get them) I love hearing her commentary of what she's pretending to be doing. Yesterday she was on a beach, which led into a conversation about why people lay on towels on the beach. Today, she was making snow angels in the grass. That led to a discussion about how you can't make snow angels without snow. Love that kid. 
• I love that we live on a quiet street again. I don't miss hearing the traffic at all. Except maybe the night the girls aren't home, but I'm finding the dryer or dishwasher gives me just enough background noise to not jump at every sound. 
• As much as I wish for time to slow down just a little, I wish this month would be over for a couple reasons 1) I am so over this crappy winter weather and 2) after February I will have two things paid off that will really give me some breathing room in my budget. 

Anyway, that's it for today. Off to get started on that to do list =) Happy Saturday!