Random Wednesday

Snow day!!!! Did anyone else know that lawyers got snow days? I didn't. It makes my career choice that much easier to live with. Of course, the last time that the firm closed for inclement weather was in 1996...but we won't think about that. We'll think about me and Riley sitting on the couch together all day, watching the snow fall outside.

On another note, we took Riley in for an emergency vet appointment yesterday. It turns out that she has a bacterial infection in her left eye AND a yeast infection in both her ears. Poor girl! You wouldn't know she was sick if you saw her, though. She is just bouncing all over the place and ringing the bells every couple minutes so that she can go play in the snow. Riley is also 35 pounds now. 35 POUNDS (35.5 to be exact)! We had no idea. We thought she was still only 25-30 pounds. She doesn't look like she's grown at all but apparently she's been secretly putting on weight without us knowing.

Well, that's all from here. I'm going to go back to watching the snow fall now (Actually, I'm doing a full days worth of work from home today. Too much to do and too little time. But lets just pretend that I'm taking the day off. At least I get to wear jeans...)

Snow day

We got something like 18-22 inches of snow. Riley is in heaven. See below:

Thursday, finally

Did anyone else give a big sigh of relief when they got to work this morning? Its Thursday...finally. This has possibly been the longest week of all time and for no particular reason. I was neither drudgingly slow nor exhaustedly overwhelmed this week (unlike last week!). Instead, its just been a few things here and there with some rest periods in between. I wonder if that is what most people's work-life is like? It must be nice...Except the last three days felt like three weeks. Hello, weekend! I can see you on the horizon.

On another note, we are in a winter storm warning. I noticed it this morning on weather.com. The storm warning is for Friday afternoon through Saturday. That's right--the winter storm warning is up a whole day and a half in advance. And its gets better--the warning is for an expected 6-12 inches of snow. Hahahahahahahahaha. Seriously!?! Only a foot of snow? That's nothing. It will melt in like two days, anyway. But people here are panicking. Folks at the basketball game yesterday were talking about how they were preparing to be snowed in all weekend. Snowed in!!! And I'm positive that our grocery store will be empty of bread, eggs and milk by tomorrow morning (Why do people always buy bread and eggs? We almost never eat bread or eggs in our house. We'd be better off with loads of chicken breasts and pasta). I'm trying to keep my self-righteous, midwestern, if-its-not-over-16-inches-its-not-worth-talking-about smirks to myself.

And finally, God decided to test my fortitude yesterday by dangling the assistant coach's position for girl's basketball in front of me. Its mine if I want it. And I do want it. I love the coach--she likes the game to be played exactly the same way that I do. But I have yet to figure out a way that it would be workable. Cruel, cruel life. I think I'll give myself until the summer to see if I can come up with any solutions. I hate to let an opportunity like this pass me by. *sigh

The library

After a very long three day weekend and a few more tweaks, the library is almost done. At least, its done enough to show the results. This is a long post, folks, so buckle your seatbelts--it will be a long ride.

Oh! And let's not forget that I did this all by myself. Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm just so proud of myself.

Anyway, to the pictures...

When we first toured the house, the room was (eh-hem) interestingly decorated. If we were 70 years old, we probably would have loved it.

We originally used the room as an office. However, this was changed after we got the puppy, because we rarely used the desk and it took up a lot of space (plus, there were just too many cords for the puppy to potentially chew on).

The room looked like this just before I started my work.

The change in process...

And now the big reveal...

You can't see it that well, but I put trim around all the edges of the bookcases to create a built-in look. The library also has lots of little storage areas, which is really nice. Now all the puppy stuff and extra pantry items are kept out of view behind the cabinet doors on the bookcase. The bench underneath the picture window is also more than just a bench.

Its also our CD storage! (and camera/picture storage)

Another example is the oh-so-handy pop-out desk. For the most part, it will stay as is like below (oh yeah, that's our new printer--it's sa-weet!).

But if we need some desk space to type on the computer or for some other purpose, we can just pull out the extra leg.

So, what do you think of the new library? And yes, Mom, you can pack up all those books that I've made you keep over the years. We definitely have room for them now!

Poor puppy

Who can go to work...

when they are greeted with this accusatory look when they come home...

Cover thief

Riley has a new game. She thinks its awesome. We are not so thrilled.

You see, every morning Duff and I carefully pull the duvet cover over the bed so that loads of puppy hair doesn't end up on our sheets and pillows. Riley has other plans.

The other day, I came out of the shower to find this:

Then, a few days later, this:

Each day, she dug herself in a little deeper, until you almost couldn't see her behind the sheets anymore.

Today, I came home from work and discovered how exactly she was working her magic.

There are no words.