so, it's happened. i'm not happy about it. i didn't approve it. and i griped about it all day long. snow. snow is here and i hate indiana, once again. i don't know what it is between march and november, but i seem to forget how absolutely torturous snow is. i hate it. it's cold. it's wet. and it's slippery. i slid through two intersections this morning. not good, my friends, not good. here's the other issue, indiana is flat. so flat, it's sad. so, even if we do have snow, we can't ski. you put skis on and you stand still. indiana sucks. the worst part: i notice its snowing and has been and i grab the coat and gloves and head out the door. between the front door of my house and the driver side door of my jeep, it happened. i took the official first snowflake straight to the eye socket! i would rather slip and fall on my butt than take a big wet cold snowflake to the retina! that's the worst

however, i'm attempting to find the lighter and 'positive' sides of things... (enter laughter here). so, here is what i've come up with. i actually have a reason to drink a hot/warmer beverage. i normally fear hot beverages. in fact i HATE coffee. it is a vial drink that should be abolished. it's disgusting! i typically avoid a star bucks but on this odd day of the year that we had our first snow, I hit up the star bucks not once, but TWICE. i am a sucker for the caramel apple cider. it is to die for. if i have to have a hot beverage (which, i do to keep my hands warm in my car with no heat) this is the one i would chose, twice. :o)

here is another positive. the target dollar section has a random group of pet things. great for a laugh. i bought some great squeaky toys about two hours ago and they are almost destroyed already. however, in this pet section they had a fun little surprise. doggy booties. now, i am not normally evil to small animals but, again on this odd day of the year where we have our first snow, i had a need for some...pain of small animals apparently. i bought the little black booties and headed home. i then, very slowly approached the dog (not mine because she could take me, but my moms little 7lb schnauzer) it was great!!!



notice her enthusiasm with wearing booties... so funny!



now, the other funny thing is that at my mom’s house, we have a dog door built for a schnauzer; sadly, i have a golden retriever who disagrees. so she uses it all the time. so when you wake up in the morning, there is no perfect white, snow covered yard because my dog has been outside running laps like the energizer bunny on speed. its hysterical! but after she comes in all snowy, she goes back into attack mode. here are some rare glimpses of her being calm and sweet. (right after this, she lunged!





bah humbug
katie