So these are a few pictures around my yard from a few days ago. The chairs in my back yard are now literally covered, you can't see them anymore. Does that tell you how much we have had here. The official count of inches so far for December is............drum roll please 53 inches.

The sparkle you see like glitter is the sun on the snow. I love it when it is like that, it is so very beautiful. Have to remind myself of that after all the shoveling we have done and continue to do because yes, there is another snow storm early in the morning.

So far all this snow has brought with it plenty of challenges for our household, before the snow we were in the minus for temps and we got a leak in our pipes. So when we went to fix the leak because it was so crazy cold it wiped out our whole system. We finally got it all thawed so we can fix it as of 2 days ago. So we are almost done with it and then .....yes, then the roof sprung a leak. So my dd and I were up on the roof last night shoveling for all we were worth in thigh high snow. So roof leak fixed today, back to water tomorrow. Thankfully we were between storms, oh thank you Lord!!!!!! So needless to say, all I want is for the last of the pipe repairs to be done, which included taking out our tub!!!!! So I can clean like crazy and find my house again.

A girl needs to be able to sew and this has put a real kink in it!!!!!!

You know the saying, all good things must come to an end, well this water adventure needs to come to an end....grin. It will and then life will be more normal. I am not sure there really is a normal. Every family and their dynamics are different and they work for each one. If we were all the same how boring life truly would be.

We had a nice quiet Christmas, played with the grand kids, had dinner and then napped. Life couldn't be any simpler and it truly does bring joy when I allow it. And yes, I need to remember in the midst of all the crazy water escapades that there is joy. Yes, there is joy!!!!!!

So hoping your Christmases were enjoyable as well.

Merry Christmas and may you have an amazing New Year filled with joy and wonder.

cs