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Winter weather alert! Holy crapola it's just like the blizzard of '04 around here. We've gotten at least 6 inches of snow in the past two days! I know dear, sweet Minnesotan readers, that's nothing, but here it is a major catastrophe. There are no snow plows. I'm sure my high school had more snow plows than the entire metropolitan area!

So we spent the weekend marooned at Kate's house. Which was a lot of fun. Ezra and Usiah played hide and seek this morning for the first time and were very giggly about it. Ezra made some progress towards crawling, he can scoot on his belly on the smooth, tile or wood floor. When he reaches carpet or a rug, however, he quickly finds himself beached. BUT last night he was up on his knees and hands, in proper crawl position! He kinda scooted, wiggling his butt side to side. It's adorable. Surprise, surprise.

We spent the whole day on Saturday making holiday treats. Kate made some Spoon Cookies (that's the first time I've ever used a link in my blog!) and I made some Grasshopper Squares (second time!). The spoon cookies are supposedly best 3 days after they're made, so although they were tasty, you'll have to wait until Tuesday to hear if they are truly 'transcendent' as advertised. My squares however are amazing. So rich. In order to procure the needed creme de menthe liquor for the mint ganache I ventured out into the snow to a neighborhood bar and ordered a shot. Once the bartendress turned the corner I poured it into a jar in my purse. Check please! She looked at me like I was insane. I think it really made the difference to my squares. That and a crap ton of chocolate.

We watched some movies, including Repo Man which I highly recommend, and A Christmas Story which I'm sure you've all seen. I had never seen it all the way through. Very enjoyable.

Today we made our way home and are glad to be with our belongings again. I have a lot of knitting to do! Not to mention my multi talented house mates made a delicious wonton soup for dinner. They've got some family in town so it was a full house. Just warming up for a full house of my own family, that's coming this Wednesday. Supposedly Bunsy and I are flying to MN. I say supposedly only because the weather has been so unpredictable here that I don't know if we'll still be snowed in. I hope not, I do want to see the mother father sister brother. Although if we can't make it what do you all say to meeting in Hawaii in February to celebrate?

I hope you are staying warm where ever you are, and I hope that you enjoyed my links!