Bird's Eye View

This is what it looked like outside from our partial open area roof above the front porch last week. We literally got in 36 hrs 16" of snow and I became snowed in for 3 days. I must say I have no clue how sis is able to handle snow for almost 9 months of the year. I suppose it is different though if you have puppy dogs to play with all the time in the snow ;-) and then come home to kitty cats to lure you to contentment with their purring while you are drinking some hot beverage to warm yourself up by. Hopefully about this time next year C and I will have our 2nd place that allows dogs!
It has been a very stressful start to this year. Each day at home is an adventure but most days seem to be a little better than the last. A lot of times it feels like we are in the same chapter just a few pages apart instead of on the same page but I suppose all good things come to those who wait. Meanwhile we are both working on our individualism and bettering ourselves while slowly finding out how to come together ...again.
One of my good friends from my college days in MS found me this week on facebook. It was great to hear from him and catch up but he recently learned that he has a rare heart condition where he has stress induced erosion-like areas on the walls of his heart. He has to take meds and go for more tests but if it doesn't heal itself  then he has to have surgery otherwise he stands an extremely high risk of have a heart attack or worse before the age of 30. Wow, very scary! So hopefully everything works out.
For the past two weeks I have walked between 1-5 miles every day except one. I am truely looking forward to  being able to get a new pair of "workout" tennis shoes and putting lots of miles on them for the benefit of a healthier life and less stress. Lookout REI here I come.
Today's affirmation: "Today, no matter where I am going, no matter what I am doing, no matter who I am doing it with--it is my dominant intention to see that which I am wanting to see." ->I want to feel good.

Two Of A Kind

Slow and rough start to the new year with the passing of C's Mom and our room mate's former boyfriend Shefskie's niece and great uncle. Our household is trying to be supportive of each other and so far we are doing well at that. Business is down and slow when it comes to pet care & house cleaning for me but I have decided to order business cards and create a website to help. I'm also going to create flyers and see about an ad in the local paper.
After almost a year I decided to get my hair cut today and had 6"s taken off and layers put in. It looks so much better and is one of two positive things so far this year. The other being that C and I are focusing more on our friendship and he is going for counseling for the loss of his Mom.
School is having to wait again as there is only so much financially to go around but also I think I am going to start studying for the GRE and see about possibly doing grad school this fall instead of continuing on with the GIS cert through the community college.
Christmas was a lot of fun especially being able to see family and my dog :-).
The horses you see above are the famous Clidesdales, which we saw when we went to the Anheuser-Busch museum while we were in STL last month. Very cool!