Grace and Lillian are "almost (groundhog day) three*" and nine, and they're pretty easily entertained--luckily, they are still excited about the things they got for Christmas (metal detector, microscope for the elder lass, and artist supplies for the youngest), so it hasn't been _real_ hard.

On the other had, Darling Wife has been going stir-crazy, since her work won't let her come to work <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

DW is easily plied with backrubs and cheasy sci-fi movies, so no crisis yet, although I am worried about the coming 5 to 10 inches of snow this weekend; haven't recovered from the ice just yet.

One observation from someone who learned to drive in icy conditions in the mountains of Germany: if you have a four-wheel drive vehicle and assume you can stop as fast as you can accelerate, YOU ARE WRONG. Slow down, and live--especially since I'm in the opposite lane <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and would rather not be impacted.

At least we're alive and warm, with no immediate prospects of either parameter changing.



*weirded me out, since I posted her birthday pics on ETS shortly after her arrival--hadn't realized I have been on this site almost DAILY for three years--go figure.