Snow Sucks!

I just wanted to make everyone aware that I really HATE driving in the snow! I mean a little bit of snow on the roads are alright, but when the snow is sticking to the roads way bad and its snowing like crazy it's horrible! I just had some experiences that just makes my hatred for snow so much worse.

So I was on my way to pick up the girls, and I have to go up 94th South past 13th East and up that hill. Well everything was going alright, besides a little sliding here and there, and then I turn the corner to go up the hill and the traffic is backed up. I kept a good distance from the car in front of me so I didn't have to stop. Well I ran out of room so I had to stop. And what do you think happened??? I got stuck on ice covered by snow :( I tried backing up, turning, everything I could think of I tried. I was holding up traffic and I started to have a panic attack. After about 15 minutes of have my hazard lights on, and no one helping me,a nice guy flipped around and pulled my car up the hill. I was so thankful for his help. So then I turn on 20th East and there is another hill, but not that bad, I got stuck on that! It wasn't that bad, and I got up the hill. Right after the light, there was an accident. I sat there for what seemed like forever, so then comes another panic attack :( Finally it got cleared up and guess what it was...3 buses (UTA buses, not school buses) and 2 cars slid or something and they got wrecked. I finally got to my ex-in-laws house where the girls are and I find out that Ciara changed her mind and wanted to sleep over with Allison. (Both girls were going to spend the night, but Ciara called me at work and said that she wanted to come home.) So I went through hell just to get to her and then she changes her mind...go figure. Oh well that's life.(I wasn't that upset when she changed her mind again)

So on my way home I took a different route to avoid going down the hills. All was going we, besides the occasional slide.I get to State Street and 90th where I need to turn. Well lets just say good thing I had the right of way because right when I put on my brakes, once again I slid. It wasn't a small slide, I slide all the way across all of the lanes! I hate driving in the snow!

Ok so some of you might say 'well maybe it's your tires.' Well of you that say that are WRONG! I just got new tires so thats not the problem. I really think that the snow plows should plow BOTH sides of the street, not jsut one. That was the problem on 90th. Only the east side was plowed, not the west side.

Really?!?

So Christmas came way too fast this year. This year I put all my presents on layaway so I wouldn't be scrambling at the last minute to buy gifts. I have to admit, it went way smooth and I liked it :) When Christmas Day was here, it just didn't feel like Christmas. Maybe it was because we opened our gifts on Christmas Eve because my Dad had to work Christmas Day, or maybe because it came too fast. Whatever the reason is, the day just felt off. The girls enjoyed all of their presents and it was fun watching them open the gifts and get all excited about it. Both girls liked the presents that Santa brought them, but they weren't their favorites. Ciara's fave gift was all the My Littlest Pet shop stuff that her Grandma Rita gave her. Allison's fave was a Justin Bieber shirt that Grandma Rita gave her....go figure. If Santa would have known that she really wanted Justin Bieber stuff then he wouldn't have spent all that money on her present :) Once again the girls got WAY too much stuff from their grandparents and now my house feel cluttered. I hate that feeling! I finally got all the empty boxes out of my house so I feel better about that part. Now I just need to find room to put all of their clothes and toys. I think I just might have to buy another dresser just so all of their clothes aren't all over the place. That's just another thing to add to my list of things to do.

Next week I start yet another semester of school...yay for me! I really not looking forward to my classes, they seem and look very hard. I'm taking a business statistics class and business calculus class these are the ones I'm scared of. I've never taken a calculus or statistics class...I think that's why I'm scared because I think that it's gonna be way hard. I was talking to my Mom about it the other day and she said that since I've taken a graduate level class before (I took it because my council said I should but I wasn't in grad school yet) and got an A in it then I should be fine. That is true but I guess I'm just scared of the unknown and I don't want to get any grade below a B. Oh the joys of school. I hope I'm just worried over nothing.

Don't Touch the Elves!!!

So there is a Christmas tree lot right by our house, we pass it a few times a day. They always have reindeer and Santa, you can see him in his sleigh when we pass. The other night, it was the first time that Santa was out walking around, and Alli gets all excited and asked if we could stop. I said no because it was past their bedtime and that maybe I will take them to the mall to see him tomorrow. Alli then says "How can Santa be with his reindeer and the trees at the same time he's at the mall?" I then proceeded to tell her that Santa has helpers that help him whenever he needs it. The next thing she said surprised me, but it really shouldn't have, well because its Alli I'm talking about.....Alli said " I don't think so mom, the only helpers that Santa has are the elves, and you can't touch them because then they will loose their magic. If they loose their magic then they can't help Santa anymore and they can't go back to their homes in the North Pole because all their magic has gone away." So what's the moral of this story?!? Don't touch the elves whatever you do, because if you do, they can't go back home :)