Pam and Sam

I came across this adorable picture of Pam and Sam today and I wanted to share it. It is Dec 2008.

What I did for 2 weeks in a hotel room

First of all, I must say that it is WONDERFUL to be home.
The first week in the room I read the Book of Mormon. It was wonderful to read the whole thing all at once. I am really thankful for that opportunity and it made me not even think about being stuck in a hotel room. My testimony of the Book of Mormon was strengthened and I learned so many new wonderful things.
We visited downtown Chicago on Saturday. That was fun.
Sunday we weren't able to attend church due to a miscommunication. We spent the day in our room and I read the Book of Mormon all day.
By Monday I was finished with the Book of Mormon and the days became a little boring. I NEVER watch daytime TV, but I watched plenty this week. I have decided I need to quit eating sugar-thanks to Oprah and Dr Oz.
Wednesday was the big snow.
Also during the week I read Frances Hodgson Burnett books. I really like her books. Every book I read, the theme seemed to be about making yourself a better person and the world around you a better place. I am surprised she wrote so many books and will be reading them for a while.
We finally got home late Friday night. What a blessing.
The snow in Chicago was amazing-I've never seen anything like it. The picture is of a pile of snow in a parking lot. It will take months to melt.

AND yes, I am finally on Facebook. I may be the last person to sign up, but I did.

Update on the storm

It stopped snowing by noon and the sun came out. There were three cars that just stopped in the middle of the driveway to the parking lot. They were there all night. When they finally got out this afternoon there was about 2-3 feet of snow drifted around them.
As you know there is NEVER anything good on TV so we watched news about the storm. There was a crawl running across the bottom of the screen with the school closings. There are hundreds of Catholic, Lutheran and Baptist schools in Chicago. They have such amazing names. Divine Annunciation Academy, St Mary of the Sea Star School, St Mary of the Shore, St Juliana's, St Christina's, Holy Transfiguration, Divine Baby Jesus, St Paul of our Lady's Immaculate Conception... It seems like everyone must go to a private school.
The names were endless. But my favorite name was not religious...Cradle, Cribs and Crayons School.

blizzard

Video of the storm. The wind is like a hurricane, but blowing snow. The snow is not really accumulating because it is blowing so hard. We can see a freeway from our room. It is barely visible through the storm, but there is almost no traffic. I think the city is pretty much shut down. They showed video of Ohare airport on the news and it was empty at 5pm. All schools and businesses in the city are closed tomorrow.
As a side note. Whenever there is a serious ice storm in San Antonio everyone says "they don't shut down the city for storms in the north." Well I can tell you, they do.