In the Snow

Fun thing to do in the snow: shake a small tree branch and get sprinkled on.

Not fun thing to do in the snow: shake a big tree branch and get dumped on.

Fun thing to do in the snow: let yourself fall into the knee-deep snow, make a snow angel, then have your friend help you out.

Not fun thing to do in the snow: let yourself fall into the knee-deep snow, make a snow angel, then try to get out by yourself.

Not fun thing to do in the snow: shovel the snow and the ice underneath it, which was compacted from the remnants of the previous snowfall.

Fun thing to do after snow: change into your favorite flannel pants and sweatshirt, put on a movie, and play with Legos.

To see some great snow pictures, visit ksl.com. Here's my favorite photo of the bunch, submitted by J. J. Schmidt:

The caption reads, "15 inches of snow, and they didn't cancel school."

Dating Milestones

Today I received an email from Boyfriend, asking whether I cared a whole lot that technically it was our one month anniversary*. Of course, Boyfriend must have meant it was one month since we decided to date each other exclusively, since our first date together was back in October, which is longer ago than one month. I mentioned to Boyfriend that I would measure our length of dating by that first date, and he replied with this:

We could have some fun with this when people ask how long we've been dating. We could say: technically our date of exclusivity is the 7th of December, but we've decided that the reference point of the beginning of our relationship should be the date of our initial function, which was the 20th of October.

Is it any wonder I am so enjoying dating this man?

*My answer was that I didn't, really. I mean, I do, obviously I do care, but I'm not the type of woman who feels it necessary to celebrate a single month with roses and bon-bons and whatnot. Right now I'm just more interested in enjoying our time together.