Yesterday we finally had some grass break through the snow!

I had forgotten about what it looked like! ;oP

So today my happy place is grass!

What's your happy place?

1. I like mustard on my grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm not sure when this started, but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember since I moved out of my parents house! BUT I only like the mustard on the sandwich if the cheese is American cheese. If I make it with cheddar or Colby or Swiss or mozzarella, or some mix of any of those cheese or another cheese all together I don't do mustard.

2. I take most of my showers in the dark. When we moved in to our last house a couple of years ago we didn't have curtains for a little bit and we had a very large window in the bathroom over the tub. So I got in the habit of taking showers in the dark so as not to be an exhibitionist to the neighbors behind us. I found it's actually more relaxing to take a shower in the dark. I don't know why, but it is, so I kept doing it and have for the past two years.

3. I can't sleep with the closet door open. This is another one of those, who knows why sort of things, but it's true. If the door is open, I'm not sleeping!

4. I'm desperately afraid of snakes. I've seen so many stories of people finding them having crawled up their pipes and ending up in their toilet bowl or washing machine that I always check these things thoroughly. Even in the middle of the night I'll turn the light on for a moment if I have to go to the bathroom to make sure there are no snakey visitors. Yes, I'm weird and yes it's the middle of winter so they should be hibernating, but my brain tells me to check anyway!

5. I despise cleaning, but my OCD despises a dirty house even more. I wish I could ignore messes, but I can't. And believe me with a 6 year old kid and my 36 year old kid too, there are a lot of messes. Lex is pretty good about cleaning up after herself, most of the time, the 36 year old, not so much! ;oP

So who wants to tell me five weird things about you?

Yes we've still got snow on the ground, but hey we had a beautiful day of snow all day yesterday and the best part? It didn't stick to exposed surfaces, it just stuck to the snow already on the ground. Now THAT is my kind of snow!

This morning?

This morning we have sun!

Sun makes me happy! Sun is my happy place today!

What is your happy place?

Alexis named them. I'm not sure why she chose flowers, but it works!

I had forgotten how cute tadpoles are! I mean seriously look at that little face!

They came boxed in Styrofoam and each in their own little individual bag:

Then you had to float them in their habitat to acclimate them much like you do when you buy a new fish for an aquarium:

And now they are swimming free! This will be a fun little experiment for Lex. I love this kind of stuff!

Alexis is starting to move in to some second grade work as of this week. So proud of my little tea cup!

Also Lex got a "Grow Your Own Frog" kit for Christmas from Grams and Pop. We got our tadpoles today! So cute! We'll have pictures soon.

*See if you can figure out the ones that are Alexis inspired! ;oP

"Say It Again": Marié Digby, Say It Again - Single

"Next Best Thing": Nikki & Rich, Next Best Thing - Single

"Haven't Met You Yet": Michael Bublé, Crazy Love (Deluxe Edition)

"Satisfy": Vedera, Satisfy - Single of the Week

"New Day": Tamar Kaprelian, New Day - Single

"Had It All": Katharine McPhee, Unbroken (Bonus Track Version)

"Wheels": Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits (Deluxe Edition)

"Just Like You": Allison Iraheta, Just Like You (Deluxe Version)

"Addicted": Saving Abel, Saving Abel (This one isn't listened to when Lex is around! We skip over it when she's in listening range.)

"This Is War": 30 Seconds to Mars, This Is War

"Please Don't Stop the Rain": James Morrison, Songs for You, Truths for Me

"The Thief": Brooke Fraser, Albertine (This one ranks up there in my top favorite songs of all time! Just love this song! The whole album that this came off of it great!)

"Show Me What I'm Looking For": Carolina Liar, Coming to Terms

"I Hate Everything About You": Three Days Grace, Three Days Grace (Deluxe Version)

"Who I Am": Nick Jonas & The Administration, Who I Am - Single

"Hurtful": Erik Hassle, Hurtful - Single

"TiK ToK": Ke$ha, TiK ToK - Single

"Hey, Soul Sister": Train, Hey, Soul Sister - Single

"Fireflies": Owl City, Ocean Eyes

"Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)": Boys Like Girls, Love Drunk (Bonus Track Version)

"In My Head": Jason Derulo, In My Head

"Life After You": Daughtry, Leave This Town (Bonus Track Version)

"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down": Alicia Keys, The Element of Freedom (Deluxe Version)

"Today Was a Fairytale": Taylor Swift, Today Was a Fairytale - Single

"You Make It Real": James Morrison, Songs for You, Truths for Me

"Drowning (Face Down)": Saving Abel, Saving Abel

"Whataya Want from Me": Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment

"According to You": Orianthi, Believe

"Use Somebody": Kings of Leon, Only By the Night (Deluxe Version)

"Hallelujah (feat. Charlie Sexton)": Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris, Hope for Haiti Now

"Breathless": Taylor Swift, Hope for Haiti Now

"Let It Be (feat. The Roots)": Jennifer Hudson, Hope for Haiti Now

"Hello World": Lady Antebellum, Need You Now

"All the Right Moves": OneRepublic, Waking Up (Deluxe Version)

"Never Gonna Be Alone": Nickelback, Dark Horse

"Hot N Cold": Katy Perry, One of the Boys

"Such a Rush": Coldplay, The Blue Room - EP

"Get Back Up": tobyMac, Get Back Up - Single

"Breakeven": The Script, The Script

"Halfway Gone": Lifehouse, Halfway Gone - Single

"Break": Three Days Grace, Life Starts Now

"I Run to You": Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum

"Glitter In the Air": P!nk, Funhouse (Deluxe Version)

"Stronger (Back On the Ground)": Nick Jonas & The Administration, Who I Am (Deluxe Version)

"Shark In the Water": V.V. Brown, Shark In the Water - Single

"Fearless Love": Melissa Etheridge, Fearless Love - Single

"Love Like Crazy": Lee Brice, Love Like Crazy - EP

"God Gave Me You": Dave Barnes, God Gave Me You - Single

"Angel": Matt Nathanson, Beneath These Fireworks

"When I Look At You": Miley Cyrus, The Time of Our Lives

"When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)": David Guetta, When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland) - Single

"Everything": Lifehouse, No Name Face

"I Gotta Feeling": Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)

"What About Me": Emily Osment, All the Right Wrongs - EP

"What If": Ashley Tisdale, What If - Single

"Sleeping to Dream": Jason Mraz, Tonight, Not Again - Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom

"Walk Away": Ben Harper, Welcome to the Cruel World

"When I Look At You": Lesley Roy, Unbeautiful

"Back to Her": Five Way Friday, Moon Driven World

"I Saw": Matt Nathanson, Beneath These Fireworks

"A Little More Country Than That": Easton Corbin, A Little More Country Than That - Single

"Heading for Nowhere": Jets Overhead, No Nations (Bonus Track Version)

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms": Cutting Crew, Broadcast

What are you listening to?

I love to take pictures of shadows on snow. At least that amuses me with all this white stuff on the ground! You have to look for the beauty in nature when you're really just not liking Mother Nature much at the moment.

Now Mother Nature I've given you a compliment. Be a doll and cancel the snow on Sunday and Monday would you? ;oP