a hippie with a minivan

Xavier got a haircut!

We have been asking him for a while now if he wanted to get it cut and he always says no… the problem with the long hair though is that he doens’t want to brush it and never wants to tie it… so it was always in knots and in his eyes…

Over the weekend though we were able to talk it out and gave him the choice between caring for his hair by brushing and tying it when it is getting in his eyes… or cutting it…

I also gave him the choice of me cutting it, or going to the Salon to get it cut… he chose the Salon…

So today… after he had to hold his hair back to lick the syrup off his plate after eating french toast, I took an appointment…

here is just before…

during…

and after….

a few more snow pics…

Here are some pics from outside…

you can see the garbage bin… but the recyling bin is covered…

The boys walking in the yard (they are higher than the gallery)

No more stairs…

a bit surreal seeing Xavier walk by the kitchen window…

Blizzard….

Another blizzard hit over the weekend….

Not only did it hit… but it pounded and drowned us….

Just to get an idea…. here is a pic I took last week… (monday I think)

Look outside… just a few inches… nothing more… (that is Sparky btw 😉 )

Then yesterday…. this is what it looked like when I was coming home from shopping…

and here is the back yard this morning…

Yes… it is up to Simon’s neck…. I think he is contemplating how he is going to shovel it all…

ummm…. where is the pool?

The snow that we got this year is nearing or has attained the Record… So far we have gotten about 3.5 m of snow… seeing that I measure 1.5m that is A LOT of snow….

My new sewing area!

My sewing area was pretty small for the work that I was doing… so I decided that I needed to revamp it a bit…

So I have been keeping my eye on tables on Kijiji and looking for other ways to organize…. Then yesterday I went to Zellers to pick up a few things and saw a demo Table on sale… it had a few scratches but for 200$ off and only 50$ it was worth it… So I got it into the van… did the grocery shopping and then went to the hardware store and picked up a peg board (or half of one) and then got home and went to work….

Here is before…