a little crazy

first my monitor went out, my 9 year old was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (she's the dancer, so this is serious), one of my best friends has been having serious issues during her pregnancy and she ended up in the hospital, her 5 children (yes that is five) ended up at my house for a 4 day stay AND we had a major weather event.  now you might ask if i felt the need to turn to alcohol, drugs or some other form of artificial sanity and the answer is no.  jay picked up a monitor on sale for me, aislinn has been resting her foot and should be able to go back to dance in a week or so, j and the baby are just fine and were released from the hospital on saturday, the 8 children (my 3 and her 5, ages 3 to 13) were on their best behavior minus a few skirmishes with the 3 year old over not being able to play the wii (no power makes spencer a little cranky) and the major weather event that dropped 4 ft + of snow in 48 hours has ended.  so as i said, things have been a little crazy!

first nights snowfall

2nd nights snowfall

now on a lighter note, i live in one of the best places on the planet, now this is not because its beautiful (which it is) or because we have no traffic (which we dont) or we have amazing schools (which we do) or within 20 mins in any given direction there is a lake or a stream or a hiking trail or a place to camp (which there is) but genuinely it is because of the people that we have been privileged to surround ourselves with.  neighbors who clear your driveway with their big snow blower, friends who call to make sure that you have enough to eat, or firewood for heat, others who volunteer their washers and dryers when the power is out (which it was for about 24 hours) this is the real reason why i live here...i cant imagine what my life would be like without all these amazing people.