February - the shortest month of the year - is past the halfway point! I don't even know that I'm surprised that this month is going so quickly. After January lasted forever, I had a feeling February would fly - and here we are. It's time for a photo dump of the first half of February - onward!
Our cats keep us so completely amused! They love to keep tabs on the comings and going of the neighbors; I have never seen such nosy little cats before, but they are always in the windows - just watching to see what they can see! And they can always find a new and interesting place to hide; I swear they can make themselves fluid and slide into almost any space! As evidenced by pictures of Spook under my cedar chest - which doesn't seem to have much space to gain access, but somehow he does it and fits just fine! And of course, once Maverick saw him do it - he had to do it too!
For the most part - the boys are generally pretty loving - to us and to one another. But don't be fooled. They may look cuddly in the above picture, but their cuddle sessions always end in epic battles, ha-ha!
We had a snow day on Wednesday the 12th; the weather had been predicted and it started snowing on Tuesday, shortly after lunch. I ended up getting to come home around 3:00 because the city closed early. The snow continued the rest of the afternoon, into the evening, all night overnight and into Wednesday - so around 9:30 - they decided to move forward with closing the city for the day! I got to stay in the bed and watch the snow fall, read and just be cozy with the cats for the day and it was lovely!
I think the kittens got a little tired of all my affection after a full day of me pulling them close, squeezing them and kissing on their sweet little foreheads, ha-ha!
The snow was beautiful - but I have to say that I'm pretty over all the winter weather! The original forecast for this winter was that it would be very mild but I feel like we've gotten quite a bit of snow this winter and I find myself longing for sunshine. longer days and warmer weather! Granted, I feel like that's how we all feel when we get through all of January and this far into February; we want Spring to come early!
As I mentioned - this is mostly a photo dump - and so I am dumping several photos of the goofy little cats sleeping, because that is one of the things that they excel at... especially during the day. Now at night, they are absolutely wild and crazy!
The past work week seemed pretty quick, since I left work early on Tuesday and had a mid-week break on Wednesday for the snow. Friday - and Valentine's Day - arrived very quickly and I have to say, this year we were more than ready for the wonderful day of love!
I don't have pictures of Ryan's gifts - but he recently got an air rifle, so I got him a target, with more cartridges and BB's, along with some Crocs and PJ pants! Ryan spoiled me with a gorgeous leather backpack style purse (that I am in love with), the next book in the series I am reading and a heart-patterned sleep shirt made by Joy Spun, ha-ha! Seriously - if you've never tried Joy Spun (a Wal-Mart brand) you cannot go wrong! They make the cutest, softest, and most affordable sleepwear! As you can see - the cats enjoyed the boxes that everything came in and I took cookies and Reese's to work!
Ryan and I made Valentine's Day dinner reservations over a month ago - we were on top of it, ha-ha! We finally made it back to Brix 27; a spot in downtown Martinsburg that has some incredibly delicious food - oh my goodness! We started our night with the roasted Brussel sprouts, that were to die for - and I opted to get something from the "Sharables" as my meal - the French Onion Mac & Cheese, so tasty and rich! Ryan got the filet mignon and while I don't usually like steak, the steak was so tender and divine - and we rounded out the meal with chocolate-covered strawberries with a whipped peanut butter dip! My mouth is watering thinking about it! It was such a tasty dinner and a great experience - as always at Brix 27!
Saturday was a lazy day - and the weather was such a mess! Ryan came down with a cold later in the week and by Saturday, it was really raging! So while he took medicine and slept, I headed out in the snow/sleet/slush of a day and had some girl time, ha-ha! I went and got groceries at Aldi and then poked around Target and Home Goods before heading home for the afternoon. We didn't have much to do, so I ended up just reading some of my book and washing some clothes... I may have even fallen asleep for a short nap with a cat on my lap, ha-ha!
We had homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner and the cats very much enjoyed watching some Planet Earth on the TV; Spook was blown away by the giraffes and Maverick wasn't sure what to make of the Rhinos... neither one seemed to care either way about the Bengal Tiger though, go figure!
Sunday was another pretty lazy day; we watched church from home and had my parents over for dinner; thankfully Monday was a day off for me - and I was so glad! A snow squall blew through overnight and our phone emergency alerts went nuts around 2 AM! I was glad to get to sleep in, less glad to work on our taxes (rude) but also glad to spend a little time with my parents before a doctor's appointment and then home to make spaghetti! It was a good three-day weekend and I will leave you with Spook deciding where he wanted to sleep on Monday night - they are both spoiled rotten!
