I Will NEVER complain about Snow Again!

I get quite a few emails from another school bus driver. The Chocolate Calculator came from him and so did an email with 43 photo's of Winter in Russia. Don't worry - I won't post them all :)


Obviously these are taken over the span of many years. Can't believe the amount of snow that they had to live with!

Don't you just love the dog?!! Our dog runs to hide if Brad is blowing snow :)

The Chocolate Caluclator!

Got this in an email - don't know how it works - but it does :)


YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
This is pretty neat.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute ...
Work this out as you read ...
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1760 ..
If you haven't, add 1759..

6... Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!) How Cool is that?

People Need to Get Up Earlier!!

I'm a morning person - most people don't seem to be. I'm up usually around 4am, the house is quiet, no one needs "mom" to find anything for them, or "wifey" to help them with an odd job - its the PERFECT time of the day!! Quiet!

Unfortunately - it felt like no one else was awake in blogland or on Etsy. On Monday I started an "Early Risers Chat" in the Etsy forums to see if anyone else was awake. Guess what! There are other crazy people awake early too :) I find new "friends" to chat with every day. What is your favorite time of the day?

Some of my Favorite Nativities

'The True Meaning of Christmas' by thechristmascorner

I love nativities and could fill my house with them. Really we should have them up all year as a reminder of what is important.Here are some of my favorite Nativities by some amazing Etsy Shops.

NATIVITY SET - HAND PAI... aworkinprogres... $70.00	The Nativity 11 x 14 PaintingsOfPea... $219.95	Nativity made of olive ... oritdotandolls $160.00
Nativity - 3 pc - Hand... SuzannesPotter... $	Wooden Folk Creche Nati... CalfPastureToy... $200.00	Christmas Angel art col... ekm79 $10.00
Nativity Scene Quilt w... BlissfulFiber $80.00	Wise Men Still Seek Him... enowotny1 $60.00	Nativity Christmas Scen... crystalbouquet $12.50
Nativity Scene Christma... jamieguevarra $3.00	Nativity Scene,big Chri... Olympias $55.00	Nativity Manger Scene W... sewinggranny $40.00
Pieces Of Me Pendants .... PiecesOfMePend... $5.95	large metal nativity kurtcyr $60.00	The Nativity Of Jesus G... GreenAcresCott... $4.50

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