Another MANIC Monday

Morning everyone!
This weekend was as crazy as I thought it would be, as you can see from the snow pictures. I estimate that we got right around 2 feet, and it took poor Mr. Pit more than an hour to clear the driveway so we could get out. He is absolutely my hero and was rewarded with hot soup and buffalo chicken bites when he came in out of the cold.

The most insane thing about this snow is that it's going to be followed by ANOTHER snow storm tomorrow night! So, all that work we did to get the cars cleaned and driveway cleared will be moot as we are supposed to get another 6-12 inches from tomorrow night into Wednesday! We haven't had snow like this in the Philly area since 1996, and even then it came over a few day period and then was done, this is just nutty!

This map shows the 6-12 line magically dipping right around our area, but I have a feeling it will be more of a straight line and we'll all get dumped on again...needless to say, I'm definitely bringing my work laptop home with me on Tuesday night and I'm not coming in until the roads are nice and clear! (I am NOT one to trudge through heck and high water to get to work, not worth the risk in my opinion, I can do even less work if I'm hurt in a car accident trying to get to work in the snow!)

Anyways, onto the fun stuff..

Yesterday we bought our crib! We went to Babies R Us to look at it (I was trying to decide between this one and another one) and turns out it was in stock right at the store, so we flipped the seats down on the Jeep and took it home! By doing that too we also saved ourselves $125 of shipping costs, how cool is that?! Here is the beauty that Little Pit will sleep in...I really REALLY like it!!

NOW, for even MORE fun stuff...our living room, front hall and stairway are being painted the next two days and I couldn't be more thrilled. I took 'before' pictures, but being the genius I am, left the camera at home and since I'm not supposed to be in the house while the painting is happening, I can't get to it until tomorrow night, but Wednesday I will show you our new light green walls and new white windows! (Right now the room is a mustard yellow with oak colored windows) so I can't wait to get home tomorrow night and take a look!

Tonight Lil' Pup, Mr. Pit and I are camping out at my parents house, and Lil' Pup will be there today and tomorrow too so he won't get in the painters way. He's so darn friendly that there would probably be nose marks on the wall, many missing paint brushes and a light green colored black pitador from all the paint he would get on him...so, he'll have to see it for the first time when we do :)

That's our busy week and if this storm hits it will be even busier!

I hope you all had great Super Bowl weekends, I am happy that the Saints won, and even happier it was such a good game! Thanks also to the D's who were the best hosts as always and who sent us home with TONS of food AND CAKE!

Have a great week!
xoxo Mrs. Pit

SNOW!

So, yeah, about that snow...it came and snowed and is STILL snowing!

I can't really describe it, so pictures will have to do. Keep in mind that when I went out to talk to neighbors at around noon, it was above my knees!

Last night around 9pm the back deck looked like this...
Then this morning it looked like this!
The front yard at about 8 this morning...
The front yard at 12:30pm today!

The craziest part is that flakes are STILL falling, though much less rapidly than they were a few hours ago. I think we got over 2 feet for sure, and thank goodness it's nice and fluffy so hopefully Mr. Pit isn't having TOO hard of a time shoveling the driveway!

Hope everyone is having fun in the snow this weekend!

xoxo Mrs. Pit

Furry Friday!

Meet Antonio!

Holy Chihuahua, is this one cute or what? I mean, puppies are ALWAYS cute, but Chihuahua puppies are just good enough to make me want to jump through my computer screen and put him in my pocket!

I am not sure if Lil' Pup would find Antonio more of an appetizer or a friend, but regardless, he's pretty darn cute!! You'd have to help this little guy navigate all the snow we're supposed to get this weekend, even 6" of snow would be too tall for him, but what a great companion for the spring! He doesn't have an official write up on the site yet, but I think his picture says it all!

Speaking of snow, the forecast for the Philadelphia area is right on the borderline of 6-12" and 12"+, so we'll just have to see when the snow starts falling and how much accumulation we actually get. I managed to be the busiest person EVER last night and picked my mom up from the airport, went home, let Lil' Pup out, went back out for a haircut, went to Acme for French Toast supplies (I have been craving this for breakfast for about a week now, so Saturday it's ON!) and made it back to the house in time to watch the Deep End and Grey's...phew!

So, now the only thing on my schedule for Saturday is a dress fitting at Priscilla of Boston for my BFF C's wedding and I told them I would come down for it as long as they were open, so we'll see how bad the roads are!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and doesn't get snowed in if you don't want to be!

As always, click HERE to check out all the other animals at Main Line Animal Rescue, and don't forget to become a fan of theirs on Facebook!

Snow: updated

So, now the 48 forecast from Weather.com shows 6-12" for our area, but that dark purple area is moving up with every update...so we'll just have to see!

I have a feeling I'll either wake up to 50 degrees and sunny on Saturday, or I won't even be able to get out the front door there will be so much snow.

Snow anyone?

I am sure you can't see due to the blurry-ness of this picture...but if you see Pennsylvania over there on the right, and how the lower part is that sort of salmon/orange/tan color surrounded by red...well that means they are predicting between 18 and 20" of snow in the next 84 hours...

um...yeah, I don't even have anything to say about this...all I hope is that I am home safe and sound before any of these silly snowflakes start to fall, and then it can snow as much as it wants!

Big Plans

Morning!
So, tonight Mr. Pit and I have mid-week plans for the first time in a LONG time, and I am really excited for the evening.

First, we are eating at The Palm, and I'm hoping there is enough time (and room in my belly) for a piece of chocolate cake at the end of the meal before the show. I have been studying the menu (even though we've eaten here a ton of times before) but I want to make sure I get everything I want, as we rarely make it into the city anymore!


Then it's off to Rain-The Beatles Experience at the Academy of Music. It's only in town for a week and since I bought the tickets SO long ago it feels almost like a free show! (Though, the visa bill would indicate otherwise, oh well!)



ALSO, in bigger news...I found out that Main Line Animal Rescue has a fan site on Facebook. I urge EVERYONE, whether you are a PA resident or not to join the site and let them know you appreciate and support their efforts to rescue animals of all kinds. Just click HERE and it will get you right to it! You can also see the picture of Lil' Pup I just posted yesterday!

I hope everyone has great days!

xoxo Mrs. Pit

UppaBaby Anyone?!

So, with Little Pit scheduled to come in 12 short weeks (can you believe it?)there have been some decisions that we've left until now to make, and I need your opinions and help!

First, a stroller that isn't just the car seat and frame. We have registered for the Graco Snugride 32 and the frame, but were at a loss for a stroller to go beyond that. I think we have decided on the UppaBaby Vista...it is pricey but seems like its versatile and sturdy...anyone have experience with this?


Second, does anyone know if you can order furniture to a Babies R Us store and pick it up there as opposed to paying the ridiculous shipping fee? We are not too far from the store so picking it up and saving over $100 is well worth it...let me know!

And lastly, anything else that was a MUST-HAVE that I should register for or just go out and buy myself?

In other news, Mr. Pit and I had a great time in Vermont this weekend besides some issues with the house we rented (they neglected to say there was a spiral staircase in the house, which, with 5 kids under the age of 7 was a HUGE issue) but we all survived and it was really nice to see our friends outside of a wedding venue!

Tomorrow night we are going to see Rain-the Beatles Experience at the Academy of Music and I am really excited for the show. I got the tickets as a gift to my entire family, and everyone besides my Mom is going as she is in Florida with my Grandfather for the week.

Then I am getting my haircut on Saturday, eating at my all time favorite breakfast place on Sunday and then of course Sunday night is SUPERBOWL!!

That's my week and I am excited to be in the middle of it :) Oh, and the groundhog saw his shadow today, so only 6 hopefully short more weeks of winter!

xoxo Mrs. Pit