GOT ICE? (2014 FETE DE GLACE ON MAIN STREET - ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI)

Hello, it’s me, TOTA.  It has been awhile since the last post.  There is much happening in my boring life but not wanting to sound like a whiner, I decided not to write about all the “potholes” on the road.

I must confess that having a Twitter account and posting regularly on my FaceBook account took away the need for blogging.  I thought of blogging but could not find the balance of sharing without boring my readers with “too much information”. 

Since I am working in legal environment, I am not supposed to write about my work.  I could write about people I work with but then I might accidentally disclose confidential information and that would get me in a lot of trouble.

What else should I write about?  Not about snow and freezing temperature – I am sure you are sick of the winter weather and don’t need to see any snow covered backyard.  I don’t have photos of cute kids or puppies.  So here are cheesy photos from the Ice Festival (Fete de Glace) in historic downtown St. Charles …..

USA … USA … Congratulations to the US Women’s Hockey Team advanced to play against the Canadian Team for the gold medal.

Of course, the most talked about was the thrilling game between the US v. Russia Men’s Hockey game (we did not watch the game, just the highlights).  The winning was special for St. Louis since T.J. Oshie, a St. Louis Blues center, scored the winning goal in the shootout.

FIRST SNOW STORM (2014)

(The above image could be entitled "A Smiling Face in the Snow".) 

Here is one more post about the recent snow storm and a few more cheesy snow pictures.  (I am so ready for our next summer road trip …..)

Snow started falling on or about 0300 hours on Sunday (January 5^th) and finally stopped around 1600 hours.  I have not gone outside the last five days!  (So far I have not gotten the cabin fever.  It could be because I keep busy with putting away all the Christmas decorations, just removing the ornaments from the tree and putting away them away alone took me a whole hour.)  My husband needed to use my front-wheel drive Mazda6 because his fancy Mustang would not be good for winter driving.  Of course, the T-bird is kept toasty-warm in the garage, waiting for the sunny warm summer!

It was Wildcard Weekend so I did not mind being cooped up inside.  I could not believe the Chiefs lost to the Colts (44-45) when they were leading (20 points) at halftime and lost the game for just one point.  The Colts will meet my beloved Patriots next Saturday.  I am sure Patriots fans will give a “warm” welcome back to Adam Vinatieri!  Another disappointing game was the Packers lost to the 49ers (20-23).  One bright spot was the Saints moved on (defeating the Eagles 26-24) just enough to play against the Seahawks for the division championship.

Spring semester starts next week and I so look forward to going to Employment class, reading all the legal mumbo jumbo and working on weekly assignments again ……….