firsts

Even at 34yrs old I am still experiencing some "firsts" in my life. Last week Scott woke up one morning with a fever of 103 and strep throat. Of course that was also the day that we got 15 inches of snow overnight and Braeden got a snow day. Since Scott was out of commission and it obviously HAD to be done.... I snow blowed the driveway!!!

Now I had to mow my own grass when I was single there for a while and I figured it couldn't be that much different, none the less I was intimidated because I have never laid a finger on a snow blower.

So there I am!! There was alot of snow! You can see that it came up to my knees and it was higher than the snow blower in some places. Scott took these pics with his phone from the bedroom window.

Braeden got in on the action too. He would stand in the path of the shoot and let the snow blast him in the back. It was pretty funny. I also learned the hard way to blow in the direction of the wind. :)

And another first.... Well I tried to burn down my new house the other day and had to use a fire extinguisher for the first time in my life. Let me tell you I was scared. So we started burning those small fire logs in our little fireplace. Scott had bought me a box from walgreens last week and I had used them all up. So the last time I went to the grocery store I picked up 2 Duralog 3 hour logs. They were bigger than the ones Scott had bought but I didn't think it would make that much difference. Needless to say they were WAY to big and burned HUGE flames. I was nervous the minute I lit it. (of course Scott was upstairs in his sick bed) Even though it was big I figured it would only get smaller right?? uh NO. The thing broke into about 7 pieces and fell through the rack and started to look like a bonfire!! It filled the whole firebox. I ran for the fire extinguisher (which of course still had the damn wrapping on it... flames lapping as I struggle to tear off the seal) and quickly put the whole thing out. I was pretty proud of my quick thinking but was super shaken up.

We will be getting the ceramic gas logs soon.