So, repainting the family room has opened a can of worms.  As a matter of fact, if an account of painting the room were recorded in the Bible, it might sound something like......

And painting the family room for Valentine's Day begat
Moving some accessories around and moving some accessories around begat
Empty spots and empty spots begat
A little shopping and a little shopping begat
New blackout curtains in the bedroom and new blackout curtains in the bedroom begat
Moving a chest from one bedroom to another and moving a chest from one bedroom to another begat
Moving a chair from a bedroom to the den and moving a chair from a bedroom to the den begat
New window treatments in the dining room and new window treatments in the dining room begat
Curtain rods being lowered and curtain rods being lowered begat
Holes that needed filling and holes that needed filling begat
A little touch up paint in the dining room and a little touch up paint in the dining room begat
Changing pictures around and changing pictures around begat
A little blemish on the new Valentine paint and a little blemish on the new Valentine paint begat
Touch up painting in the family room and touch up painting in the family room begat
The hall and kitchen looking needful of fresh paint and the hall and kitchen looking needful of fresh paint begat
Davis making early plans to send me roses, jewelry, AND candy for Valentine's Day next year.

We had a very nice anniversary weekend, by the way, and we appreciated all of the well wishes!  We enjoyed a long night out on the town, just talking and feeding our faces.  The weather started to turn ugly, so we came home, exchanged gifts, and went to bed, where there was a lot of heavy breathing and uncontrolled drooling.........due to our neurotic dog with the severe thunderstorm phobia ending up between us in the bed, panting in terror.  It was the stuff that romance novels are made of, really.  But besides that, we really had a great weekend.

Well, our weatherman has unleashed the ice/snow graphic for this coming week. This is one that he doesn't get to pull out much down here.  It is used only after long, sober deliberation because of its unmatched ability to cause excitement/hysteria among the southern masses.  Once the graphic is disengaged, there will be no trace of bread, milk, or anything made by Oscar Meyer in the whole state within 30-45 minutes.
So, yeah......when you take into consideration our historical weather records, we have like a  2% chance that we will see some snow and a <1% chance that it will stick, but that doesn't stop our ceaseless hoping.  We're checking the weather updates on the hour and planning our grocery lists for tomorrow.....just in case.  While some of our more northern counterparts are suffering from cabin fever after being buried under a relentless blanket of snow, we dream of a day or two at home in our pajamas until noon and sliding down frozen hills on garbage can lids, cardboard boxes, boogie boards, pool floats, and a host of other southern makeshift sleds. 

Wish us luck! 

And as I sit here, halfway watching the Oscars, I will close this meandering post with takeaways from the perspective of a rare movie-goer, who doesn't recognize any of these new names and faces...... 

1)  I had no idea Lady Gaga could sing like that.

2)  Most unexpected quote of the night:  "My dear Lady Gaga."  -Julie Andrews.

3)  In that room full of women, many with their breasts hanging out for the world to see, Julie Andrews was the most beautiful and elegant of them all.

4)  "Some actresses will never be able to shake their roles", I thought to myself as Elle Woods, Rachel Green, and Ouiser Boudreax made their presentations.

5)  Matthew McConaughey, could I help you locate some beard grooming tools?  I wasn't sure you had a look that wasn't dashing, but maybe we've found it.

6)  Michael Keaton can rest easy tonight knowing that he got his money's worth out of that piece of green gum.

7)  I'm sorry the movie about an American hero was beat out by a story about a flying man, but hey.......what do I know?  His wife looked beautiful representing him there.     

Happy Monday to everybody!