Our First Snow Day!

That's not rain kids, it's our first snow! It has been snowing all morning, even as I'm typing this post. It's beautiful... and really cold. The ground is still warm enough that unfortunately the snow isn't sticking. But I'm sure that day will be coming soon. I couldn't snap any pictures since the snow just melts and it's falling so fast. I tried to do a quick video instead.

It's freezing!

So I had to work the night shift last night. When I walked outside, it was obviously REALLY cold. I had no idea it was actually 30 degrees, literally. And my car looked like this. 

This Texas girl is not used to this weather! Needless to say, it took me a little longer to leave work. I guess I'll need to figure out how to park in the garage over night. Or else I'll be scraping ice pretty soon!

Flight Itinerary

Here's our flight information for Thanksgiving. 

Wednesday 11/26 

Pittsburgh to Dallas 11:45-1:45pm American Airlines 3696

Dallas to Austin 2:45-3:45pm American Airlines 1096

(Jonathan) Sunday 11/30 

Austin to Charlotte 5:00-8:33pm US Airways 2614

Charlotte to Pittsburgh 9:15-10:30pm US Airways 982

(Amber) Monday 12/1 

Austin to Dallas 3:40-4:40pm American Airlines 1128

Dallas to Pittsburgh 5:30-9:05pm American Airlines 3851

Thanksgiving Plans...

The recent question in our little world has been whether we can go back to Austin for Thanksgiving. I finally received my work schedule yesterday and they DID give me time off! That was exciting news. So Jonathan and I are both "off" from Wednesday through Sunday, the week of Thanksgiving. We made the decision to fly home for the holiday. Of course, this close to it, flights are not the cheapest and we're struggling with when we can leave and when we have to come home. There are several little issues like that, but thinking about seeing everyone makes it worth the work and cost. We plan on buying our tickets today or tomorrow. As soon as we have our flights scheduled, I'll post them. We hope to see as many people as possible, although we won't be there near as long as we'd like to. We will be very thankful though, to be home. 

Amber's Visit Home

I recently went home to Austin for my good friend Alicia's wedding. It was wonderful to be home. Unfortunately, Jon could not join me, since he was swamped with school work and meetings. It was really hard leaving him here to go home. When I arrived in Austin I was able to go straight to Jan's house to see her, Juan and baby Caleb! It was a great visit. 

A large part of my trip was devoted to Alicia's wedding. It was beautiful. It was so nice to get a chance to visit with her. As well as seeing my family, some of which were at the wedding.

 

It was great to meet Kim for dinner, and then Richard and "the gang" for drinks at Trudy's.

I also went to breakfast with my friend Tara and was able to spend time at my dad's house. I was able to sqeeze a lot into this trip! It didn't feel like a vacation though, since there was so much to do, and so many people to see. It was so worth it though. I had a great time, except I wish Jon could have been there to see everyone. 

Texas, Texas Yee-Haw!

Well today is Tx vs. OU. We had a little issue about 20 minutes before the game started... We discovered that ABC, which is broadcasting the game, decided to show a different game up here in the north. I guess Pittsburghers don't care so much about Tx vs. OU. So we sat here stunned, until we discovered it was being broadcast on pay-per-view. And the charge? $129. So we cursed and thought... "that's not gonna happen." We're a little too poor for that! But being the dutiful wife that I am, I called our cable company to see if there were any other options for us. They ended up having an option where we could have the game for $21.99. Thank goodness. We took it and are now sitting comfortably on our couch watching OU lead us 21/10 . But it's OK, I have Jonathan home with me, NOT working on school work. So I'm happy.