Hello Mister Ten Below!

It snowed. Good ol Utah, bringin winter back yet again. I woke up to join in with my roommates singing, "I'm mister white christmas, I'm mister snow! I'm mister, icicle, I'm mister ten below. Friends call me snow miser, whatever I touch, turns to snow in my clutch. I'm too much!" as I notice there's 6 inches of snow outside. Because of this snow it's time to get creative. So based on this last weekend, I thought I would share some ideas for you to do to brighten up your rather snowy days.



1- Dance party. Just dance dance dance your heart out! It's a great way to get tons of people into your house and warm it up and have fun at the same time! Also save money on utilities because you turned the furnace off!



2- Pie party. I don't know why I haven't thought of this before! Imagine a giant get together with great people and everyone just brings a pie! I didn't have to eat a real meal for like two days I ate so much pie. The chocolate mousse with rasberry layer on top with an oreo crust was my personal favorite. Thanks to Rachel's neighbors who brought this gem into my life.



3- Decorate for Christmas. We already have our tree up (which is AMAZING I might add). Are we too early? Not at all, everyone loves Christmas, so if you think it's too early, you might be a scrooge.



4- Tis the season for some egg nog! I was quite skeptical about this idea, but it worked out great! We only had real eggs, so we made some homemade egg nog with a real egg, which like myself you would think salmonella, but I'm still alive and it tasted INCREDIBLY good!!



5- Sick of being wet and cold from sledding? Well, get yourself some mattresses, a stair case, and you have a nice warm place to sled within the comfort of your own home! This provided hours of fun last night as we fashioned sleds out of cardboard and slick pants. Caution, the key is the mattresses... Never try to go down the stairs with cardboard. You will flip over and quite possibly break your tailbone, or as Christian likes to say, give yourself scoliosis.



6- Go see Harry Potter.... There's my plug for it. I really did enjoy it. Go see it. Kids shouldn't see it however. Definately an appropriate PG-13 rating.



7- Want to learn chinese? Go through and make cards with different chinese phrases and put them all over your place. Want to say how confused you are today in chinese but don't know how to? Just find the microwave and BAM it's there! Wo Jintian hutu! This trick works with any language you want really. Next semester we might try italian.

8- Make a fort. If I've learned anything this past weekend, it's that you are NEVER too old to make a good old fashioned pillow and blanket fort. Then, make some popcorn and snuggle together under the fort and watch arrested development or a christmas story. The possiblities are endless!

These are just some ideas to get the ol noodle working. Should I be working on homework and studying for finals??.... yes, yes I should be. Alright, I'm going to go do that. Happy Winter everybody!!