This blog has been forgotten. Lost in the corners of cyberspace, it has sat here for a long time without being noticed. My poor, poor blog. But I shall not dwell in the past! Up I arise, and here I am, writing a new post as if nothing has happened. Well, anyway, life in the Sims clan has been good. You know, as good as it can be with all the crazy SNOW that has been happening here! First we got three inches of dry snow and then it rained, so we basically had rock hard snow. And then, we got a good eight inches of nice, packing snow. Yay! I dunno, though. I mean it's FEBRUARY for Pete's sake! We should've gotten all the snow in December! Stephen's birthday was yesterday, and he got some Duck Dynasty stuff (one of our favorite TV shows), and Mabel and Nicholas's birthdays are coming up soon! February is the only month where we have 3 kid's birthdays in only one month. We recently got a membership to Four Seasons (a health club/gym in our area) and it ROCKS! We generally go swimming in the pool there at least once a week. Also, there is a great event coming up in Downtown Bloomington, where my mom's store is located. Once every month, on the first Friday of the month, all the businesses in Downtown stay open until 8 o'clock, and people come browse. Well, this time, on the first friday of February, they are hosting something called the 'Tour de Chocolat' where every business stays open until 8, and all of them offer something chocolate to eat. People walk around, stopping at each business and sampling things, there will be a baking contest, and it should be lots of fun! We are making mini chocolate cupcakes, and mom didn't know how many people to expect until she emailed the lady in charge and she told her to expect up to 300 people! That's a lot of cupcakes! So that's what we will be doing tonight and tomorrow in preparation. Also, we have the sniffles going around in our family. :( But oh well, better to be holed up with a good book and some tea!
~Amanda
