even more snow!

so, it's been a week and a half but it still looks the same outside - white! we are so ready for this craziness to end....although we wouldn't mind being able to get out of the city once to go cross-country skiing or downhill skiing and snowboarding. we'll see if that happens!

anyway, if there's anyone out there who hasn't seen it yet, "juno" was really good. it was sweet, quirky and all the actors were great. the style kind of reminded me of the tv show "gilmore girls" which was a favorite of mine. so i really hope it wins some oscars.

i don't really have any new books to write about. i am about to embark on a journey of several months to read through tolstoy's "anna karenina" for my book group. i am excited - i like tackling the big books - i had such a sense of accomplishment after completing "atlas shrugged" (which i struggled through and would not necessarily recommend to everyone, but am glad i stuck w/ it) as well as "the count of monte cristo" (which was great but a bit difficult to keep up w/ all the characters).

let's see, what else to write about.....well, for those who haven't heard we are planning to move when our lease is up april 1st. i know, i know - when will we stay put??? i don't know! :) but if anyone in the city hears of a reasonable 2 bedroom apt. a bit closer to wrigley field than we already are, let us know. it's such a difficult thing - we want to be closer to church but the closer we get to church, the closer we get to wrigleyville....which is crazy during baseball season and a more expensive area. so we'll see - i know God will provide. we were hoping our current landlord would have something for us, but it sounds like he won't. so now begins the fun of checking craig's list mutiple times a day and making lots of phone calls - yay!

well, i guess that's all for now. i'm contemplating baking some cookies tonight...it just sounds really yummy. maybe i'll make bars so that it won't take as long. :) then i'll have to deliver them to some college students for valentine's day so that we don't eat them all! anyway, happy valentine's day a couple days early. hope you get to do something fun - phil and i are gonna go to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch (stir fry)- we have gift certificates from christmas so it's a free date anyway! later!