Prizes, Snow and Ice (oh my!)

First of all, I want to thank my good friend Lindsay over at Little Thoughts by LT for my awesome new calendar that she made me! She had a contest on her blog last week and I was one of the winners. It arrived today! Go check her out, she is awesome!! Ask her about her Etsy shop!

 

My new calendar- I love it!

So last week I told y'all that I won a prize via Twitter from Master Card (go here to read about that). I got it in the mail on Friday! It was Rangers stuff! Yes, little things get me excited, I can't help it. I have a new shirt to wear on Opening Day (which is 80 days away by the way!) ;)

 

My new Rangers shirt and DVD, courtesy of Master Card.

I mentioned yesterday that we had some snow and ice in the Dallas area. For all of you up north who are experiencing a lot of snow, bear with me. Any amount of snow gets Texans excited.

 

Snow from my balcony

 

It snowed for a few hours on Sunday (and they were nice big snowflakes too). Seeing that the temperatures had been in the 60s all week, it didn't really stick. By the end of the day, most of it had melted.

Enjoying a cup of hot chocolate while watching the snow from my bedroom window.

Unfortunately when the snow melted it formed into ice over night. I woke up yesterday to find that all the roads I take to get to work were shut down due to ice or  major wrecks. I waited until about 11 to go in to work.

These were the steps leading up to my apartment yesterday morning. That white isn't the light reflecting, it's ice. They are normally brown steps (they are made out of this rocky material and are VERY slippery when covered in ice. I found that out the hard way a few years ago.)

 

Ice ice baby

So, while listening to Last.fm today (I love that site!) I heard Lonestar's song, "Mr. Mom". I hadn't heard it in years, but I remember how much I liked it. I know that a lot of my sweet followers are moms, so I thought you might like this song/video!! :) Again, if you don't like country music, just bear with me, it's a really cute song!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!! :)

What a day!

On Saturday evening I was on my way to get something to eat when the AC in my SUV (I sometimes call it my truck) started going in and out. I was about one exit away from my apartment when I noticed the radiator gauge needle was on the "H". For those mechanically challenged (I'm not insulting you, I'm part of that group), that is BAD. I called one of my guy friends and he told me I needed to get it to a mechanic right away. He said NOT to drive it if the needle was on the "H". So, I took today off work to go to my mechanic. Unfortunately he was closed today (not sure if it was because it was the first day of school or he had another family emergency). So, I had to go elsewhere. I took it to a place that I've been to before and the "prelim" report was that it was a leak in the radiator. The nice guy at the shop said it was going to be a few hours before they could get to it for an estimate, so he offered to have someone drop me off at home so I didn't have to wait in the waiting room all day. This was about 9:00am.

I'm so glad they let me go home. They finally called me about 1:00 with the final report. I need a new radiator, new thermostat and the hoses replaced. The guy was very honest. He said the radiator HAD to be replaced today. He said I could hold off on the thermostat and hoses but he couldn't swear that they wouldn't break tomorrow. I actually knew a few months ago I was needing a new thermostat soon. I decided to bite the bullet and take care of everything at once (I drive entirely too much to worry about my car breaking down). The guy was very sweet. He took $150 off of the labor portion to help me out, but it still came to over $600. I joked on Twitter that I was now accepting applications for a Sugar Daddy. ;)

So, I've pretty much spent all day in my apartment (it's too insanely hot to be outside). I'm supposed to have my car back before 6:00pm tonight (I have a friend who is taking me to pick it up). I did decide to go check my mail  though and had a wonderful surprise. A few weeks ago I won a gift from Vic at Freckles and Fudge and I received the package today!! It totally made my day!! Vic is a true sweetheart. She gave me a wonderful shout out on her blog on Friday (thanks again girl!) Even though we only know each other through blogging, we have become great friends. If we lived closer, we would TOTALLY have drinks together every week!! :) Or ice cream. Or both! :) You should check her blog out here.

Here are the goodies that I received:

 

 

 

 

 

Once I get my car keys back, I have a new key chain! :)

 

I love this. I am so putting this on my car!

 

I saw these hair clips on her blog and told her how much I loved them. I don't remember if I told her blue was my favorite color or not (if not she did a great job picking which one to send!) I love this!! Sorry the picture is blurry, it's hard taking a picture of yourself with an iPhone! :)

 

A Sarah McLachlan CD. I promised to send Vic a review of it!

 

The sweet note she included with the gift.

Thanks again girl!! You have made my bad day so much better!!