I've been given the gift of time

Sometimes I like to talk big. All school year I've been saying how whenever we have our ice storm I will use that time to sit down and do some serious writing for national board. Sounds like a grand plan, however, when there's laundry to do and the husband is home too, it's harder to put your nose to the grindstone. Well, tomorrow I'll be home alone for about eight hours and all of the laundry is done, so we'll see how much writing I get finished. Also here are some pictures I took while I was NOT working on my portfolio.