Yes, it's long overdue....February Celebratory Events!!

This is harder than I thought.  Now I know why good bloggers quit their jobs and make a living from this- it really requires you to be in a space and place that allows for you to get it all out in a way that makes a good read for everyone.  I just don't have time....err ok.... maybe I just have not made the time.  But, alas, the 40X40 has gone on and I have lots I need to update you on.  First, we've got to take it all the way back to February's Celebratory Event.  This was a great weeked long celebration that involved lots of wine, snow, great friends, great music, and time with family!

For those of you that have known me for any amount of time, you know that I have done the drive from PA to Rochester probably at least 200 times since I first started living in Pennsylvania almost 20 years ago.  My best time has been around 4 hours and 15 minutes (which I did on the night my niece was born) and came with a speeding ticket; only 1 of 2 I have ever received in all of these drives.  But, the 40X40 drive was different....the snowstorm of the century was coming and I needed to beat it so that I could get there in time to take said niece Olivia to her doctors appointment for my sister Amanda.  I hauled ass and made it in 4 hours without a drop of snow until the Hylan Drive exit just south of the City.  And then this is what I saw....

and it got progressively worse....with accidents everywhere

and for those who wonder what a real snow day looks like on the roads....

I did eventually get to the house to pick up Olivia, get her across town to the doctor and back...eventually arriving all the way back across town to "Shamrock Farm" for an evening of hanging out with Tommy a nd Katie...chicken pot pie, and multiple bottles of wine!

Katie and I sure can put that wine journal to work!!!  BTW...both of these are excellent selections if you are ever looking for a good white:)

But the real reason for the weekend had finally arrived.....It's Daughtry Concert Day, Baby Shower Day and the 40X40 February Celebratory Event at O'Calls!

But first, this was the beautiful aftermath of the snowstorm