QOTW / Catching Up On Life And Snowy Pics

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Sooo sorry I didn't post any pics last week, like I said I would. I've been busy prepping for my b-day party that got delayed till yesterday even though my actual birthday was on December 16.

Pic of my beautiful friends and I at my party :D

(Top) Elly, Celia, Alissa, and I
(Bottom) Layne, Anna, and Hannah

Also, I've been getting my novel completed and after hardcore writing, I didn't feel like posting anything.  :P One of the winner goodies from NaNo was a code to get a free hardcover copy of your draft and it expired today.  I am happy to say that I finished my draft in time! I made a cover for it and ordered a copy of it yesterday.

Also, on Tuesday I got my braces off!!! I'm so excited! I can finally have gum and other snackies I otherwise couldn't have. Woo! I wasn't expecting to look the way I look without braces, although I didn't know what I was expecting in the first place, but I am sooo glad they are off! It's been 3 1/2 years!

Now unto the snowy pics. I didn't take as many photos as I usually do, but here they are:

Kitties exploring the porch.

I was trying to get a creative photo, but it was terribly hard and this was the best one that turned out. I had a coat, hat and gloves on still, but I had to take my boots off for the picture and I couldn't last more than 30 seconds standing there. My feet kept getting numb and I would run inside and jump around trying to warm them up. I had to go back three times to get this pic. xD

I had a mirror outside because I wanted to try and make it look like a portal or something with photoshop (I haven't gotten it to work yet) and I took a random picture, and I didn't even mean to, but it turned out well besides the fact that the flash popped up. 

Another mirror picture.

I love seeing the snow sparkle in the sunlight.

I had my mom pose her arm holding that snowball and my brother is suppose to look like he's about to get hit and is trying to defend himself.

Hope you enjoyed this post! 

Bye for now! 

Snow Day!

Yesterday, we got a ton of snow! Well, a ton for where we live. It usually doesn't snow a lot here. We got 10 inches! 

Here are some snow pics!

We let our cat roam through the snow. She didn't like it after a while.

The snow was pretty deep!

The trees looked really heavy with the snow piled on top!

My mini snowman holding my hat!

The progress of making an igloo!

Almost done! The roof was the hardest part.

Done!

We used logs as seats! We even ate lunch in there! :P

Enjoy!

Winter Writing Contest

Hello, all!  Happy December 1st! 

As it says in the title, I'm hosting a Winter Writing Contest!

Rules:

You may write a short story or poem.

It has to be winter themed.  Here are some examples:

*Christmas

*Snow

*Candy Canes

*Freezing Temperatures

*Hot Chocolate

Please make sure your entry is family friendly.  If you write anything inappropriate, use swear words, or anything like that you will be disqualified.

The contest is December 1st - December 31st.

Comment with a link to your writing on this post!

Anyone can enter!

Winners:

I will post the winner(s) on my blog, they will get a winner button, and they will be put in the AEL's Contest Winners page!

There may be more than one winner, but it depends on how many people enter! :)

Feel free to advertise this! ;)

I hope you join and have fun!