{"id":439,"date":"2013-12-09T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2013-12-09T04:59:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T04:59:54","slug":"iced-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Iced In!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, north Texas has been iced in since Thursday evening. Good times!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131208_140537a3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-441\" alt=\"20131208_140537a3\" src=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131208_140537a3-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131208_140537a3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131208_140537a3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve done almost all our Christmas decorating &#8211; there&#8217;s still some outside decorating that needs to be done, which ain&#8217;t happening in the ice. We&#8217;ve got Christmas cards ready to go; well, except stamps because we can&#8217;t get to the post office yet. We&#8217;ve cleaned the house over again a few times. We&#8217;ve watched random Christmas movies. We&#8217;ve baked (we were blessed to have our power through this&#8230;well, so far, at least!) things like <a title=\"Skinny Pumpkin Cheesecake Poke Cake\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skinnymom.com\/2013\/10\/14\/skinny-pumpkin-cheesecake-poke-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skinny Pumpkin Cheesecake Poke Cake<\/a> (Yum! It was G-O-O-D!). We&#8217;ve even cleared half of our driveway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_20131208_174311a.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-440\" alt=\"IMG_20131208_174311a\" src=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_20131208_174311a-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_20131208_174311a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_20131208_174311a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/christinashaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_20131208_174311a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;guess what?!?!?!?<\/p>\n<p>Yup&#8230;schools and day cares are closed tomorrow, too, as what melted today is refreezing tonight and tomorrow morning! So, we&#8217;re going to be crafting a bit! Want to join us? Here&#8217;s some of the projects we may try to make tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Handprint Reindeer Hat Craft<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freekidscrafts.com\/handprint_reindeer_hat-e1323.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freekidscrafts.com\/images\/projects\/reindeer-hat.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handprint Reindeer Hat Craft @ freekidscrafts.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Handprint Wreath<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mynameissnickerdoodle.com\/2009\/12\/snowed-in.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_ELAdzkn2n5I\/SxfY_27GtuI\/AAAAAAAADwc\/E2xttfk6ru8\/s1600\/IMG_6419+copy.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handprint Wreath @ mynameissnickerdoodle.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Tumblers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plastiquem.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/saltimbanquis.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZS5l1QxfJ4g\/UXOhnbQs8xI\/AAAAAAAAFPs\/qwHj0lI9isw\/s1600\/saltimbanqui.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"1336\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblers @ plastiquem.blogspot.ca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If I have time, I hope to finish up this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanty-2-chic.com\/2011\/11\/hook-shelf-for-the-entry.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shanty-2-chic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0100-500x333.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, north Texas has been iced in since Thursday evening. Good times! We&#8217;ve done almost all our Christmas decorating &#8211; there&#8217;s still some outside decorating that needs to be done, which ain&#8217;t happening in the ice. We&#8217;ve got Christmas cards ready to go; well, except stamps because we can&#8217;t get to the post office yet. 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