Where did February go?

I can't believe it's March already! February sure went by fast and March is going to bring a lot of change right from the start. For one, March means SPRING! At least that's what the calendar says. We got so much snow here in New York during February. It broke records and caused for two snow days! I felt like I was back in Minnesota! 

Good thing the snow doesn't stay for very long here because New York doesn't know what to do when it gets snow like this. We don't have a fleet of snow plows like they do back home. No, instead they strap on a plow to the front of the garbage trucks and clear the roads that way. Hopefully we will see the end of the snow and the start of warmer weather. 

February also brought Chinese New Year which is a big deal where we live on 8th avenue. The avenue is closed off for a parade and everyone gathers in the streets to set off streamers,   follow the dragons from store to store as they ask for money, and spray each other with silly string. Ok, the kids spray each other with silly string but innocent bystanders beware! Here's a view of the crowds from our window. 

Of course February also means Valentine's Day. We kept it pretty low key this year. Chris brought home  tulips, (my favorite flower) made crab legs for dinner, and then we watched a movie at home. We did a lot more cooking/eating with friends during the month too. Our good friend Ashley is currently in Haiti with YWAM  helping with the relief efforts there and before she left we had her over for homemade pizza, prayer, and a game of NERTZ. FUN! Speaking of cooking with friends, the sixth and final season of LOST started at the beginning of February and since we don't get ABC anymore (sad story) a group of us get together on Wednesday nights at a friend's house (who has cable/Tvo) for dinner and LOST which is always followed by a headache and a discussion of what the heck just happened and our theories for what it all means. Any other LOST fans out there?? HOLLA!!

But the biggest thing that February brought us was... drum roll please... the closing date of the new parsonage!!! I mentioned a while ago that our church sold our building and that once the sale was finalized and the purchase of the new parsonage went through we would be moving. We have been playing the waiting game for a year and a half. We thought we would be moving back in October of 2008 and here we are, March of 2010 and we are finally moving... this weekend!!! What?! So this means that we need to get crazy packing. Thankfully, we already have quite a few boxes packed and a lot of people to help us move. There is even going to be a missions team here that have said they will come and help on moving day! I am praying that we will get it all done on Saturday and Sunday. I haven't been looking forward to the actual move but I am starting to get excited to paint, decorate and make the new place 'ours'. We have a really great apartment now with a lot of history and memories, even from before we lived in it, and it will be so sad to leave and even more sad to see it torn down but we will make the new place cool too and make fun memories there as well. 

So, goodbye February, goodbye snow (I hope!), goodbye apartment... and Hello March, hello spring, hello new diggs!