it shouldn't feel like outside in the living room

seattle is terribly cold: perhaps the coldest it's been in the six years i've lived here.  it started snowing last night, which was quite fun, and tonight it's still all over the place.  this is cole's first snow, and it is pretty adorable to watch him prancing around and catching snowballs.  he's like a little kid:

and a lovely wintery picture of the house:

normally i don't mind the cold, but tomorrow i start a temporary job that involves sitting outside and counting people with a clicker in 20 something degree weather.  i don't know why they want me to count people, but there it is.  

i've borrowed jesse's wool socks and beanie, and i'll wear the mittens that laurel knitted me for my birthday.  if it's still unbearable, i will pick up some long johns, and put baked potatoes in my pockets.  deliciously effective i think.

jesse's brother and sister-in-law came to stay with us this weekend.   iris is terribly pregnant, just like jessie burg.  it seems to be going around.  jesse's brother, isaac, made 3 beautiful loaves of bread from scratch, as well as a delicious potato leek soup.  he also made a wallet out of duct tape, and this:

i am going to try to be this creative in the future.

also, i finally graduated.  i wish i could enjoy it more, but i'm in a financial panic and need a job very badly.  unfortunately, i've picked the worst possible time of the year/decade to be unemployed.  i'm torn because i'm aware of how terrible the economy is, of course, and there's a part of me that knows i should take whatever job i can - but i can't help feeling that i should hold out for a job that i actually believe in.  otherwise, what the hell was the point in going back to school to begin with?  oh sigh.  life's so hard.