The snow finally arrived

We woke up this morning to a blanket of snow covering everything -- finally. The forecast has been calling for snow for several days now. With school closed, my office was closed as well. However, now that we have remote access, I spent some time answering emails and trying to update some files.

Em is trying to catch up on her favorite anime series. She is depending on the subtitles less and will start formal Japanese classes in the fall (hopefully). I still wish she would pick up her interest in Mandarin again, but we will approach that carefully- one step at a time.

The weekend was spent cataloging photographic images taken over the last 20 years. It's a huge project with all of the photography I have done, but it will be great to have a comprehensive catalog that is easy to access by subject and keyword. Working with a film scanner helps move the project along a bit faster. As I get more images scanned, I'll be getting them added to my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kpeng/

We also located some family history for the Christensen side of the family. My grandfather had completed a partial family history that goes back to 1645. One of my cousin's is eager to take on the task of putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Evidently, there is also some Irish heritage on mom's side of the family and looking for information related to that as well.

Em is hoping for more snow tonight. Frankly, I am ready for spring to get here. It has been pretty cold this winter. At least we haven't had the major windstorms that we experienced last year, but flowers and sunshine would sure be nice. The perpetual gray skies we have had really remind me of China. And yes, I am beginning to miss China again -- a lot.