RAIN,SLEET, SNOW

These are a couple pictures that I took when I got home from work. I had a thin layer of ice on my car when I went to work, then it turned to rain, the next thing it was sleet. About 8A.M. It started snowing and snow ever since. It was really a wet snow. Of course, you had the slush on the streets to contend with. We had our major highway shut down because of wrecks. Depending on where you lived you also lost your lights. I got sent home at about 1:30 and the drive was not fun. I saw a school bus slide in the dish which wasn't to deep, but they were going to have to pull it out. Then I saw a wreck. People just don't drive with any common sense.
Donna over at Byrnwood Needlework blog spot.com is having her 300Th post give away. She really has some neat things that she is giving away. Also check out her beautiful shawl and other knitting that she has just finished. Truly amazing.
I just heard from my son. They are on their way home from the city. They have the highway back open. He is to call me when they get all the way home so then I will know that all of my family is home safe and sound.
My blog followers count is growing and those that love my etsy shop is growing. I so do love the comments that you all love me. It is my of traveling.
I must close for now. You all take care.

Tomorrow is Friday

I will be so glad when tomorrow is over with this week. I haven't had much luck in getting my own things done at work. Of course, I have been watching some of the Olympics. Ice skating is my favorite thing to see. I have seen so many pretty purple things on our purple blog party. It is one of the colors I like.
I do hope that our weatherman is wrong. He said we were to have snow after midnight and continue through Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It would be one way to get to stay home and do what I would like to do for a change.
I was looking to see when Easter was and I won't have a hard time remembering because it is on my son's birthday. So we will celebrate his birthday and Easter.
Any one for a Candie Apple tea towel. It is one of my creations. I have several projects going, but I haven't got them done yer. I have an Easter tea towel done except for the border. Hopefully I will have decided the color of it by Saturday and I will do it then.
Everybody have a good day and Take care.

Purple Blog Party

These are a few of the things I like. O f course you know of my purple avtar. One of my favorite flowers is my pansies.

My new tea towel Sassy Susie in her purple dress.

My purple pansy pot holder.

Another of my purple flowers.

Next holiday St.Pat's

The next parade is for the Irish. One of the favorite foods is corn beef, cooked cabbage, and new potatoes. They always have a big parade in Kansas City and I don't know about ours if it will take place or not.
You have to have a permit for everything and the rules change all the time. It is not a fund raiser, it is just a time when people want to get together and celebrate.
The results of the bike show that my son-in-law went to this past weekend turned out pretty good. Our daughter's bike took first place and his orange bike took second place. Our grandson still thinks that they should have taken his bike too. I will post pictures of her bike as soon as I get it. She is very careful when she rides and only at certain times does she ride in a group.
We didn't get much snow, but we had the cold north wind. It is suppose to warm up to the 30's and then they are talking about more snow. I hope they are wrong. I have been trying to watch the Olympics, but they have it put together to where there is so much in between what you really want to see. You all take care and have a wonderful day.

Spring Please Hurry

Happy Valentine's Day to all of my friends . It has turned into a snowy day here and we don't know how much we are going to get. At times, it was snowing really hard depending on where you were at. They have had several multi-car wrecks in Kansas City due to white outs. The pictures of the worse one made the weather channel.
My cute Valentine came from Two Crazy Crafters, who have shared so many wonderful Vintage Valentines. There are others, who have done the same that has brought back so many wonderful memories.
I got to see some of the Valentine boxes that were made for my middle grandson's party. I think one of the cutest was made like lady bug. They have such an imagination.
The wreath was a present made for my daughter-in-law by my hubby. She wanted one for her front door so that it would seem more Spring like, We thought perhaps it would hurry it up a bit, Of course, that is wishful thinking on our part.
I hope that you have had a wonderful day. We went to breakfast at my husband's favorite restaurant the Airport Cafe. We have known the people who worked there several years. We were served besides our ordered breakfast a heart shape Valentine pancake for two to share. It was so sweet of them. After breakfast, we took the wreath out to our daughter-in-law's. We gave the boys money for Valentine with stipulations that they could not buy Candy or pop so they went and bought books. I let them pick their own so that I don't have to worry about what books they have or don't have. They called me to tell me what ones they got.

Our snow may not amount to too much, I think it is just going to depend on where you are located. The wind is strong and it is so cold.
I was glad just to stay home and have a lazy afternoon. We decided that we were staying home for the rest of the day.
I hope you all had a wonderful day. I am going to go see what they are broadcasting from the Olympics. I have the sports that I like and the ones that I don't. I want to see the ice skating for one and I like the free style ski jumping just to name a couple. You all take care and stay warm.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Tomorrow is one of the biggest day's of the year. It is a big day for flowers. I got my Valentine present which has nothing to do with flowers, candy, or the usual gifts. It was breakfast with my oldest son, who we don't see as much as we would like. The time share is more precious as we get older in life.
After breakfast my hubby and I took off to a quilt shop in Stewartsville, Missouri. They didn't have what I wanted, but they would be happy to help me put together what I need to finish my queen size quilt and machine quilt it for me. They also told me about a quilt shop in Kearney, Missouri. It wasn't far down the road so away we went. It was a neat shop call Sew Bee It. The building made me think of a historical shop, because of the way it was made. They had the needles that I like to use when I am embroidering. I also found some tea towels that I want to put a pattern on that will be different and I think very cute. I will post pictures after I try them. They are made of a different type of material then what I normally use. It should be fun.
Hey, I read that we had snow in 49 states on the same day. Some places had more then others. Hawaii was the only state that didn't have. We should have gone and seen family. It would only cost us the air fare because he would pick us up at the airport and we could stay with him. I would love to go, but it is further then we are allow to travel away from home with my hubby's health problems.



My daughter and grandson was headed to the bike show. He couldn't understand why he couldn't take his bike. He has an orange battery operated bike and really thinks that he is hot stuff.
I never know what my boys are up to. They definitely keep grandma busy if I have all three.
Happy Valentine's Day to all of my friends. Take care.

I WON

I won Brenda's giveaway at With Thy Thread and Needle. It is a small journal and I am so looking forward to receiving it. I didn't even realize it was me until she said in her second blog that she was looking for me. I was so surprised and happy.

It was my pick me upper for the day. It started off with my hubby telling me that he just felt crappy, but couldn't tell me why. I didn't want to cancel the doctor appointment. We kept it and he is feeling a little better this evening. I think that the weather has a lot to do with it because we haven't been able to do as much in the evening or on weekends as we had been doing. I refuse to drive when it is snowing and you don't know how bad it is going to get at night. Unfortunately it gets dark so early. I got that reminder of when we are starting daylight savings time. I wish they would change it a half hour and leave it a lone.

We got up to 36 degrees today. You just don't know what you are going to get. We drove in the snow flurries this morning and I did a lot of praying that was all we were going to get. We did see the sun for a little while but it didn't last long.

I think of all my friends who have got so much snow and getting snow where they are not use to it at all. I keep praying that they are doing all right and staying warm. This is a very unusual year for the weather, but we are having global warming or at least that is what they want us to believe.

They were arriving in Kansas City to set up for the bike show. They could set up between noon and 7 p. m. this evening. My son-in-law left about 2 p.m. to head down. It runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

My grandson is still watching for his baby giraffe. He said that his brain told him to do it. His mommy and daddy are going to try to find a stuff one and send it to him to see his reaction. I told her if they couldn't find one I would put out the word to my crafting friends and maybe one of them could make me one and I would have it shipped directly to him.

He has a small battery operated bike that he thought he should get to take to the show with mom and dad's bikes. He parks it in front of their patio door because that is his parking space.

She is taking pictures so I will post it when I get it.

Valentine parties at school tomorrow and they are all excited. Then they have Monday off because of President's day. My middle one won't because his is a preschool ran by a day care. Mommy doesn't let him take a day because they have to pay for it regardless if he is there or not. She would have to find a baby sitter if she did because she still would have to work.

Well try to stay warm and be careful.

Spring Won't You Hurry

After visiting my friend's blog that are getting all the snow, I decided we needed to think about flowers and Spring. It can't get here fast enough for all of us. It hasn't helped us at work because the builders don't work when it gets really cold. The snow doesn't help us to get into the job sites that for sure. It should really be hectic when the weather breaks.

Kim is having a giveaway over at the Primitive Peddler. She is giving away some of her beautiful dollies. She makes such beautiful things. You need to go check it out.

It was nice enough this evening that we went out for dinner to get hubby out of the house. It is the first he has been out since Saturday. We have changed some medication and I am not to sure about it. We are suppose to give it a chance, well how long is that giving it a chance. A week, a month, or what. I just know the doctors and I have worked very hard to get him to where he is now and I do not want to go backwards.

I wonder if I am going to get new neighbors. There were tire tracks in the snow. I know that it sold on the courthouse steps. The owner passed away so the bank foreclosed on it. I don't think there will probably be enough for the kids to get anything from the estate. I didn't know he had that many kids until the funeral. I will just have to wait and see.

My youngest grandson asked his daddy if he got any mail the other day. His daddy handed him the junk mail. He told him that it was junk mail and he was expecting a package. His dad asked him what he was getting, he told him he was getting a baby giraffe, He ordered it from Africa and it was costing him $2.00. I don't know where he comes up with those ideas. They are going to see if they can find him a little stuff giraffe and send it to him to see what the expression will be on his face.

His daddy is going to be showing two bikes in the motorcycle show in KC this weekend at Bartel Hall. He customized the paint job on my daughter's bike. He is always repainting something so that no one else has anything like it. He used to paint pedal cars when they were first married, but kind of got away from that. He has picked back up some of the things that he likes to do. He does it at his own speed and doesn't over do. She is taking pictures so that I can see what he did to it.

Well I need to close for now. To all of my snow bound friends, just be careful if you have to go out. If you are shoveling snow, don't over do.

Bitter Cold

The Valentine I am using tonight came from My Vintage Studio. Sharon posted it this evening and I do love Vintage Valentines as you can tell from my blog.

We haven't got the snow that they predicted, but we have had colder weather then we are use to. At one point today it was -21 degrees. If only the wind would die down, it wouldn't be quite so bad.

My oldest grandson was really happy because they went skiing today at Snow Creek near Weston, Missouri. He really had fun and is ready to go back again. I asked him if he got cold and he said not really. They had places for them to warm up. They didn't know for sure if they were going to get to go, but they all took their clothes to school as though it was going to happen. They didn't get back to school until 3:30, which meant they all had to do the after school program if their parents works.

My middle one wants to go bowling because big brother got to go to a birthday party at the bowling alley on Saturday. They told him that the lanes were all busy so he would have to wait. They went by one on the way home and he told his mom that there wasn't that many cars today so could they go. She told him finally that she would take him Friday after his Valentine party at school. He will remind her that they are going. Little ones never seem to forget anything.

I think about all of my friends that have a lot more snow then we have got now or in the past and they are suppose to get some more. It is so hard to get rid of when you have no place to put it. We are suppose to get some more on Sunday. I just ask that it stops long enough for me to get to go to the city for a doctor appointment that we have been waiting for over six months. If I thought it was an emergency, I could have got it sooner. I wanted to tell the receptionist that if I thought it was an emergency I would have taken him to the hospital and they could see him there. We get through this one then the next one will be when it is warmer weather. Must close. Take care and stay warm.

Valentine's Day Quickly Approaching

My friends at Two Crazy Crafters have such cute Vintage Valentines on their blog. I couldn't resist their Mr. Elephant for my blog tonight. I thought he was so cute.

We have been getting snow over the weekend, today, and tomorrow, but it absolutely nothing like they have on the East Coast. Even at Christmas ours wasn't as bad as theirs. We had some patches of black ice to deal with today because of the blowing snow and freezing. Thank goodness that we haven't had that much or we would have had the snow drifts.

Today was a day of frustration in dealing with insurance companies. They changed some of my hubby's medication and the first two they wanted, the insurance company wouldn't cover. We found one, but if it causes side effects, then they will look at the others. It is something else when they tell you what you can have instead of what the doctor ordered. The good thing is they are going to finally give us help with one medication that medicare won't cover and there is not a generic for it. It was so nice to be able to get three months for less then I had been paying for one month out of my pocket. We get to do co pays for a while. Maybe we won't get to the donut hole as fast with the changes that was made. I don't know if they were good decisions or not. We will just have to hope and pray a lot.

My grandson was disappointed that they didn't get to go on their ski trip on Friday. They thought that the weather was to bad. They were suppose to get to go tomorrow, but I don't know if the weather is really going to be any better. I know the wind chill this evening is below zero. The boys are counting days until their Valentine Party at school. My middle grandson wanted to make Valentine cookies with sprinkles on top. He didn't want frosting, just sprinkles. I don't know what mommy was going to let him do. He will maybe be a chef when he grows up because he always has his little chair push over to the cabinets so that he can help cook whatever.

I don't know what we are going to do for Valentine's. A lot will have to do with the weather . Everybody is starting to advertise their weekend specials. We stopped at our Bob Evans on our way home from the pharmacy. It was getting late, with our having to wait for them to get the prescriptions ready. It would make supper to late.

The Olympics is starting and there is several events that i want to watch. I especially want to watch the ice skating. We have always enjoyed the skating. Our daughter competed when she was younger, and taught ice skating when she was going to College. She still does some judging when they have their special Olympics Winter Sports competition here. She has enjoyed watching how some of the kids have progressed. You can really tell when they are excited with their ice skating because of the expression on their faces.

You all stay warm.

Week End Snow

These are a couple of pictures that I took this morning while I was warming my car up to go to work. We have had snow all day and it is still snowing some. We are to have snow flurries tomorrow and then more snow on Sunday and Monday.
The drive was kinda pretty this morning the way that the snow was sticking to the trees. The state highway department had been pushing the snow, but the city maintenance was only putting salt on the streets. You had slush on the side streets, because at the moment we are above freezing even though the wind chill is below.
Matt came and cleaned my steps , driveway, and where I park my car. He will be back if I need him to come and take care of it. He will even clean off my car if I need him to . He spoils me so much. He is young enough to be one of my children, and he treats me like he would treat his mother.
We are still getting some snow yet this evening, but it is another situation that they got more around us then we have had here so far.
I was glad to see today come to an end. I was left to handle things by myself. He did ask our yardman to stay later in the day for which I was thankful for. I could tell him what I needed and he could tell me if we had it or not. I knew what the day was going to be like before I even went to work this morning.
In a way I was glad to see the snow, because I knew that people would not be able to work outside.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Take care.

TGIF

I wanted to tell you about the second giveaway that my friend Donna is having at Byrnwood Needleworks. This was her picture and it has brought back memories of my childhood when we used the Scrub Board. You will have to go check it out.
She always has so many interesting post and I truly enjoy reading them.

In between working on my baby quilt, I have been checking out what my blog friends and other friends have been doing.
We started the day off with rain and it went to sleet, but so far we haven't got the snow that they have been predicting. We are under a winter storm watch. I just hope that they are wrong. We are going to be short handed at work so I don't know if we will work the whole day or not. It all depends on the weather so we will have to wait and see.
I had vendor's calling today asking about our weather, they definitely didn't want to send a truck on the ice, but they have changed the forecast all day so who knows. I don't think they even know.
My oldest grandson just wants to go on his ski trip tomorrow to Snow Creek near Weston, Missouri. He is excited about going. To my knowledge, I don't think that he has ever been on a pair of ski's before. I wish I could be a mouse and go watch. I think it would be fun.
I got the report on my lab work from the doctor's office. I have to go back on some medication which didn't surprise me at all. The next trip I am going to have a bone density test done to see what my lower back looks like. I have osteoporosis. That is why I can crack bones really easy. I haven't fallen on the ice yet this winter, but I get picked on about walking like a 90 year old grandmother taking baby steps. I just don't want any broken bones.
I have got me a cup of hot apple cider that I am drinking while I am reading blogs and leaving messages. Hopefully the weather man will be wrong, but so far we are escaping.
You all take care.

Snow, Snow , Snow

I borrowed the image from one of my blog friends Two Crazy Crafters. They love vintage valentines as much as I do.

All I have heard on the radio today that the snow is suppose to arrived tomorrow and stay around all day on Friday. I just want it to go away. They say it will be worse then the last one we had, but who knows. Sometimes I think they are guessing.

One of our crews from the 139Th left today to help fly relief supplies to Haiti. They didn't know if they were going to help state side or go all of the way to Haiti. Regardless of where they go, they will do a great job. I have watched them land the C-130's using very little run way.

It is awesome to watch them take off and land. Of course it can make you emotional especially when you know where they are going. We keep all of our military in our thoughts and prayers. Our military family goes way back, and I am proud of what they have done to keep us safe and I still have nefews serving in Iraq and Afghastan.

I have taken so many phone calls today wanting to know what we were going to do after the business that I work for closes. It isn't us, but another Lumber Yard down the street from us. We can possibly pick up some business from them closing, who knows now with the economy like it is all over the US and so many people out of work. We just keep praying that it gets better.

I need to get back to my baby quilt and work on it some more. It is fun watching it come to life. You all take care.

Valentine's soon to be here

Donna over at Brynwood is having a really neat Sweetheart Valentine giveaway. You really need to go check it out. She is really a unique lady.
Her blog is one of the blogs that I enjoy reading.
My youngest grandson told me that he has his Valentines bought for his party at school and that he got to pick them out himself. He was so proud of that and the birthday card that he made for his PaPa John.
We had gone to breakfast at the Airport Restaurant where you can see the 139Th's C-130 planes. Right now they are having school for other locations. We get planes from Germany, Spain, Canada, and all over here for school. They teach them how to fly in all kinds of weather. Just stick around and our weather is guaranteed to change. We had patches of black ice this morning.
Matt and Ethan had to go see the big planes up close. They wanted to go for a ride. Of course, we had a couple of small planes that flew in for breakfast. You never know what kind of planes you will see there. We are having an air show this summer that the Blue Angels are coming to perform here. I have seen them once before, but it is something that I would watch again.
I feel for the people that are going through the ice storm. We have gone through that and it was not fun. When we had ours, the kids would not let us stay at home after the third day. Our daughter had electricity so we went to their house. Dad and I was doing just fine. We were staying bundled up and the house didn't get below 40 degrees. I was getting concerned because of the medication we have to keep refrigerated and couldn't put outside because it can't be froze. We had a battery operated radio and knew what was going on. We were lucky because some were without electricitiy for over a week.
We only have roughly six weeks until the first day of Spring. I can't wait for the warmer weather. Have a good day.

Another Day of Sunshine.

We had another day of sunshine which is really hard to believe with the way our weather has been. It just makes us one day closer to the first day of Spring.

Grandpa really enjoyed his boys this morning. He had one on each side of him at breakfast. It is the first birthday that we have all been together for quite a while. He is doing a Jack Benny 29 to hear him telling it. Of course they say you are only as old as you feel. We went for a drive being it was sunny and looked at all the new wind farms they are building not that far away from us. I was amazed at how many you could see in such a short period of time. Hopefully it will help with our energy bills, but you still have to have the electricity to help make it work.

I was going through some boxes and I found this necklace. I thought it was so pretty even though I think it is missing a couple of stones. My mother-in-law always wore jewelry. She said that she didn't feel dressed without her jewelry including clip on earrings. I was looking for something else when I found this. I still have more boxes to check yet.

My baby quilt is progressing. It is Winnie the pooh and friends that I am working on. Eeyore is laying on the bottom with everyone else on top of him. It is fun to watch it take shape. I must close for the evening. Have a great week.

IT'S THE WEEKEND

I felt like I need a bouquet of flowers today after the week that I had. I had two trips to the doctor's. One for me which went very well, and one for my hubby. We were on our way home from hubby's when we had to take a side trip to get our son. He has spent a couple of days with mom and dad recuperating from a bad asthma attack from new perfume and painting fingernails, that they knew would cause a problem. He has chemical asthma which he came home with from his navy military service. Even though he has health issues he would be back there defending our country in a heart beat. He has been places that all he will say is that he has been there. I know every mother worries about a son regardless.

Mom made sure that he was eating and resting as the doctor order. I made dad responsible to keep an eye on him. I told them that they could keep an eye on each other.

I didn't get my statements out on Friday, but I didn't receive the cooperation that I needed to get them done. I was told it was because of my being gone two days, but that wasn't all of it. Some people just don't follow through on their end of it.

I did my first Valentine Swap which was so much fun. I might do another one if the opportunity presents itself. It made me feel really good knowing that my swap partner Deb really liked what I sent her.

Tomorrow we celebrate hubby's 70Th birthday which is Tuesday with the family. You pick a day that you can get them all together which is hard to do at times. It will be fun watching three boys help papa celebrate. Our youngest grandson thinks if we get together it is someones birthday because that is when we normally get together.

I must get back to my baby quilt that I am embroidering for a new little one. They don't know yet whether it will be a boy or girl. I told them they could have twins. Have a nice weekend.

Sun Went Away

It was a sunny day and I was hoping we would have sunshine all day, but that didn't happen nor has my day gone as plan. We had a doctor appointment in the city this morning for my hubby and it was early enough we were going out for breakfast afterwards. Well my daughter called wanting to know where I was at and that told me that something was wrong. I told her we were on our way home and going to breakfast. She told me that our son was at the VA hospital so we turned around and headed for Leavenworth, Kansas to see what was going on. It was just a really bad asthma attack so I brought him to our house and that way he could rest without anyone bothering him.

He is sleeping and my hubby is knitting. I had really planned on working part of the day, but I wasn't going in for just a couple of hours.

We will go later and pick up his car and bring it home, but he is spending the night here with us. I will feel better because I know that he will get some much needed rest and no one will bother him. he asked if I minded if he shut the bedroom door. I told him no and the TV is on, but it is just loud enough to here so that it doesn't bother him.

For those of you that may be trying my face book page. I haven't got it all the way set up yet. I am in the process of doing it. It is something that I am learning and just takes me a little longer then most. I have learn to do a lot of things that I never thought I would have to do. You can accomplish a lot if you really have to do so.

Tomorrow is the last day of the month so I will have statements to do at work and will also have to do payroll the first thing, but I will manage if everybody cooperates.

We have had some really cold temperatures again, they are talking about possibilities of more snow for us. I just don't want the freezing rain that they are getting to the south of us. The weather hasn't really been good anywhere in the US. I am looking forward to the first day of Spring. I can't wait. You all take care.

Ready for summer

I think that we are all ready for summer. I know that my grandson is ready to go for a ride with his daddy. The bike is one that my son-in-law customized and entered in a bike show. He won third with it. He hadn't got involved in the shows for a while. He used to at one time.
You don't want to mention ride or Ethan will go get his helmet and he is ready to go.

I baby sat him and his two cousins this past weekend. I had fun with the boys. If they got carried away, I would take away what they were playing with and they would have to find something else to play with. They play really well.

My Oldest grandson was telling me they were going to take a field trip to Snow Creek and try to ski. He was really looking forward to that. I would like to be a mouse and watch because it is a group of 5Th graders. I don't know how many have ever ski before. I just know that he hasn't.

Well I must get back on my baby quilt that I am making for a baby shower. I hope that I can get it done. Have a good day.

Sunshine

We have sunshine today, but we aren't near as warm as yesterday with a strong wind. I have a few more things ready to list in my etsy shop, that I thought I would give you a sneak peak first.
I have been doing some reading today of my friend's blog and looking to see what they are doing. So many wonderful pictures and things that they are working on. I just wish my pictures turned out better. Maybe some day. The snow is melting, but it isn't all the way gone yet. They are talking like we might have snow flurries later today. One of our smaller rivers has a bad ice jamb causing flooding. It was almost out yesterday and futher down stream it is out. It makes no difference where you live the weather has been something else lately.


The tea towels are three that I have got completed. I don't know which one I like the best, but they are relaxing to do and that is the main thing. I was working on a new table topper while I was baby sitting and my grandson thought I had to much light on so he turned it off. If he had stayed still long enough, he would have been sound asleep. He was trying to stay awake until mommy and daddy got home.
Our neighbors must be watching football, because we haven't had much car traffic today.
You all have a wonderful day what is left of it.

ITS FRIDAY

I was ready for 4:30 to come today and start the weekend. Only we weren't busy after 4:oo so we shut it down early. We were ready.
We have been working short handed while one is recuperating from surgery. I don't know exactly when he is coming back to work or even if he is because they removed his big toe. He is a diabetic and I hope that it stops with just that and no other problems.
I have been reading blogs tonight, in between watching the telethon for Haiti. Some of the performers I like and some of them I don't. They showed a baby that they delivered by a c section early because of all the broken bones that the mother had. We all have our own problems, but we can be thankful for our country and the help that is given. I still haven't heard why the cruise ship stopped off the shore for some R&R or at least that is what the news reported. I don't know if I was on a cruise what my feelings would be about them doing it.
It has been a damp, foggy type of a day. We never did get to the temperature they said, nor did we see the sunshine. They are now saying rain and thunderstorms. The weather is absolutely crazy. Some of our small creeks are running almost bank full so they may flood because of all the snow and if we get the rain they definitely will.
January is almost over so that makes us closer to spring and hopefully warmer weather. I am ready, I am tired of having to dress in layers to keep warm. I want a change in what I get to wear to work from all of the winter clothes.
All of our kids, spouses, and grandchildren have said that they will be there for breakfast for hubby's birthday the 31st. He thinks we are having breakfast with our oldest son, who we don't see as often as the others. I will just let him think that. I just told him and keep reminding him that he can't get sick.
Must close for tonight. You all have a great weekend.

JANUARY ALMOST OVER

A week left in this month then it will be the shortest month of the year. It means that we are getting that much closer to Spring. The snow is melting and the ground is getting so soft. It is so squishy under foot. You wonder if you are going to sink in and the potholes are unreal.
I am hoping that it warms up some tomorrow. I think this winter has been worse then the ones that we had in the past.
Two trips to the city this next week so I will only be working three days. I can't blame hubby for both of them because one of the appointments is mine. I should have done it in December but the weather was just to bad.
We are babysitting this weekend all three of the boys at once. My oldest grandson said that he would help grandma with the younger two. I don't think I will have any problem because they play really good together and they haven't seen each other since Christmas Eve.
Some of our C-130's have been flying supplies into Haiti to help with the relief. I know they can land those planes on very short runways and different places. I have watched them land and take off on very short distance on the runway. We never cease to tell our guys how much they are appreciated for all that they are doing for us. The snow blower that they use to clear the runways is really something. It has like a big brush on the front of it and can really throw the snow. We watch it in action one weekend while we were eating breakfast at the restaurant which is located at the airport. You just never know what kind of planes you will see there.
Back to embroidering for a while before I call it a day. Take care.

No Fog Today

We didn't have the fog this morning nor the black ice that they were predicting for us. I hope they are wrong about the rain. We need some sunshine in the worse way. I think that it would make everybody feel better.

We went out for a while last night and it was a little foggy when we left but not really bad. It sure changed when we came home. You couldn't see very far at all in front of you. I told my husband that we weren't going again when it was like that because I didn't like the stress of the drive.

I have spent the evening reading blogs to take my mind off of my hubby. His blood sugar was really low when I got home. I got him back up, but it took a little while. His liver isn't working very good at the moment which doesn't help, but it is something that we have to live with. i just keep saying my prayers that we keep going. His 70Th birthday is the 2ND of February and I am planning a get together with family. It was just about a year ago this time that we made a trip to the hospital. I told him I wasn't spending his birthday in the hospital this year. We go to the doctor this next week so maybe he will give me some suggestions to try. It is a lot of trial and error to cope with all the problems.

To a lighter side, my daughter and her family took one of their dogs to the vet. My 4 year old grandson asked the vet if he had a hippopotamus. The vet told him no, but he wished he had one. You never know what he is going to do or say. They are so much fun. My 5 year old told me he could button his new shirt that we got him for Christmas excepting for the very top button. He really liked it. He is so small that I have a hard time finding him jeans and etc because he has no hips to hold them up. His daddy and brother had Martin Luther Kings birthday off. He thought he should get to stay home with them, but he had to go to his preschool. They have to pay for it whether he is there or not.

I probably need to try to get some sleep and hopefully I don't have to make a drive to the hospital later tonight. You all take care.

A FOGGY SUNDAY

We started our day with very dense fog and we had some of it go away at about noon, but it came back just as bad tonight. I wouldn't want to drive very far in it that is for sure.

You couldn't see the traffic signals until you were right on top of them to tell if they were green or red. I was wondering what am I doing out in this, but hubby wanted out of the house. At least it was above freezing which was a good thing.

I wanted to share with my blogger friends, My Magic Quilt Valentine that I had framed over the weekend. I listed it in my etsy shop. I thought that it turned out rather well. It is getting to feel more like Valentines.

I am hoping we get some relief in the weather so that they can go back to working outside. At least the snow is melting, that is helping. The icicles have melted off the house, but we still have a little snow on the roof that is melting off.

The kids were to go tubing today at Snow Creek which is close to Weston, Missouri today, but with the fog I don't know if they would let them or not. I know when it was bitter cold they wouldn't let them go skiing. You all have a wonderful week and stay safe.

ITS THURSDAY

Just one more day left to work this week and its the weekend I can't wait. The only thing good the last couple of days is that it has been in the 40's. It is good for melting the snow, but it can cause black ice early mornings which I found myself trying to ice skate twice. It just looked like it was wet, was that ever wrong. I didn't fall thank goodness, but came close.
I finished embroidering two new tea towels just need to put the borders around them. One is for
St. Pat's and the other for Easter. I will be posting pictures as soon as they are done maybe over the weekend.
Top priority Saturday morning is a hair cut and then we will go from there. I will get to see two of my grandsons because they are getting hair cuts after grandma gets hers. We haven't seen them since Christmas Eve because of the cold weather and the snow. They live in the country so they have had to deal with the snow drifts higher then ours. Their road in a couple of places wasn't the best in the world. I try to watch where I get so I don't get myself stuck.
I have been lucky so far.
I am so looking forward to the warmer, dryer weather when you don''t have to dress in layers. I want to be able to wear shoes other then snow boots. The cold damp weather makes the bones hurt. Let's face it I just want 72 degree weather all year round. I really don't think I am asking to much. Do you??
I just about lost my post so I think I better stop while I am ahead. Take care.

Heat Wave

We are having a heat wave, we have been in the 20's the last couple of days and suppose to get into the 30's tomorrow. It will take quite a while to get the snow to melt that is for sure.
The trees were pretty this morning, but the drive wasn't. We were having a freezing fog and you couldn't see very far in front of you. They are predicting that again tonight after midnight.
People don't drive with common sense.
I needed some roses after having a day of doing other things instead of my own work. I got left yesterday by myself with no one to help me. The first customer that I had needed a striker plate for his door. I needed to know where I could get one, but the cell phone was turned off so I sold the striker plate out of a door lock and left them a note that I rob what I needed out of the box. I don't know if they can order one or not that I took out of the box. It will teach them to turn off their cell phone. Last thing I was told was to call his cell if I needed anything. I made money on it.
I talked to my son tonight. Their road has finally got open, but in places it is just barely wide enough for two cars. The buses are running the snow routes which basically means they take my oldest grandson to school and grandpa goes and gets him at the designated bus stop which is to far for him to walk in this cold weather. If we go out, we might see if they would come and get us. They have a four wheel truck.
Tomorrow I would like to do my w2's that is all I have left to do. All of the other tax reports are done for the month end, quarter end, and year end. Being closed and only working half days haven't helped me to do what I wanted to do.
You all take care and stay warm.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

We are having a heat wave. We are a whopping 23 degrees. We have been in the minus so much that this makes it really seem warmer then it is.
We went to breakfast this morning and that is the first time my hubby had wanted to go out all week, which is an exception to the rule. I don't blame him because I don't like the cold either.
Our grandsons love the snow and want to go sledding every opportunity that they get. When it was so fluffy, my middle one was making snow angels. He was having a blast.
I hope that I get to work more this week then the last three. We were closed because of the weather and I still don't know how we will get into job sites with all the snow still on the ground. I keep watching the icicles get longer outside my window and keep wondering when they are going to fall to the ground. We have had more traffic today with the warmer weather, but the snow was blowing across the highways. I just hope we don't drift back in again.
We are to have a heat wave this week. I have added some new items to my etsy shop stop by and take a look. You all have a wonderful day.

More Snow and Bitter Cold

When is the snow and bitter cold going to stop, we keep asking ourselves. The snow started again on Wednesday and the drifts were back on Thursday so I needed to be dug out again. I didn't work yesterday and I only worked a half a day today. We were getting more snow today so that is why we closed early. It sure doesn't help the paycheck. I picked up medicine for hubby this afternoon so tomorrow I can be stationary and not have to get out. They say we are going to be in the bitter cold until about noon tomorrow. I hope they are wrong and we don't get down to the minus 35 degrees.
Being off has given me time to work on my Valentine tea towels. These are three that I got done. I think I want to retake my pictures. Lets face it I am just not a good picture taker.
I know we have not had the traffic go by, but we have a lot of cancellations and bitter cold. The major highway has had so many slide offs it looks like a parking lot. Some of the secondary roads are closed because of drifts or maybe just have one lane traffic. Our city streets aren't the best, but if you drive with common sense you can get around.


Schools have been closed all week so they are going to have to make it up at the end of the year. We check in with family so that they know mom is home safe and sound.
My hubby didn't go out today which usually he wants to go, but they were having a Marathon of Elvis Presley movies today for his 75Th birthday. he has watched them all day. I have been to Graceland in Memphis and it was very impressive.
I need to go put heat on the back. I don't know what I did to it or it just may be the weather and having osteoporosis in it doesn't help.
If you have to be out in the bitter cold and snow, just be careful. You all take care.

Snow, Snow and More Snow

The snow started this morning at about 9 A.M. or there about. It has been snowing every since. The problem now is that the wind is beginning to pickup so we will have drifts in the morning I just don't know how bad.

We closed at 3 today because of the snow and how bad the streets were getting. Of course, the side streets didn't have the snow plowed from the snow that we got during the Christmas Holidays. We still have snow on the side streets, plus they put salt on them instead of plowing so it just makes matter worse. Of course you always have the people who don't drive for the road conditions and cause accidents.

It took me a hour and a half to get home. I did stop at the grocery store because I don't know if I am working tomorrow or not. I am to check in to see because we may not even open up with the weather like it is right now. It won't take to much longer for you to not be able to see my tire tracks. With all of the snow, cold weather that is setting records across the US. You won't make me believe in Global Warming. You dress in layers and when it never warms up enough that you can take some of it off. You wonder what you are doing out in the cold.

Of course, even as cold as it was there were kids coasting, my grandsons included while mommy and daddy walked and took care of the dogs.

mimi at Dandelion Wishes had beautiful winter pictures on her blog. I told her I would like to trade her snow for mine because it looked as though she had less then we did. I have my third tea towel done ready for the borders, but I don't think I will do that tonight instead I think I will have an early night. The drive home was nerve wrecking with the accidents and close call. I saw a police car almost get hit twice. The bad thing would have been if the 2ND car had hit him, because the police officer would have been caught between the two cars and would have probably been hurt pretty bad. You prayed a lot that you would make it home without being hit.

Bitter Cold and More Snow

Isn't she cute and put you in the mood for Valentine's Day?

We have had really cold weather for us and tomorrow we are to get snow again plus continuing in on Thursday with the temperature dropping further then this morning.

You dress in layers that is for sure, plus we have two electric furnaces and only one of them is working.

I am looking forward to doing my first Valentine Swap. It will be doing so much fun especially not knowing who will be your partner until you get the package.

Our public schools called off school today because of the cold, but the out laying schools went to school today. My oldest grandson gets on the bus before I even go out the door to work. They had a blast this last week between Christmas and New Years. Mommy was on vacation and they went sledding every day for a while excepting one day. Matt, my middle grandson, liked being able to stay home. I think that they all need a break once and awhile.

I would like for it to warm up that is for sure, but where do you go for warmer weather. Places that are usually warm have had cold weather and we are having global warming. I don't think so. Well I must get back to My Valentine projects. Take care and stay warm.

Lazy Cold Sunday

We woke up to the cold and more snow this morning. It was just what we needed on top of the snow that we already had. We didn't venture out of the house today. We were out in the cold yesterday because I needed to get my car service and the roads were clear. You can't say that today.
I have spent part of the day working on my Valentine Tea towels. As fast as the time goes, it will be Valentine Day before we know it. It seems as the months just fly as we get older. I know I definitely don't like the cold weather, but I don't know where you could really go to be warm here stateside. Florida had 30 degree temperature today. I know when I watched the Rose Bowl Parade and the Citrus Parade neither looked that warm. I want some 72 degree weather. It is wishful thinking, but it won't happen for awhile. I watched ice skating for part of the afternoon. They were talking about how Smucker's Discover stars on ice originally started. It brought back many wonderful memories of some of the stars that we have watched from amateur to professionals. One of the most memorial evenings was when we had front row seats right at the edge of the ice. Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning, Christy Yamachi, Rosalyn Summers, Paul Wylie is just a few that we have watched along the way. I had gotten tickets to see Bob Hope, who they said was going to come to our city. He had to cancelled so I just applied the cancelled ticket money to the other tickets. . I have my autograph from Scott Hamilton who was a guest speaker when we went to a convention in Sun Valley. He is so entertaining regardless of what he is doing. We got involved with our daughter ice skating a long time ago when she was young She competed through her college years. The last trip was National Collegiate Competition, It was the only trip that mom and dad didn't go with her. We have gone several different places that we probably wouldn't have gone except for that.
When I look out the window at the snow, it makes me think when we use to have the coasting parties a long time ago. It was before all of the houses got built up around us. When we built our home, it was like being in the country even though we were in the city. The land around us was farm land. The snow made me think of when my mother would make snow ice cream as we were growing up, using her wash tub to coast down the hill, or the scoop shovel. We would get in trouble for that, but we sure did have fun. Back then we went to a one room school house where we had first through eight grade. We would take our sleds to school and go coasting at noon, we always stayed out longer then we were suppose to.
Well I really need to get back to my tea towels. I will posting them as soon as they are done.
Stay Warm and safe.

New Year Day

Happy New Year to all my friends.
We have a tradition at our household to watch the Rose Bowl Parade after breakfast to start our day. We are enjoying a lazy day of doing whatever we want. It is bitter cold here. We are in the low teens, but the wind chill is what makes it so cold.
Are we all ready to start a new year? I am looking forward to the year and hopefully it will bring a lot of happiness. We won't have birthdays until my husbands birthday on Ground Hog's Day in February. I would really like to plan something, but the last time I did he spent it in the hospital, so we will just take it one day at a time. I am working on some new projects that I hope will be ready shortly to put in my etsy shop. I really appreciate all of my friends that I have from our group. It is amazing the number of people that you can find who has like interest and you can relate to. I have found some new blogs that I enjoy reading thanks to my friends.
I sometimes enjoy just reading what is going on in other people's lives and what they are doing. My friends are from all parts of the world which makes it so much interesting. You can travel without a car. It is fun to read how other people celebrate their holidays. I hope everybody had a safe and Happy New Year. I fell asleep before midnight, but our neighbor shot off his fireworks so we knew when it was the New Year. He does it twice a year, the 4Th of July and New Year Eve. Take care