Blizzard 0f 2013…

 

Driveway:

18 inches on the picnic table:

A wider shot of the ruler in the snow:

Side view of car. I only had energy to dig a narrow walkway to driveway:

My arborvitae next to my patio  does not look happy at all. Normally you wouldn’t see the yellow corner of my house:

Opposite view of arborvitae and front corner snow bank:

Corner snow bank looking up the street":

Looking down the street:

Are you craving French Toast?

Silent Saturday…

 

Take Your Pick…

Snow Business….

Lot’s of it!

This is this morning, after shoveling twice yesterday, and again this morning (no work! Yay!) Another gray & dismal shot of the snow-covered trees:

We ended up with about a foot. It came down dry & powdery, then we had some rain mixing in to make it wet & heavy. This morning was also wet & heavy, turning dry & powdery- the old “If you don’t like it, wait a minute…” maxim.

I made out like a bandit with presents:

look at these:

The kids got me ALL of the charts I had posted about in November! Em even asked the sellers to NOT show their return addresses as anything stitchy since I retrieve the mail! How clever! Plus they got me a 500 GB external hard drive so I can back up my stuff, PLUS a new pair of work boots PLUS a bunch of new ornaments PLUS a book about Secretariat PLUS a bunch of chocolates & coffee & other little goodies! My mom sent a package of pecans and a check (THANKS Mom!)

The kids gave Chicken a Snuggie (LOL) and a new coat and several toys that she loves (she’s much better, acting more like her happy self every day):

Notice her shaved butt. I tried sticking bows around her satellite dish, but they kept falling off.

We had a fun day. I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast (me), churros for Emily, eggs & sausage for Adam. They went out to visit Emily’s cousin from my “out”-laws while I went down to visit Bob.

When we were all back home, we had braised short ribs, from the Short Rib lasagna recipe I posted a while back, plus PW Creamy mashed potatoes, and broccoli. YUM!

I hope you all had a very nice holiday; thanks for visiting with me and leaving your nice comments- I do appreciate them!

I Don't Know Why...

Blogger asks if I want to be remembered for log-in, but then it never does.

Anyway:

Stuff:
Here's a progress pic of my Wish Ornament:


Jeeshh!! I just spent 20 minutes looking for the floss & fabric pckg for this- I looked thru everything in my bag at least 3 times!
Anyway- it's 28 ct. Cashel Carnival (Picture This Plus)
with Weeks Bethlehem floss over one.













Here's Bent Creek's Snowbound:
It's about the same size as my progress on the Wish ornament- go figure!
I'll finish as an ornament. This was quick- about 6 hours of stitching tops.




Below are three of the motifs from the Paradigm Lost chart to be finished as individual ornaments.
I bought Christmas-y jewel-toned flosses- I can't remember which brand, and for fabric I used some stashed 32-ct toile (cheap stuff) which unfortunately is not even- it's as much as 1/4" bigger in one direction than the other, the designs being all symmetrically square or round, etc.








Last week i didn't go to stitching night because of my cold, but I did stop in because our Group SAL had arrived: Random Thoughts of Spring by Erica Michaels. I'm doing mine on 32 ct.
Antque white Jobelan with Crescent Colors "Cottage Garden" floss. I can't wait to see what everyone else is doing.
It's frickin' freezing outside!!!
I need to get to bed.
TTFN

Blah!

Last night I had to go to the Planning board re: the re-zoning, and ride Axie beforehand.
I'm also starting to come down with Emily's cold/flu thing.
I've been reading other bloggers have been sick- we must be spreading germs.
I bought 2 different fleeces to make Axie soem jammies: flames and a plaid. I'll (someday) take pictures & post.
I started Bent Creek's Snowbound at work today, and finished up the third of my ornaments. Again, pix to follow.......someday.
I need to get to bed.
TTFN