Snowy Weekend

 

Wow, what a cold weekend.

Woke up on Saturday morning to SNOW





These pics were snapped early in the AM, before any real accumulation.  Although we didn’t get what was called for, which was 5-8” we did get about 3 or so, it was a very heavy snow and with the cold temperatures,it turned to ice….which is far worse than snow.  Right?

But it was a perfect day to put a pot of chili on the stove  to simmer especially when hubby is making it. His chili is sooooooooooo good, with my cornbread.  Perfect meal for a cold blustery day.



And a snuggle on the couch under a blanket with the hubby watching a movie. 



Now after movie 1, guess we are going to have to watch 2, 3, 4 before long.

Yesterday I spent the day playing catch up with everything that I let go from the weekend.  My morning will start off my making out a list and having my quiet time.

Hope you had a great weekend and will have a very blessed  Tuesday.

Blessings,

Cindy

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I’m still catching up

 

I thought I would be caught up by now, but oh no.  Instead of my list getting smaller, it seems to be growing.  Everyday I wake up to a new list of things that I want to accomplish. When will it end, maybe after ALL the snow.

Look familiar?

Alot of this has been going on around here.

 

 

 

 

We have had lots of snow and ice  this year and so it has prompted me to really work on some projects that I have put off for a long time. (Staying home ALOT).

And I feel like I am finally finding my balance.

 

 

It amazing how much I can get done in a day if I stay away from the computer.  :)

   I have been spending much more time in my kitchen, which can be a good thing or a bad thing.  I feel some of the weight I lost a bit ago creeping back on.  YIKES! 

Waiting for spring, so  I can get some outside exercise.

 

She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.  She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.  She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. Proverbs 31:15-17

For a long time, especially when my kids were small, I used a menu planner faithfully.  However as they got older, I kind of drifted away from that.  As well as grocery shopping in my usual weekly manner.  But over time it has proven that we have not and aren’t eaten well balanced meals due to no planning. Eating alot of quick meals.   So I am working on implementing this menu plan and grocery shopping again to my routine.  Clipping coupons and making list.

 

I have created a new Coupon Binder which I am hoping to use.  I need to share some pictures of mine, but it’s still not completed.  But if you use coupons and think that you might be interested in creating one for yourself

  

Things You'll Need:

•    3-ring binder
•   pencil pouch for binder
•   plastic baseball card protector pages
•   folders
•   divider sheet with write-on tabs
•   empty envelopes
• any other small accessories you want

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(photo courtesy of Ehow)



The Cowboys Wife @ The Wooden Spoon has a video you can watch to put one together. 

 

I also have another project completed…will have to share that with you the next time….All I will say it I’m lovin it!!!  Just sayin!

 

Can we talk Valentines?  Next time….

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Thinking about bunnies

Another weekend has come and gone.  It was a slow weekend here.  I wish I could say that I got lots done, but that wouldn’t be the truth.  I didn’t have a great weekend and so most of it, I just spent doing some reflection and reading.  Not sure any of you ever feel this way, but I know I do.  Hoping for a much better week.

This morning the skies look clear and bright, but I know this is short lived.  We have another  snow headed our way this afternoon….I am really needing some sun and some warmth.  :) Seems like we just got dug out from the last 2.5 foot of snow that we got last week…hoping and praying that this will be dusting or a few inches…I can’t even bring myself to look at the forecast.

Now that Valentines Day is behind us, (did you all have a good one?) I guess I need to focus on Easter.  We all know that it will be here before we know it.  With that I thought I would share with you a little bunny that I “prettied up”. 

First, my bunny in all it’s Paper Mache glory…..that I picked up at the antique mall for peanuts. 

I gave her a coat of paint, not sure what color it was, it was more of a off white

Once she was all dried, I antiqued her, using my trusty shoe polish.  Yes, I have used shoe polish for years as a way of aging my goodies.

After that was completed, I dressed her in a pretty purple bow.  Now she is just waiting to be “on display”.  Maybe that will come this week. 

Got any Easter projects you are working on?  Oh do tell!

Got a few more projects on the table, so keep checking back.

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Hope all has a blessed Monday!

Hugs,

I can see clearly now

the rain snow is gone has stopped.
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Okay, I was on a roll there(am I dating myself here, I know you all remember that song, right?)…but the snow has stopped at least for a few days and we have dug ourselves out somewhat, at least we are mobile again.  But I want to apologize for not getting here to post this week.  It has just been a different kind of week, I am  off my schedule something awful.  Hubby has been home almost all week because of our historic and record breaking snowfall.   Not sure about you, but when my husband is home, I don’t get anything accomplished that I want too. Plus on top of all that, I was really under the weather.  So alas,I couldn’t even think of anything to  share.  I know you don’t want to hear about me blowing my nose, and how sore it is.  But, thanks to the friends that dropped me a note or left a comment, I am feeling quite a bit better. 

 

But since I decided several weeks ago I would like to take Friday’s and do a Weekly Roundup of some great sites/post that I visited throughout the week.  Man, there are some talented women out there is blogland.  At night after things slow down(and they do, cause I am now a empty nester)  I spend several hours just reading your blogs.  I am so fascinated by all the things you women can accomplish.  You all inspire me to get up and get busy!

 

My side trips this week included:

Now, let me take you to Cathy’s @ Cobblestone Farm, for her adorable salt dough hearts.  With Valentine Day just around the corner, how cute these would be, but I love the fact that you can make them in different colors and they would be precious in any room all year round.  Take a peek.  She share a great recipe for these too.

 

One blog I just {heart} is “Beneath My Heart”, Traci has the best  furniture makeovers, as I was going through her site the other night  I found a great idea for a corner hutch (which by the way I  have)  and it needs a new look.  I think I found it here.  (I would like to repurpose mine to put in my craft room when I move) One of the best thing about her makeovers, is she share with you pictures along the way and explains to you how she gets the look she does.  Traci has a wonderful collection of makeovers.

 

I love organizing about as much as I do neat crafts and furniture  makeovers, so wanted to share a wonderful site that I ran across, looking for something.  Of which I can’t remember now, but I am sure it was important at the time.  Check out  Rachel at  the Small Notebook Blog.  Of course, when I go there, I get lost and spend waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy to much time there.  I love her inspiration  for her home. 
Rachel says:

• keep our lives simple and uncomplicated
• nurture our relationships
• learn practical skills such as gardening and cooking
• make smart decisions for our money
• enjoy peace during a hectic day

 

Really should get this posted so that I can start my day, hubby is going into work today, so maybe I can get back on track just in time for the weekend.  Yeah, me!

Blessed Friday everyone!

Crazy Weekend

This weekend has been a little crazy.  Not alot got accomplished around here by me, I was/am suffering from a cold, and had the sniffles pretty bad.  Constantly blowing my nose,tissues everywhere,  my nose  is so sore and red. Most of the weekend, I couldn’t smell anything, my nose was stopped up.  I never have been able to understand that, one minute it is running like crazy and the next you can’t breathe through it.  Go figure. 

 

 

A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!  ~Author Unknown

Plus we were one of the fortunate people to experience this, this past weekend.   We probably got around 30 inches or so.  Hubby spent most of Saturday outside, and I felt terrible that I couldn’t be outside helping him while he was shoveling us out.  But I had no business being outside.  Eventually we did hook up with a neighbor to plow the remainder of our driveway and the street in front of the house.  We use it for additional parking.  (This picture was taken of my back yard, you can see by the fence how much snow we actually got and this picture was taken before it ended.)  I posted a few other pictures here.

 

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.  ~Patrick Young

Our weather forecast tells us that we are getting ready for another “hit'” on Tuesday.  I am thinking that the kids will most likely be out of school all week.  They have already called school off for tomorrow, and with the next one coming in on Tuesday and Wednesday….just don’t see them getting back to school this week. 

My hope is that this week will be a good week to finish up some small craft projects that I want to work on, since I didn’t get anything really done this weekend.  So therefore, I have no re-do, makeover for Met Monday with Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch.  Feel free to check out some wonderful inspiration there today. 

Need to scoot, maybe I will see you at Susan’s. 

Have a lovely blessed Monday!

 

 

Jack Frost visit

Need I say more!

 

 

Can you guess what I will be doing today?  And it hasn’t stopped yet. 

This is what I woke up to

Another winter wonderland.

Outside my back door

Another shot to the left in my yard, looking into the neighbors yard

Big pine tree in the front side yard.  Love this tree and it’s especially pretty with snow laying in the branches.Another shot of the tree, what do you think?  

So with this going on outside, wonder what will be going on  on the inside today.  Looks like a great day to stay home and get some crafts done. 

Now I know I said I would show you a little project that I did with my little silver dish…will be back later to show you.

Have a blessed and warm Wednesday.

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Many thanks!

Let me start this by saying thank you for the nice comments, emails, that I received from this post. Believe me when I say that your thoughts and prayers were felt by not only me, but the whole family. The memorial service was simple beautiful.  We have been back home for a week and trying to settle back into our routines. It is taking time but we are getting there.  We were blessed with great weather while we were in Texas for the funeral.  On the morning that we  Betty was buried the  weather was 80 degrees and it was sunny.  A perfect day. It's still hard for me to believe that it's over.  Finally all her suffering is in the past.  I can't tell you how much that comforts us knowing she isn't in any more pain. So again, thank you!

We got our first snow here last night.  It didn't stick but while I was driving home from work it was snowing like crazy.  As I was driving in it, it was coming right at me.  I hate that.  Granted I don't like to drive in many weather conditions except sunshine, and don't like it if it blinds me.  :)  Our temps for the next 10 days is only suppose to get around the mid 30's.  Thinking it is time to throw another blanket on the bed, or cuddle up next to a fire.


I am trying to get myself psyched up for Christmas.  Not so much the holiday as I am all the work involved in decorating.  I am so behind this year.  I haven't really done any shopping or baking, nothing!  I have a partial shopping list made out but not sure when I am going to find the time to get it all done.  We are planning on putting our trees up this weekend.  Our plans are to head to Kentucky either Tuesday night or Wednesday for Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to being at my mommas.  Not to mention I will finally get to meet my little nephew Caleb. We actually will not be celebrating with our big meal until Friday, so no black Friday sales for me.  But if you want to check out some, the ads are already out there. Mom and I usually do some shopping that day but not this year.

I guess I should scoot for now, I will try to get back soon.  I hope you are all have a wonderfully blessed week so far.

Hugs!

Winter Wonderland

Hi everybody....geez another week has almost slipped up and past me by. It has been a busy week but that always seems to be the case with me. The first part of the week were typical work days. Went to work, came home and crashed. Same ole story, same ole song. But yesterday I ended up taking the day off from work because I was going to have to leave work early for my follow up eye appt. Anyhow, I stayed home and worked on training all day for work. Whew, what a relief to have that behind me. Went to my eye appt. and they gave me rave reviews on my eyes...so I am good to go at least for another two months and then they want to see me again for another follow up. Just making sure that the 'flap' has healed completely by then.

Today I worked all day but ended up leaving about a hour early because it was snowing like crazy. It was a long and exhausting drive home, traffic was terrible and there were cars off the roads, just a mess. It took me over three hours to drive home this afternoon. Needless to say when I got home, I was to pooped to pop. Michael and I were the only ones here, so we had some soup and cheese and crackers and called it dinner. :) I am so blessed that he doesn't have to have a big huge meal everyday. I don't think I could physically do it if he did. Although I did get up and clean the kitchen and put out some fresh fruit that I picked up last night while we were out, and put out some big muffins for tomorrow morning breakfast for anyone that cares to partake.


Not sure what tomorrow holds as far as work is concerned. At this point I am going to try to go in if it doesn't do anything else tonight. But if it does, I might end up having to stay home and I really do need to be there if at all possible.



Looking forward to this weekend. I always enjoy three day weekends, but it is going to be very cold in the single digits so thinking we might be hanging around in the house this weekend, which wouldn't be a bad thing because I have quite a bit I could do. Tori has a cheer competition again this Saturday so will definitely go to that. Her last one for her Junior year. It's hard to believe she will be a senior soon.

Guess for now, I am going to run, go visit with Michael for a few more minutes and then I am going to hit the hay and call it a day. I hope you all have a pleasant evening.


Will be around to visit with you soon.