happy thanksgiving!

thanksgiving is truly my favorite holiday. i love getting out the fancy china and setting the table. i don't so much enjoy the cleaning, but i do love the clean house. so nice to spend time with wonderful family and friends. sad not to be with family who couldn't make it this year. and the food!!!

we got up early yesterday and started right in. we were feeling so ahead of the game when we lost power about three hours into cooking the turkey...that's fine, we thought. we still have gas. it will be very romantic to dine by candlelight!  but then we were noticing that we weren't hearing the oven cycling. the burners still worked, but i guess there is a safety feature that shuts down the oven. great! fortunately the power was restored about 45 minutes later and all was fine.

i forgot to take pictures of the food in all of the excitement, but i did get an after picture that kind of says it all :) !

hope you all enjoyed your thanksgiving day!!

stringing garlands

hanging the show this afternoon. can't wait to see everybody's work!!!

st. paddy's day

happy sunny sunday to you, and happy st. patrick's day as well!

i LOVE this video:

have a relaxing day, and enjoy a frosty guinness! i know i intend to do just that!

springing ahead blues

ok, i have "sprung ahead". i just have to say that i do not enjoy springing ahead. i get up early, and it was just getting to be light out before i got up...i would like them to just decide to leave it one way or the other! oh well...

made a new bag with a secret lining!

finished one sock!!

listening to:

have a great sunday!

full SNOW moon

big full moon tonight! crazy dog, crazy cat, chickens laying eggs!

the february full moon is called the "snow" moon because of heavy snowfall during this month. the indians also called it the "hunger" moon, as hunting was often difficult with all of the snow.

we got a lot of wet, heavy snow yesterday. sure was beautiful this morning (will post photos!), but the warm sun melted a lot of it today.

happy monday!

i love my dishes!

one of my favorite things to find at the flea markets is a beautiful plate. i love the ones with flowers, and especially ones with birds or animals. they are a great thing to collect because they can be found quite cheap. i'm really not one for "sets"-i like to mix 'em up!

getting itchy for flea market season........

ayuh, it snowed!

this was saturday morning, while  snow was still falling! the town next to us reported 32"- it was very hard to tell how many inches we got because of the crazy drifting! i walked out yesterday and into a thigh high drift! brian had suggested i bring the snowshoes into the house on friday "because you might not be able to get to the garage", he said, , to which there was a bit of eye rolling, but he was right! i would never have gotten out to the chicken coop without them.

i balled up some yarn for a thrilling upcoming event!!! stay tuned!!!!!

i shoveled some serious tunnels! thankfully the snow was light and fluffy-perfect snow!

finished mom's socks. hi mom!! (and dad!)

 played with dishes!

i hope you enjoyed the blizzard too!

a picture an hour

yesterday for a little challenge, i took a picture every hour. here they are. above is 7:00 am

8:00 am

9:00 am

10:00 am

11:00 am

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

8:00 pm

9:00 pm

just an ordinary day, but an extraordinary dinner at joe and marj's!! today we'll be making pizzas and watching the superbowl.

have a nice sunday!!!