Here Comes the Sun.....

...and in my head i'm hearing the theme from "Chariots of Fire" and i see an able bodied pack of young men running on a beach at sunrise...barefoot...dressed in running shorts and T's....not a one is tired or breathing hard...

It's a wondrous sight to see...

When in reality it is a short pudgy woman driving her truck to work on back roads with snow....covered to the ears with coat, gloves and scarf...dressed in jeans and T...with snow boots....over tired and wheezing...

It's a wondrous sight to see...

 

At least we've got the T's in common...

Oh Well...

My brain listens to a different drummer....

Everyday is a Gift

Looking Better.....

...the weather forecast is looking better....

snow flurries "should" slow down sometime today and be gone by tomorrow...

This picture was taken during the last snow issue...

The local paper is saying that winter is officially over.....this snow was the last  "bean in the jar.." of the official Jar down at Parker Tie Lumber Company...

Exciting News..!!

No more beans..!!..No more beans...!!

Better system than that rodent..!!

 

Feed them and they will come...!

 

Got an e-mail yesterday from work that stated..."i'm fixing breakfast tomorrow morning and then the superintendent will hold a short staff meeting..."

 Well....

No one will miss one of Andy's breakfasts....he famous for his cooking up here in the mountains...!!

As soon as it's light enough to see the road.....i'm outta here...

 

Everyday is a Gift

Help...!

I'm living in a snow globe...!!

That's the way it's been since Saturday night....

It comes....it goes....it comes again.

80% chance of more today....so my fanny is staying home...

with my bosses permission.....yesterday when i left the mountain he said to me...

"don't come in tomorrow if it's snowing"

80% chance.....yep....i'm home..

Love the texture in this picture...

Snow on the gravel rocks on the driveway...

and don't ya just love my "doorbell?"

Stay safe and warm

Everyday is a Gift

Damn that PA rodent.....

Is this Spring..?

I bet he's hiding in his borrow....snickering...

and thinking ..... "Silly Humans.....believing in an over grown rat.."

Everyday is a Gift

Snizzle....?!

See that...?!

See that...?!

(enlarge picture...it's there....that snizzle)

That's Snizzle....

Snow and rain combined..

Come on Mother Nature.....isn't March suppose to go out like a lamb...?

Everyday is a Gift

Very Funny....

18.9* this morning...

Very Funny.....Mother Nature..!

Everyday is a Gift

Hello Spring.....

Nice of you to bring your friends ice and snow with you...

Please don't overstay your welcome...

The prediction was for 2" or less....

I think we got more..with a layer of ice underneath..

 

If i make it to work today...it'll be later after some of this "stuff" melts away..

Does ice and snow melt with a high temp of 20*..?

Everyday is a Gift

Hey Spring....!

 

I'm looking for you...!!

Where are you...!!

and

What's with the snow tonight..?!

Everyday is a Gift

ps.....Mommy said it was something she ate....

Maybe it was something i ate....

or maybe it's because i've been as busy as this little bug running around on my laptop...

but

some sort'a ailment hit me during the night and i'm down for the count...

whatever it is...i'm hoping it's a 24 hour bug (get it)....BUG!

Haaaaaa...

Back to bed or the couch...i don't are at this point...

Everyday is a Gift

ugh...

Moving along.....

This is the headboard we finally bought...

As we were out killing time on Saturday.....i heard an add on the radio about a bedding sale...so off we went...got a Serta "firm"....queen size mattress set for less than $500 and when we looked at the catalogs for headboards.....viola....there it was....on a discontinued sale.....

Done Deal!!

And

the blinds...good ole' Lowes....let us use CityBoy's veterans discount...

Another Done Deal...!!

Now the fun began...

Down stairs in the new guest suite....no longer the MaleChild's room...

I redid the floors....cleaned like crazy and we moved the upstairs quest room furniture down stairs to it's new abode..

Just have to do the floors in the upstairs room and then the new bed can be delivered...

I'm tired and sore...found muscles i forgot i had....

Everyday is a Gift

Looking Back....

March 14, 2009

 

Hummmm....

Looks about the same ..maybe a little less snow..

Everyday is a Gift

Success Sort'a...

...When did bedroom sets become so costly..?

or

was the sticker shock 'cause we haven't bought furniture in ages...?

Shopped all afternoon and could not find a bed we agreed on...finally decided to purchase the mattress set and frame, then have our handy-man build us a headboard using a section of picket fence...of all things.....and did you know it's almost impossible to get a plain white wooden headboard....!!

Blinds....score!!

Good ole' Lowes Hardware....first stop..!!

blinds in the right color..the right width and just a little to long...but the intsaller will shorten for a small extra fee....less than $350 for both big windows...

Deal..!!

Everyday is a Gift

Shopping...

Let me state for the record..

I dislike shopping..!!

 

However..

Today is the day...

today we're going shopping for a new bed in the guest room

and

BLINDS

for the front windows...

For years i've put off installing blinds and/or curtains on the great room windows

they ruin the beautiful view of the valley and mountains...

but

even i have grown tried of the morning sun fading out the TV picture to the point of shadow vision.

 

Wish me luck..!

 

Everyday is a Gift

One Jelly Roll....

The goal was to see how many project i could get out of one jelly roll.....

one baby quilt size wall hanging/quilt made from Bonnie Hunters "Scrappy Trips Around the World" pattern..

One 22" x22" wall hanging for the little quilt rack in the hall...

One coffee carpet...

Not Bad..!!

plus i used up some up that stash that's driving me crazy in the sewing room...

plus...plus....it kept me busy...

Don't you think today should be a holiday..?

For those of us that are Daylight Saving Time challenged...

In the words of Jackie Gleason....

"to the Moon...you damn cat...to the Moon!"

Misskitty has developed this bad habit of using my left leg as a scratching post while i'm sitting at the computer writing blog post....ugh!!!

Just as i have a great thought and i'm trying to get it typed on the screen....

Whap.... ! .....the claws latch on to my leg.....i scream.....she runs and laughs....!!

It happens everytime.....unless she's napping...

but....i think she's got some kind'a Cat Radar that tells her when i'm sitting down.....

I can't complain to much....after all this is the only time she pays attention to me...

She's a "daddy's cat"....she gets him up with a "love tap" to the face at 4:30 am for food....hehehehehe!!

Everyday is a Gift

On the Lookout.....

...for Spring...!

 

Made it into work yesterday by 11:30am....

lots of snow up at the mountain park but very little on my drive...

when i left at 2:00pm had 5 hikers....hiking up the main park road...

which was closed to traffic because of snow and ice

Not me

I work here....i'll go in the summer...

 

Everyday is a Gift..

Last Hurrah....

That's what the local weather gurus are calling todays snow storm..

this is what it looks like outside my front door this AM..

you can't see it..but..it's snowing like crazy....

little tiny flakes...with wind gust up to 50 mph...

I didn't take more than 3 steps out the door...

'cause with the wind chill it's about 11.5* out there....

this front is moving fast and is suppose to outta here by noon..

i'm planning on heading into work when it clears a little...

Oops...

the sun just made an appearance..

wonder how long it will stay..?

ps.....i got the worker hired with only one problem...that i caught before i submitted the paperwork...

whewwwwww...!!

pps....i didn't touch up these pictures...that's the color out there...and the sun just left  :(

Everyday is a gift

Uncharted Waters....

...the clouds today are strange...

Is this the beginning of our next big snow storm....

Today's the day...

the day i have to cruise thru uncharted waters...

the day i have to process a system i've never done before...

Today i have to HIRE the seasonal workers....!!

 

I'm a bookkeeper not a HR person..!

I have no idea why this process is giving me the willys...

maybe 'cause i reallllly don't want to make a mistake...

Thank Goodness i've got some great co-workers at other parks that have promised to walk me thru it...!!

I'm thinking of a glass of wine when i get have today...

and i don't drink...!

Everyday is a Gift

Yes....i still quilt....

...this is what's on my work table at the moment...

It's only a lap size ...but...it seems to be taking me forever to get it finished....!!

So

Not wanted to wait (and work) on completing the quilting

this past week i made....

Ta...Da....

a Coffee Carpet...

My coffee pot, for some reason, always dribbles when we're pouring a cup of coffee...

i got tired of wiping off the counters....so the coffee carpet was born....

it's just an orphan 12"square...made with 4 left over charms and some 2.5" strips from the jelly roll i used to make the quilt i'm working on....backing, batting and binding came from the scrap basket...

when it gets cruddy looking...just throw it in the washer...

I'll be adding some more of these to the drawer....along with the mug rugs and the cat mats...

Everyday is a Gift

Tooth Fairy...?

Yesterday....during our daily morning snow storm...

CityBoy and i loaded up the canine fur babies and took them to the Vet for a teeth cleaning....

Now i must admit that i have been very slow with getting on board with yearly cleanings for the animals..

But

We've had dental problems before....so...i thought it was necessary

Max & Mia did not...

Mia came home with bright shinny choppers and sweet smelling breath...

Max came home minus two of his molars...they were nasty...

Now..

the big question last night was...

"Does the Tooth Fairy come visit Max?"

and if she does what does she bring...

Bight silver stuff that would jingle in his pocket?

Green folding stuff that he could save for a rainy day?

Or

His favorite doggie treats...?

Here's a picture i copied from Goggle of a Doggie Tooth Fairy

 

He settled for some extra TLC and a pain pill...

Everyday is a Gift