A FOUR letter word that I am sick and tired of and some creativity

Did that title grab your attention? Probably not, because I know my peeps in blog land are SMART,
but I am sick and tired of SNOW!  I know that many of you are as well. We have had more than our
 fair share this year and it isn't even the end of January. We won't even talk about how bitter
 cold it is also. ugh!

So...what does a girl do when she is stuck inside? She makes warm and cozy pillows. I picked up a few
sweaters at the Goodwill several days ago specifically to make sweaters so I got my sewing vibe on
this week. lol.

I really do like how this one turned out. I did find out while making these that sweater fabric is kinda
 *stretchhhhhhhy*
so you have to watch what you are doing. I think a regular fabric backing would help next time.

I had the sweater sleeves left over after making the pillow so I also made a wine cozy.
{I could have made two , but only made one for now}

{or sparking juice cozies whatever you desire}

This is my second pillow. I left the end open that was originally the bottom of the sweater and then I made three
rosette pins and pinned it closed.

The snow does look pretty, but I am sooooo over it. Way too much this year and way too cold also! ugh!

This is our main road {3/4 miles from where we live} that is usually heavily traveled. 

SNOW...SNOW...SNOW!

Tea anyone?? 

My frozen rain chain

Home sweet home...this was taken before we got even more snow along with huge drifts.

I put on face book today that I have an offer for today only and I will extend that to my blogger friends
as well. I am giving away all the snow that will fit in your vehicle. First come first serve,  so get here fast!
Whatever is not gone tonight is headed to the Goodwill store! HAHA!

Stay warm~

Snow, snow and more snow!

As many of your probably already know, we are set for a big snowstorm today and
frigid temps tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday. Can't change it so might as well
make the best of it right?

Hubby and I took a nice, long walk down our road today before the worst hit and it
was beautiful.  I just came in from taking most of these photos at 2 pm and we have
much more snow already than we had on our walk before lunch.

Looking outside my back door

Pretty berries so maybe the birdies will have something to eat this winter.

Left over apples hanging on the trees

Hubby plowing snow to try and keep ahead of what is coming, but that may not work. lol

Home sweet home...look at the snow coming down!

Another photo taken outside the back door

my fence outside the back door

Our large pine tree looks gorgeous laden with snow

Hubby was taking pictures of me taking pictures on our walk this morning! lol

 Here I am again...lol

This was on our walk earlier today when we didn't have near the snow that we have in the photos above.

It is gorgeous , but the shoveling etc. isn't so fun. ha!

Just praying that everyone stays safe and sound and comes through this winter blast okay.
Blessings~

Shelter from the storm

"Sometimes we're the storm to people around us,

and sometimes we're the shelter.

-Rebekah Teal

{taken from Mary Janes Farm magazine}

{photo taken at my BFF's house}

I so recommend picking up Mary Janes Farm magazine

for February - March 2011 if you haven't already.

I tend to leaf through magazines before I purchase

them and this one was no exception. The whole

magazine is great , but the very last page...well you

just have to read it.

It is titled, *Shelter from the storm* .

I read it two or three times...yes it is that good!

Speaking of shelter...so thankful today that God is my

shelter. I can't imagine my life without Him in it.

I remember singing an old church hymn

many times called *A shelter in the time of storm*.

Wonderful old song!

Praying His blessings for you today and may you

be the shelter to those around you today...

I will be consciously working on not *being the storm*

in this new year...

Blessings~

Update: storms

Imagine my surprise when I stepped out my back door

this morning , walked out in our back yard and found

this branch lying next to the house. I am so thankful

that we did not get the 80 mph winds that some did

or I am sure this huge tree would have come right

down on top of our house or through the kitchen

window.

It is an old tree that keeps losing it's branches and

really needs to be cut down, but just

haven't gotten to that yet.

Still no power...still running generator. Power to

come back on sometime tomorrow.

Blessings~

Storms...storms...storms....and no power

Hi bloggy friends...today I am without power because of the

wicked storms that once again roared through last night. Our power went out at 10:30 pm Wednesday evening and

estimated time of restoration is 12 am on Friday.

Right now we are running on generator power {thank God for that}, but only certain things in the house

are hooked up to it...the important things...

THE COMPUTER...the refrigerator, THE COMPUTER,

the freezer, THE COMPUTER, the water...lol.

Actually I had to run an extension cord around

robin hood's barn to get the computer to an outlet

where there is power.

We heard on the tv news last night right before our power

went out that a tornado was spotted near Frontier

and that is just up the road a bit...maybe five or six miles.

Not very far at all...my brother

lives very close to there. I need to make some phone calls

asap and see what happened.

So for now...I won't be in blogland much! Have a super wonderful day each and every one of you!! Blessings~

God is our refuge

” God is our refuge and strength,

a very present help in trouble".

My heart goes out today to all the families who were

affected by the storms and tornados in the surrounding

area last night. Please remember them in your prayers .

Many, many homes were totally destroyed,

{50 in one area alone), a school flattened,

and lives taken in an instant, in the middle

of the night.

Our son called us about 10:30 pm and told us that

we were under a tornado warning. We could even hear the sirens going off over at the lake, but thankfully we

had no damage here.

When these things happen I always wonder why

but, still...in my heart I know that God is good.

Kimmell House Inn Storm ~

I just had to share this photo with you.

If you have been following my blog you have read about

our past getaways at my cousin's bed and breakfast

THE KIMMELL HOUSE INN.

This tree in front of the Inn was literally uprooted and fell during a storm this past week. This was a HUGE tree! They are very thankful that none of their customers or their vehicles were hurt.

I think if you click on the photo it will enlarge and you will be able to tell that part of it landed on their gorgeous iron fence.

So thankful they are all okay! Blessings~