Not much happen’n

Not much to talk about…I think I am thawing out from the long winter. Here is what is happening today in my neck of the woods. Monday is my day off, so I made curtains for the bedroom and the bathroom (I will post the before and after pics when I am finished), caught up on all the housework, nursed my sick baby girl (very bad cold), and cooked dinner.

Here is dinner…

Jambalaya, Buttermilk Soda Bread, and a Blueberry Cheesecake mixture. This is a great quick and easy soda bread recipe…let me know if you want the recipe-it is really good. All there is yet to do is play on the computer, and wait for NCIS to come on (my new fav).

Any snow that was lingering was washed away from this weekend’s torrential downpour.
Here is the front and the backyard today. I dropped in a summer shot of the backyard to show you the difference!!!! I am seriously tired of all the grey!

Now, I have never been the type of person who believes

dogs should be on furniture. In fact, I still maintain that I am not a dog lover - over all…dogs are dogs. I just like my dogs…(yea, I know…how come we keep getting dogs…) but this little one, our newest, Teddy boo, has stolen my heart. Against my better judgment, I taught him to jump up and sit on my lap (and give kisses), all with permission of course. I... have... created... a monster! Now, I can not read without Teddy attempting to get my attention…he is “outa” control…but he is just so stinking cute…!

Here he is…He Who Will Not Be Ignored...!

Until next time..Take care and lots 'a' Blessings Mary

New Scrapbook Pages

Here are some new pages I was fooling around with this weekend...

Until Next Time...be blessed...Mary

Just figured out how to load a video...not sure how to condense it to just the song part...this one is of Claire singing the National Anthem before a game. She really belted it out. We were really proud of her. She is doing a lot of singing these days and loving it.

The Great Thaw

There is a light at the end of the snow storm...


The great thaw started last week...


It was 51 degrees and the fog was thick
over the fields and pastures















































Until Next Time, and Waiting for Spring...Mary

Dog-Days of Winter

It has been a while, I know...but not much has been going on these days...

Thought I would share some pics from Teddy's bath and hair cut
(with his permission of course)...

Have a great week, and hopefully I will have more to talk about next time...

Until then...keep cozy-warm

Mary

Bogged Down By the Snow

I took a week of from posting, mainly because we have been bombarded with snow fall and record breaking low temps (not really, I just got busy). I know I sound like I am whining to all those in states hit harder…but hey- its all relative (as far as whether goes). We have to dig ourselves out every morning, and there is no where for the snow to go once we do. Hopefully, it will melt a little to make room for the new snow-calling on a little cooperation from the sun. Look at last night’s snow fall, it can be measured if you look at the picnic table on the deck…

couldn’t help dropping in some pics of warmer days for comparison.

My Mom lives on the lake. Here are the drifts off the lake.

These cars are parked on the lake for the snowmobile races. Still gets me nervous-parking on the ice…

Well, at least Gabe keeps busy with more admirable pursuits…

Take care and Keep warm-until next time...Mary

Happy New Year!!

As the end of the holiday comes to a close…We find ourselves busy wrapping up all the home projects we started (about 8 years ago…) like finishing up the molding in the kitchen and the dining room.

I came down with a lousy cold or flu…whatever… I can never tell what I have…I used to call everything a cold, but I guess many of the symptoms of flu often get lumped into the cold category. I had some time to paint this past week-I will post it when I finish it…still playing with the idea. I made it a point to relax this vacation. I looked through some really inspiring art magazines and read some great articles about photography, digital scrapbooking, and Photoshop techniques. I treated myself to a couple good books on one of our bookstore runs also. Probably won’t get to those until we go camping in the spring.

I am looking forward to getting back to work. In my neck of the woods, the adoption business has been a little slow last year. We had two babies born in these past two weeks, and two very happy new families celebrated. I hope for all the other couples waiting to be parents that this is a taste of what the New Year will bring. Not much more to say this week, but thought I would post a scrapbook page I was playing with.




I really need a good couple of photography days so I can restock my scrapbook photos. I am planning on starting a book, a digital memoir of my father very soon…at this point I am still in the “mulling it over” stage.

Until next time…Mary