Actual Stitching

Yes in between all of the snow there has been

actual stitching that has taken place here.

I knitted Lance a hat and pair of gloves.

Just in time I might add.

I love this yarn it is by Green Mountain Spinnery

in Mountain Mohair the pattern is actually

from their book aptly named Green Mountain Spinnery Book

and can be viewed here

Anyway I always stop at their booth when visiting

the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

which is always the first weekend in May.

I have also worked some more on my Long Dog Sampler

which is Bears the saying at the top is

"Do and Undo the Day is Long Enough"

I am happy to report I have finished the top half and

I am now ready to move to the bottom half

I am using Edinburgh Cream for the Fabric

and Gloriana Threads in Cranberry.

Here is a close up

and of course what would a day be like around here

without a picture of our most recent snow storm

I am beginning to think I have been transported from

Northern Virginia to Alaska.

Hey Sarah do you

think you can teach me to hunt Caribou???

To which I am sure she would reply "You Betcha!"

The Saga Continues.....

Here are some photos from yesterday.

I did get some stitching done so I will add those later today.

Craig was able to clear the front steps.

It is amazing how much snow we actually got.

Chanel decided to help him out.

Her idea of helping out was eating as much snow

as she could possibly consume. Which resulted in a

lot of yellow snow in our backyard area.

Lance enjoyed being out and playing with his friends

down the street who had built ice forts. Here he

was trying to "walk" thru our yard.

Snow, Snow and more Snow

Our snow began yesterday afternoon and looked like this around 3:00

This morning I woke up to this.

This is the back door. This is not ground level this is at

the top of five steps which leads to our patio

in the back, which was full of this.

and out front...

.

Please pretend you do not still see my icicle lights,

which we have not had an opportunity to take down because

we keep getting blasted with snow.

Later in the morning my husband and older son

ventured out to continue to tackle the every ending

driveway shoveling. My husband kept going out last night

along with one of the boys in order to not have to start fresh

with 26" of snow on the ground.

Yes, I realize he is in a light jacket and yes

I insisted he put on his winter coat and was repeatedly

informed of how hot his coat made him feel.

I gave up....

Here is William following in his fathers foot steps.

He too would not wear a coat same excuse.

Now keep in mind both of them are 6' 3" so the photo does

give you an indication of the amount of shoveling they did.

While they were shoveling I was inside making them this.

with a side of this

and a whole lot of this

and voila - a breakfast fit for champions who have shoveled

more snow than they ever want to see again.

Later in the morning Lance and I ventured out to take some

more photos and to let him finally play in the snow.

Because of course I am the worstest mother

in the whole wide world for making him wait.

Do I get an award for that??? Just saying

You can see in the smile on his face he feels

like he just climbed Mt. Everest.

Who am I to shatter his dream and remind him

it is just the pile of snow at the end of our driveway.

We continued on up the hill and he continued to climb up

various mountains of snow until he got stuck and

I had to perform my save and rescue.

Still didn't stop him

he still continued to climb the mountains of snow.

I was able to take this picture

of the front our house as we walked up the hill.

and here is some of the scenery up the hill.

I love the way the snow looks on the trees.

and here is a photo of me and my bestest little buddy ever

heading back home.

It's back......

A real quick post to share the snow with everyone again.....

The above photo is of our back yard. Looks like we got about 6 inches. Below is out our front door first thing this morning before anyone else was up. Except for John who I heard yell "Yes, no school today!!!"

Whew...

The beginning of the year has flown by. Back to work, back to school (for me) and tons of things I want to get done and no time to do so. As you could probably tell from my earlier photos I paint old furniture white and the table I now have my computer on was no exception. A few weeks ago I had my husband bring this oldie, but goodie up from the basement. I have had this table for about 15 years and decided it would be great for my office. Below is a photo of the bottom - I thought I took one of the top as well but apparently I didn't. I just now noticed there is a nerf bullet next to it (did I say how much I love my boys???).

Here is a before and in progress......

and here it is finished...

I had to completely rearrange my office, but here goes

Here are some better photos of my dogs. Scarlet is the Standard Poodle and is ten years old, Chanel is the Shar Pei and she is six years old. Whenever I am in my office they are always right there. Scarlet under my desk next to my feet and Chanel laying near the french doors.

Today we are the receipients of another snow storm. Here is the view out of my front door. Sorry our "Don't Tread on Me Flag" was caught in the photo. We have a pond across the street. A few years ago it was cold enough we were able to let the boys skate on it - hockey gear and all. Boy did the neighbors light up our message board on that one.

Apparently a lot of folks in our neighborhood don't realize if it has been cold long enough ponds are all right to skate on...

even in Northern Virginia.

Week is finally over!!

Finally this week has ended and off to the weekend we go. I have our guild meeting tomorrow morning. It is always fun to go to the meeting and see everyone and be inspired by their work. We have some extremely creative ladies in our group. It is still pretty cold out so I don't think I will be venturing out too much - hopefully there will be a lot stitching done.

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a great start to the new year. It was a quiet evening at our house, which is what I like best everyone at home. This morning we went to see Avatar which is a pretty good movie, but boy is it long. I am planning on going upstairs and stitching on my Long Dog Sampler - it has been a long time since I have been able to stitch. Right now I am re-watching season 7 of 24 which is my favorite show...so I am ready to go when Season 8 starts.