In like a lamb or lion

I can not believe it is soon March! I can not help but wonder if it will enter like a lamb or a lion! I can not recall a winter like this since 1997,....(not a good year)

I have spent a total now of 11 nights at work, I worked I do not know how many 16 hr shifts and managed to catch 4-6 hrs of sleep and arise and pull another 8 hours,..... Some day soon I am just going to fall and sleep for a day or two!

But for now I can not,...way too busy to slow this life of ours for some reason. Basketball Sections begin tomorrow night!! I hope our girls can make it to state. My baby is now done with her high school career games and we have had Sr night, and parent night and of course I cried ...(such a wimp) So I will be updating some photos over the weekend I hope!

I have had very little time to create anything fun other than my daughters scrap book which I will try and capture some photos this weekend and get them posted.

Tomorrow I have to sew some little girls (4 to be exact) brownie sashes for the local troop.... many of the moms do not sew and I told them I could put their patches on! kind of miss those days :)

Then when i get that done I get to take my daughter and go prom dress shopping!! Can you believe it is that time of year again.....Anxious to see what she chooses this year!

Well until I update this over the weekend I hope you are all safe and warm!


Reba~

Winter time Formals

It is beyond me why Schools have WINTER Formal!! My gosh Id not wear anything like that in summer let alone winter LOL but she is young and can pull this off!! The young man is a friend from SD, I thought they both dressed up well ! :)
The group that came to our home to get ready!! The three young ladies have grown up together and been friends all through school and now they all graduate in a few months, I will miss the days like this!
Her car died, was time to say so long any how so this is what we ended up with and I wanted to trade for this Bonneville and she could have my impala but she drives a hard bargain and no deal was made :)
The next day I go to leave for work and this is what I opened the garage to...ARG. enough of this stuff already! I love the pretty snow when it is Christmas time but we have more than our share!
Even Felix thinks we have had enough snow.This is by the front door. right now it is -2 with -33 wind chill factor. I have tomorrow off so maybe will get caught up on a few things around here!

So until next time have a great week and stay warm!


Reba~

Ahhh a new month

Well I am not sure how the ground hog is going to see his shadow if he even manages to pop his head up out of the hole tomorrow! We have so much snow and I just heard on the radio no travel advised in SW Mn so called my daughter in college to make sure she had food ect LOL.

I spent two nights at work so was a blessing to get home today and can maybe get a good sleep in tonight then work again tomorrow, sounds like the wind is up and the snow is blowing... I will share photos of that later in a different blog.,,,but for now I wanted to bring an updated list of my successes....recall at the new yr I posted 25 goals.....well I am not going to re-post the goals but I am going to update ONLY what I have worked on in those goals and where I am at!

1. Learn to knit (scarf or dish cloth) I am proud to say I am over half done on my scarf although not perfect, it is not too bad, and still consider myself learning and loving this!!

5. Make 36 ATC cards (3 for each month and what the month resembled)
Well I did make a few ATC's and such fun they were......I did like five of them instead of three :)

10. Crochet 2 backpacks.....got one in the making for a co-worker

11. Lose 25 -50 pounds............. For January I am down 5 pounds.....it is a start right?

12. Eat at least 1 piece of fruit each day...doing great on this one!!


18. Do more with my angel cards. Pulled them for meditations five times in January!


19. Organize at least two things a month, room or drawers.....Good start on this for graduation....I got several of the drawers done in our bedroom and also some old OLD photo boxes sorted!

24. Graduation scrap books.......... Still in basket ball season....but it is caught up to date
I got all of last years news paper articles in order in a journal for her!

25. Make over in sewing studio...... Well not a total make over but I did out up several new shelves and need to do some sorting and and revamping.....my creative space is NEVER tidy! *Sighs*



Well guys that's about it for now.......school is now 2 hours late for the kids....lucky them and I think it is time for some hot tea a dog in my lap and some stitching time......so until next time have a great week what is left of it!!

busy is good right?

I love the camera I got that can capture these action shots!! I will be frantically soon putting the end touches on the basketball scrap book....
I never knew how many faces she can pose in a game LOL so serious looking! #34 in black
Contemplating!! The team came out now with two more wins, we are tied with three other teams for second place in our conference, Tomorrow night we travel south to Montevideo so I hope we can beat them!!
I have been busy in between basketball, and work doing some crafting.......created some collage felt pins
buttons and lace and beads

Then I took buttons and silk flowers and began creating more pins,
This one is my favorite....
They are super fast and easy to do.....not sure if I will give them as gifts or stick them in etsy
either way I am sure they will be bound to find a good home!


The photos below are for someone to peek at that is interested in looking at the John Deere fabric that I listed in Etsy,...will be taken down soon as I know she peeked at it....









Thanks for stopping by and hope all of you have a great week!!

Getting things done!

Well I FINALLY got caught up on that new addition hubby worked so hard on...I for the life of myself could not find just the RIGHT furniture.....or the RIGHT rug and about drove all of the family nuts to get this room completed but here it is for now any how :)
Looking into the room from the bay window
rug and floor....the floor is actually a wood laminate
Chancer loves to sit out there when i am working on my projects....I LOVE those windows and now I must decide on window coverings and can not seem to come to an agreement with hubby LOL
I got a new toy!! Hubby bought me anew digital camera.....Nikon D3100 and I can just aim and shoot and it managed to get some awesome action shots!
almost got it
You would think for 6 feet tall that girl would have a bigger stride LOL
ahhhhh got it!
Lets go team!


and away we go....believe it or not this particular game we play at KMS last week and we lost by 1 point they got a basket as the buzzer rang grrrrr...


Tis a great thing we have basketball to keep us busy in the winter....got a few makeup games, been so cold, right now as I work on this we show a -17 and the other day when I got off of work it was - 23. School has closed early.....canceled..... and not even opened this winter, Been a few years since it was this harsh on us...

I have been going through boxes in the basement, you know the ones we try not to look at... but I figure with graduation coming I best hop to it and get some things done......hopefully in a few days I will show some progress of things I have been working on!

So until then.....Have a Blessed safe weekend!


Reba~

Snow snow snow

Well slow goes it even on snow storm days......I love the pattern of this scarf,...my first knitted project and ya I know the stitches are not all perfect but they are coming along great!!...Will be nice when I can do a project like this in a weekend rather than a week or *coughs* two *laughs*

We have had a few good snows, I quit counting now, we have blown open the driveway at least two times a week, so far, school has been 2 hrs late all week so far, But I have made it to work!!

Nothing more happening here, Just staying warm and taking one day at a time, so until next time.........................................



Reba~

First week of activities

Right before New Years I got the honor to puppy sit again for a friends lil man, His name is Boo, Is he not adorable!? Boo and my lil Chancer have play dates while mt friend and I sit and visit, or get creative, do journals and angel cards, No better way to spend a day with a friend!
Told Boo to Smile for the camera and this is the best he gave me!!
He spent a few days bonding with Becky, who actually thinks this puppy stage is fun!! He really was a good little guy! No accidents in the house so who am I to complain??
Well so far this week I did spend a few hours learning to cast on....and worked on the knit stitch.... tore it apart and did it again working on the perl stitch, Or is that spelled Purl? Hmmm I will have to look into that!
Any how now I am trying my hand at a scarf....again trying to get the right tension down,I cast on 20 and then did 4 knit and 4 perl, alternating to the end, kind of a fun design....hopefully at the week's end I will have a few more rows added on...slow process for me for sure but a fun one!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!


Reba~