Crazy Weekend!

This was the first weekend in a LONG time that we didn't have some commitment. 

 It was HEAVEN!

Unfortunately, we got totally DUMPED on with snow!  

This is my deck. 

My hubby had some bins out on the deck and you can see how much snow we actually got. 

 It was over 12"!

The pile after blowing the driveway!

Our front yard.

Hubby was continually shoveling or snow blowing all weekend. 

 He did the neighbors houses that don't have a snowblower as there was such a large snow fall.  

At one point he called me out to see this gorgeous hawk in the trees behind our house.  

We back up to a woods and this one and her mate have been visiting a lot lately.  

I LOVE hawks. 

 They are my good luck animal, so I was happy to see her.  

He said the other bird was smaller which means this one was the female.

I woke up on Saturday with really bad vertigo.  

I stood up, took a step and literally crashed into the wall. 

 Everything was leaning left!  

Back to bed I went and laid on my other side to see if I could equalize out the fluid that must have been out of balance in my head.  

Eventually it got good enough I could be up and about.  

We were feeling so cooped up that we ended up going out to the store and to the thrift shop 

(my idea). 

 I LOVE thrift shopping.  

Always something I *need* to buy. 

 Like this Dragonware.  Isn't it beautiful?  

It is very delicate and the dragons are dimensional, not just flat painted on the cups and saucers. 

 I bought this for my dragon loving daughter.  

I also found this GREAT pair of leather, BOC boots.  

Now they were WAY more than I usually pay but I had a 35% off card so I got them pretty cheap.  Especially when you consider how much they would have been brand new.  

I love them.  

They are the softest leather.  I am totally smitten with these.  

There was a pair of BOC shoes too but I left them there since I have 2 very similar pair.  

I really wanted them though.  

On Sunday, Finn decided he needed a nap on my bed.  

He just passed right out, LOL.  

I covered him up with a quilt.  

My husband has to lay on his left side so Finn can lay in the crook of that arm and

 he must be covered up or he bites my husband until he complies!  

As I type this I realize that his left arm is the same one he insists on sleeping on 

when my hubby is sitting in his chair too.  

Funny Finny!

I spent a lot of time in my sewing room this weekend too.  

Cole was there helping.  

Because trying to quilt a white background quilt is so much easier with a black cat laying on it, right? 

 I moved him several times so I could work. 

 It is nice to have a cat back in my room though. 

 Hal comes in sometimes but I don't think she is feeling very well right now. 

 I am considering taking her to the vet soon if she doesn't turn things around. 

 She is just not acting herself.

I am giving her one more day and will re-evaluate.

How was your weekend?

Did you get snow too?

~XOP~

And Snow it Continues

Oh yes...this snow is what greeted me this morning as I went out to my car.  I shoveled a path to the car, then another path to the garage as it is garbage day, then a path down the driveway so I could get the cans to the curb.  This is my front walk way.

Then I had to scrape the drift off the car!  It was burried!!!
I just thought I would share some photos of our weather since many of you have been showing such beautiful warm, sunny weather.  Now here is Hallie, since she didn't get into the action with the last photos of Autumn and Aiden.  Jack was up on the Ugly quilt last night but I was too tired to look for the camera.  Isn't Hallie sweet?  She was a rescue cat brought home by DD1.  She is kind of a fraidy cat but she loves me!
I tried to cut the squares of the Ugly quilt up into their 4 parts but couldn't find my 24" ruler.  I have to check the car, as I think that is the last place I remember having it (for a class) .  Wish me luck or I will have to use one from the church.  I did put 2 smaller ones together but that was a pain.  I did like how the triangles look once those squares are cut up, the pattern will be cool.  

I hope you are all staying warm if you got hit by all that snow like I did.  At least it is sunny here now, and the snow is beautiful!!  

Several blogs that I read have recently been talking about menopause.  My friend, Robin, sent me a song about it that is hysterical, if any of you want to hear it email me and I will send the MP3 file to you.  It is really worth the listen!!  I don't know how to post it here but I can definately send it to you.