Cuddly Friends

When it's cold out, it's best to have friends to cuddle with (a fleece blanket helps too).

 



A Weeee Bit Cold

This morning is definitely a "wear your long underwear," cover every part of your body, kind of day.

Sunshine - we love it!

Outside it's cold and a blanket of snow covers everything, but inside, you find a patch of afternoon sun and bask in it. 

 Pancho soaking it in or meditating.... perhaps both.

 Misty is a sun worshiper, I'm sure if she could talk, she'd say she's looking forward to spring and summer.

 I thought the sun might help to melt a little snow off this tree, but those flakes are still hanging on.

New Frig

Got my new frig..... so shiny and pretty.



Winter Wonderland

The snow storm we received last Friday was nearly 8 inches of heavy, heavy snow. Over the weekend, the sun came out so the trees looked beautiful. However, the roads are covered in 1- 2 inches of ice.  I went out on errands over the weekend and saw a few too many fender benders. Here are a few videos.

 

......and you can see at the end, the destruction in my driveway. It doesn't look that bad in the video, but believe me..... it was bad.

 

Nature's Wrath and Beauty

 We got hit by a big storm. It was warm so the snow packed a punch with a lot of moisture. Despite my efforts of taking a 6 foot pole to knock off the snow from branches and bushes, we again lost some huge limbs from our old growth pines. A couple of the limbs are more than 10 feet.

This makes me so sad. 

 This big branch took out several others on its way down. There's nothing I can do, Todd needs to bust out his chain saw. Thank goodness it only blocked only one side of our driveway, we were still able to dig ourselves out the other side.

It is quite a site. I'm thankful for my awesome snow thrower, our four wheel drive truck and cute puppy dogs who manage to wade through 2 feet of snow to go potty. 

Fresh Air & Sunshine

It was absolutely gorgeous on the weekend, I decided vacuuming and ironing could wait. It was more important to get out and enjoy.



Be Gone

Thank goodness Todd is a handy hubby. Here he is working some magic on the old dishwasher.

 Getting it un-stuck.

 ............and it's out!

 It would be really nice to put the recycle bins in this space.... we'll see.



Small Steps

Two  coats of paint behind and above the frig.......done. 

 My loyal Pancho, always by my side supervising.

Renovations

 Recently I've had to take a break from my crochet hobby and turn my attention to the kitchen. The appliances were here when we bought the house, but it's time for an update.

 All the wood in the kitchen was custom made with extra thick wood. It is nice (yet dated), and new appliances don't fit in the custom woodwork so I hired my co-worker's son to dismantle the cabinets above the frig and the wall on the side of the frig.

 There was also custom wood work around the vent hood above the stove. Time to go, the vent hood hadn't worked for quite some time and removing the wood made a big difference. The kitchen feels more spacious and bright having; all by removing just a small amount of the wood work.

 Then there is this ancient dishwasher. I don't think it works; we've never used it.

Actually, we have used it...... for storage.  I guess I should file my taxes and hope for a decent return since the expenditure on new appliances has already been made.