Back on line

So the internet seems to be working now; which is always good. I was going through withdrawals last night and of course there was nothing on TV which made it worse. You would think that I would have done some stitching but no that would have been productive. Instead I flipped some old magazines that I found in the closet from the 60's I wasn't even born in the 60's I'm not entirely sure where they came from. They were craft magazines with a lot of knitting patters which were extremely over my skill level, lots of crochet patterns (again over my skill level), rug hooking and some embroidery patterns.

I tried the new (well new for me) windows live writer when I tried an early post. I was sure I used the paragraph button but when I posted the entry it was one long post. It didn't show like that in the preview. I'll have to play with it some more.

Here are some pics I took yesterday of my son out shovel and my fur baby playing in the snow.


I tried to take a picture of the moon this evening as it was so bright in the sky however my picture taking skills are not the best and this was the best I could get.


I'll update my cross stitch Cute as a Button tomorrow. When I get more stitched.

Already broke one of my resolutions

One of my New Years resolutions was when I started a blog I was going to blog every day and do the Post a Photo every day challenge.  Well I took a few pictures yesterday of my son and dog out in the snow but when I tried to log onto the internet last night I was unable. 

So although it wasn’t really my fault I still feel bad.  So today I’m posting two entries.  This short little rant and then another one later this evening. 

I’m also trying out the window live writer which is suppose to post right to my blog without having to log into blogger.  So this is sort of a test post.

Finally some snow

Since it was a snowy/windy and cold day, I spent the day inside and re-potted some plants. I found this tip on the net and since I'm an avid tea drinker I had the tea bags and thought I would give it a try.

Prepare planter for potting

For healthier potted plants, place a few used tea bags on top of the drainage layer at the bottom of the planter before potting. The tea bags will retain water and leach nutrients to the soil.

I then spent the remainder of the day cleaning up the potting soil. Wow who knew that potting soil could get up and walk. I thought I had it contained to the kitchen but when I went down the hall I found traces of soil going from the kitchen to down the hallway, into the bedroom and into the bathroom. I'm blaming the dog...lol; as I didn't even go to those places while I was re-potting.

I didn't get any stitching done today but I have high hopes for this evening and tomorrow. I have plans to do nothing tomorrow. Lets see how that goes.

Took some pictures this morning of the snow that we received over night. It wasn't much but at least it some snow. We are suppose to get a few more centimeters this evening. I'm hoping!!!!

Another beautiful day

Weather wise it was a beautiful day! Sun was shinning and it was quite warm out. Since I was up early decide to take Ozzy for a walk up to the back field.

Here he is waiting for mom to make it up the hill


You would think looking at this next picture that field was huge and went right up to the trees in the background. However there is a 4 lane highway between the field and the line of trees in the background.


Here's the highway. It's never usually this quite. It's only because we were up and out early (well early for me) after morning traffic.


Picture of Pottle's Lake which is one of the major sources of drinking water for our town and surrounding communities. This is only one section of the lake. It's a pretty large lake.


Once we got home Ozzy needed a bath as he was covered in mud. He fell through an icy puddle and got his legs and stomach covered in water and muck.

I think I found my next cross stitch project. I wanted to do some kind of English cottage but I found this pattern instead and really liked them. Just hope I have to the skill level to do them justice.

Spring Day???

It was +5 today and the sun was shinning. It was just like a spring day. Ozzy and I did our normal walk around the block a couple of times. Kyle worked last night so he slept most of the day which means I had to be quiet so he could sleep. The harder I try to be quiet the more noise I seem to make.

I cleaned up my craft room a bit (needs alot more work) and while I don't have much stash in the line of thread I did find a number of cross stitch kits that I didn't know that I had; which was a lovely surprise. Not to mention the hundreds of knitting, plastic canvas and cross stitch magazines that I have. I love English cottages so I'm looking for a pattern for my next cross stitch project when I done the Cute as a Button.

Here are some of the kits I found today while cleaning.

Kyle's Birthday

So today was Kyle's birthday, my baby is legally now a man. At 6'4 he has been a "man" for a while now. Still it was a day to remember when; when he was born, when he did this or when he did that. I'm lucky my kid is a good kid and alot of the memories were good ones. I just hope when he reflects back on is early life he thinks fondly and lovingly as I do of him. A mom can dream. Today was also my grandfather's birthday. He thought Kyle/"the boy" being born on his birthday was the greatest gift ever. Like it was a planned event or something...lol. I miss you grandpa!!!

It was a very windy/rainy day here today but extremely mild. Once again no snow. According to the forecast on the radio we might get some snow on the weekend. I'm hoping!!! Didn't get any stitching done as I was doing housework and celebrating.

A picture taken from the window out on the street. I was trying to get the rain. It rained so hard at times it was like snow was falling. I didn't get the picture I wanted but here is a pic of the street.

A stitch update

Today was absolutely a beautiful day. Actually any day the sun is shinning is a good day. Took Ozzy for a walk since it was so nice. Picked up Kyle's birthday cake for tomorrow. Still find it hard to believe that Kyle is turn 19 tomorrow.

Mom is cooking a turkey tomorrow for dinner (Kyle's favorite) hopefully we won't lose our power in the storm. Rain and wind storm that is. When are we ever going to get some snow!!!

Did some stitching on my Cute as a Button today. Which I'll update. Wondering how I'm going to finish this ornament once it's done. After reading different blogs and looking at pictures and seeing how other people finish their projects I realized once again that I have no idea what I'm doing...lol.