SPRING????????

I thought I'd share a few pictures from our Friday adventures. First up look at poor Gertie. When last you saw her she was happily sitting on my patio and decked out for St Patricks day. Now here is Gertie not even one week later. She's so sad all covered in snow. Yes, I said snow. By Thursday almost all of our snow was gone. Spring was on it's way and how excited we all were. Got up Friday morning all happy because not only did I have off but Michelle and Louie were coming from Iowa. Wow what a rude awakening when I opened the door to let Murphy out and it was snowing and snowing hard.
Jen had already been in contact with our travelers and they were coming anyway. I called Michelle later and they were still on the road making slow but steady progress. They finally arrived safe and sound. Next we waited for Jen who got off of work at noon. She had terrible ride home because our plows were no where to be seen and yet it was snowing and snowing hard. Finally my door bell rang and when I opened up the door there I saw Jen and Holly. Jen was exhausted from her walk to my apartment. Now keep in mind she lives two buildings over from me. Her car had gotton stuck in her driveway and Mike had to come and get her out. Then she decided to walk to me it would be easier NOT. She came what she called across country and she was exhausted from tromping through the deep snow. By this point I think it's safe to say we had a foot of new snow. Oh I wish I had taken a picture of her then. She was covered in snow, she was using an ice chopper as a cane to help her and like I said she was exhausted and soaked because the snow was so wet. Holly on the other hand had a great time tromping through the snow to my house.
Next up we decided it was time to get something to eat so out we went. Louie was such a good sport and he drove. After our late lunch we headed over to our local GoodWill store. Now this one has been open for about a year and I've never been in it nor in any other GoodWill stores around here. That was fun. I picked up that lovely very heavy glass lamp for my livingroom complete with the shade and all for only $3.99. All I did to it last night was take Windex and clean the outside of the lamp. It looks so pretty sitting on my table doesn't it? From now on I'm going to be checking out the other thrift stores around here because I could really
use a few more lamps. So for my first "junkin" experience I think it went really well.
Today we're going to pick up Michelle and go to a few quilt stores in the area. Louie is going to go play pool all day at one of our local pool halls that he found last time they were here. Hopefully by tonight I'll have a few more pictures to share of our adventures.

First day back at work

Today was my first day back to work since I clunked my head last week. I knew it was going to be a nightmare and it certainly didn't let me down. First I had to deal with the snow and ice on my way to work. I just want it to be known I'm sick and tired of all the snow we've had this winter. If I never see that white stuff again I'll be happy. If I could pack it all up and send it to Kristie who wants snow I certainly would.

I have your typical work station with an L shaped desk and a computer in the corner so there's lots of desk top space. When I got to work and turned the corner and saw my desk I wanted to turn around and go home. There was not one spot on my desk that didn't have papers stacked up on it. It was a nightmare of all nightmares. The bare minimum was done during the 5 days I was home. OK so I started to go through everything and to be honest I still don't have a handle on what it all is. From 7 to 8:30 I'm just seperating stacks of paper. At 8:30 I go to my first meeting of the day ( I hate meetings) and my boss wants to know if I'm done with everything yet? Excuse me, I had to bite my tongue to keep from asking her if she's F-----g nuts. After that meeting I dive in and keep plugging away. After only a few entries on the computer it's time for my first motion pill. By then I'm thinking this is going to be one very long day. Then it's the afternoon and we have another meeting to discuss my plan for getting caught up. What plan, just leave me alone to keep plugging away on everything. By Friday they said I have to be caught up because my month end is Monday and Tuesday. So the heck with the fact that typing makes me want to throw up, my concentration stinks and I'm fuming just keep on plugging away. I think it's time for a change of jobs. I'd love to work for people who actually care about a person if there is such a place out there. Any and all suggestions are welcome.
The good news is I'm making a block for my first BOM and this is the last block I need to make. I'm not going to finish it tonight but hey it's a start. Oh, and it'still snowing out.

Winter Is Back

When I got home from work the sun was just starting to go down and everything was dry. On Monday we hit a record high of 64 degrees. Most of our snow has melted making room for whatever else we get. Monday parts of Wisconsin to the south of us had tornados, we had thurnder and lightning. When I let Murphy out at 6 I was surprised to see that it was snowing out. Right now I was just out and it's still snowing and we probably have 2-3 inches out there. It's the very wet and heavy kind. If I was a kid this would be great snowman making weather. That's OK I'll just stay in the house and get up to leave for work a little earlier tomorrow. Who knows how much we'll get.
Now that I've done the "weather" report for all of you it's time for bed. My swap squares are all cut and ready for BOM tomorrow night. Then, along comes Saturday and I'm going to sew all day,Yippppppppppeeeeeeee

Snow Snow Snow what I look at

This is the latest snowfall that we got yesterday. This is what I see when I look out my livingroom window. We probably got about 8 new inches yesterday. On my way home from work I took all the parkways so I could have fun with my 4 wheel drive and be able to drive where they hadn't plowed yet. I think we're in for more snow tomorrow.