Lake Effect Snow...Winter's Here

What do you get for living East of the Great Lakes?

Weather Warnings like this....

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST

TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SNOW BELT

AND AREAS WEST OF WARREN.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

Good things come to those who wait, isn't that how the saying goes?

*Good* for the folks that ski, plow snow and purchased new snowmobiles for winter, that is!

Me...not so much..I don't like shoveling it, driving in it or plowing it.

It is pretty to look at though.

Starting tomorrow, things will return to "normal" around here..

school will be back in session (unless there's a snowday)

The decorations will start coming down now that the last of our Christmas Gatherings is over.

My sis & #2 brother's families were here yesterday, we had a nice time.

great nephew...Sawyer J

nephew Travis(in back) and great nephew Brendon

New Year's Eve hubby and went I to our friends' camp to ring in the new year.

(I acutally made it to midnight, LOL, yea, I'm gettin' old)

Today we are going to hunker down and Let it Snow!

Stay In, Stay Warm and Stay Safe,

Traci

New Year 2012 Wishes

Looking back at my year, I can now see the changes

Some happy, some sad

the year we are leaving behind is the first full year without my mom,

each day of 2011 has made me a little bit stronger and tad bit wiser (I hope)

The year 2011 had me looking back at all the years before and now with the arrival of

the New Year 2012...I find it's time to look forward

 a little time to reflect...and a whole new year to grow

May the dawning of this New Year,

fill your heart with new hopes,

open up new horizons and bring for you promises of brighter tomorrows.

.~X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.~

The first of my Valentine's Day Offerings is up on my Selling Blog

~click here~ to visit

Happy New Year!

Traci

Unfinished project from the past....unearthed

Have you ever had a project that you never completed? 

Tucked away and forgotten about...

FOR YEARS

Here is one of those projects of mine...unearthed while organizing after Christmas

Started so long ago that we will count in decades rather than years, LOL

An Elsa Williams ~ Crewel Embroidery Kit

started long, long ago........then forgotten

with Spring being the next season to welcome

and while in the midst of Winter

Let's see if I can finish this

The kit is called "Floral Festive" Bell Pull

so old it's out of print, unfinished

and already in need of repair (broken wool thread)

This is the work to be done.....not really that much

I figured instead of crocheting the winter evenings away (which is what I usually do

after Christmas), I'll put a few stitches into this project from time to time....

.

How many days til Spring?

Happy Stitches,

Traci