ANOTHER storm! Oy! This time, it started out as sleet and freezing rain....got about 3 inches of that last evening into the night. This morning it turned to snow......we'll see how much more we get before it stops! It was a bit hairy driving downtown for Sunday breakfast at the local restaurant this morning....they'd not plowed our road and only one other vehicle had been down/up the road since the snow/sleet. We're partway down (or up) a hill, so getting going sometimes is a challenge. (The plow truck went by for the first time at 10:30 am!)
Oh, heck...let's do a bad news/good news thing!
Bad news......both my reading lamp (one of those "true light" lamps, which I NEED) and our coffeemaker died on the same day last week.....AAARRRGGGHHH!!
Good news....I was able to replace the lamp more inexpensively than I thought I'd be able to.
Bad news...I couldn't find a coffeemaker I liked.
Good news....we have a spare, so I've time to shop around.
Bad news.....the guys that brought our new bed (a memory foam one) set it up with the mattress cover on upside down, which resulted in them putting the mattress on the box spring upside down, so we spent several nights trying to figure out why the *&^&* the bed was so uncomfortable.
Good news.....when we discovered the problem and flipped the mattress over, we discovered that it was much better! (imagine that!). We've slept on it (correctly) for almost a week now, and I think when we get used to it (they say 3 to 4 weeks) it's going to be even better than now. We're both sleeping better just due to the fact that it doesn't move when one of us is restless (me), so the other one (DH) isn't being woken up over and over in the night by a shaking bed.....once our backs get used to it, I think it's going to be wonderful....I HOPE!!
Bad news.....my niece was sick last week when I went shopping, so I didn't get to see her and grandniece....bummer!
Good news....for the first time in a long time, I was able to get nearly everything on my shopping list that day!
Bad news....we've STILL not had a chance to get out snowmobiling.
Good news...business seems to be picking up.
Bad news...the pickup we thought we could borrow until we buy one isn't available now.....the friend is having mechanical trouble with it. So....if we need stock on a non-delivery day that won't fit in my car, we're going to have to rent a pickup. That could be interesting...there are no car rental businesses in our area...hmmm....wonder if the guy that sells used cars does rentals.....hmmm! This also means we're not going to be able to get the door we need to the hobby/stock room until we get our own pickup....and we also aren't going to be able to get the house antenna until then, either. Sigh...figures!
Good news.....our office furniture has been shipped and is due to arrive Tuesday!!! YAY!!
Done Ramblin!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The Weatherman Was Right
Ok....I've never said this before and I never thought I would, but.......ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! Not that I want to get rid of the snow yet this year, but, geeeeezzzzzzz.....we didn't need any more!! It arrived a little later than originally forecasted - the majority of it coming down late Saturday night instead of during the day, but we got between 12 & 14 inches of the white stuff.I took some pictures this morning, after it was all over. Ok, so the house is a single story.....but....in this picture to the left, the window is more than 4 feet off the ground.....it is the view I had out my office south window this morning......standing! Sitting, all I saw was snow and sky!
The next two are the views from my kitchen window before my DH shoveled it out (also south side, also 4 ft off the ground) and the one out my livingroom window (north side, about 3 ft off the ground). The livingroom one shows snow that has come off the roof on that side......good thing we don't need to get out that patio door (on the right, toward the end of the house).
The next picture is of my DH standing in the road. Or rather, a picture of my DH's head as he stands in the road! We can't even see cars and trucks go up and down the road. And finally....the last one is a shot of the back yard. About in the middle of the picture there is a 3 1/2 foot stake sticking out of the ground.....which is buried! We've decided we need to put a much longer stick there for next year, with measurements on it, just in case these winters are here to stay!!
And now it's nearly 45 degrees out, so that should settle the snow some!
Done Ramblin!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Snow!! (sound familiar??)
We've had more snow so far this winter than we've had in the last.....what.....4 years combined?? Holy catfish! The problem is, it's coming so often that we have to spend more time cleaning it up and trying to work around it than we spend playing in it - geeeeezzz!!
We have gotten a bit of sledding in....not as much as we'd like, of course, but some is better than none! Until yesterday, we thought we'd get a lot more in right away. We'd made arrangements to have business coverage starting this morning, for the whole weekend, so that we could have riding time. Today was supposed to be "guide" day....earlier this month, a cousin had asked us to take her DD & a friend (both live in FL) out for a day of sledding....it was to be a birthday present for her DD. Then we were going to just take off on the sleds, leaving tonight and not coming home until Sunday. Well...we never got confirmation from the cousin about today......and then we heard the weather report. It's supposed to start snowing late tonight through the day tomorrow, total accumulation of 7 to 12 inches...possibly up to 15 inches in some areas. Now, as much as we love snowmobiling....it's NO fun in a snowstorm. But doesn't it just figure??? Sigh. I am SO disappointed. Fortunately, the guy we depend on to cover our business when we're gone is so good to us.....he didn't mind the cancellation at all, even telling us if things changed last minute, he'd still cover for us.
Our pickup didn't pass inspection this year.....so it's officially off the road and is now just a plow truck....which means that we now have to buy a pickup, coz we need one for both the business and for household and pleasure use. Don't know for sure exactly when we'll start shopping for one....we can squeeze by for a bit without, as we've a friend with a pickup that we can call on for now. Oh, and Ed needs a new work van this year....yay.....OUCH.....PAYMENTS!!!!
So....I got my other storage cabinet a week or so ago.....and I had also bought a third, smaller one (which replaces a chest of drawers that I had full of yarn.....THAT was hard to use!!). I spent 2 days sorting and moving yarn (and business stock!!). IhavenomoretotesofyarnIhavenomoretotesofyarnIhavenomoretotesofyarn!!!!
There are still totes stacked all over that room, though.....LOL....about 8 of them.....BUT none of them are yarn, they all contain finished items and non-crochet stuff waiting to be done. Because we've got a couple of pieces of waiting-to-go-to-a-new-home furniture taking up space in there, the totes are still in the middle of the room and there's little room to move around.......I keep pushing the totes out of my way, here and there, depending on where I need to be at the time. We also have a big rocker in there that will eventually be in our livingroom or bedroom.....but, as it needs to be recaned and we don't want anyone sitting in it, there it is.....another thing in our way. Someday!!!
The windchimes: We did get up to that little store that weekend - she did have the big ones I wanted...brought them home and hung them in an out of the way spot in the livingroom....come spring, they will get hung outside, as will all the rest. We have such high winds and snow that we can't leave them out in the winter - they'd get ruined. I always get excited when things start to thaw...I hate the spring muds, but I do love it when I can get my chimes back out and hear them until winter arrives once more - I miss the sound all winter!! (though my cowbell is sturdy and short enough to leave hanging all winter, so I do get to hear that!)
I had so much fun mailing surprises to my crochet buddies last month....38 or 39 of em!! Now, the whole purpose of this mailing was because I had SOOOO many things all crocheted and was running out of room....I hadn't had any luck with selling it and had no other outlet for them.....I'd gotten a bit of a cash windfall, so decided to gift my online crochet friends with packages. Each package contained two towels. That didn't even take care of all the extra towels I wanted to clear out, let alone all the other stuff.......would you believe that I have enough left over for another whole mailing of 1 item each??? So I'm doing another mailing soon - this time, one item per package....and I've thrown the packages in a big bag....I'm going to write all the names from the last time on pieces of paper....then I'll draw a name and pull a package out of the bag....so some might get another towel, some might get something else!
I've managed to only get a couple of baby washclothes for my neice crocheted in the past month or so....getting all my tax stuff ready to take to our tax lady has kept me right out straight.....this is all so new and there's SOOOOOO much paperwork!! That's nearly ready, though, I should be able to take it up to her the first of next week (if we don't get snowed in).
Done ramblin!
We have gotten a bit of sledding in....not as much as we'd like, of course, but some is better than none! Until yesterday, we thought we'd get a lot more in right away. We'd made arrangements to have business coverage starting this morning, for the whole weekend, so that we could have riding time. Today was supposed to be "guide" day....earlier this month, a cousin had asked us to take her DD & a friend (both live in FL) out for a day of sledding....it was to be a birthday present for her DD. Then we were going to just take off on the sleds, leaving tonight and not coming home until Sunday. Well...we never got confirmation from the cousin about today......and then we heard the weather report. It's supposed to start snowing late tonight through the day tomorrow, total accumulation of 7 to 12 inches...possibly up to 15 inches in some areas. Now, as much as we love snowmobiling....it's NO fun in a snowstorm. But doesn't it just figure??? Sigh. I am SO disappointed. Fortunately, the guy we depend on to cover our business when we're gone is so good to us.....he didn't mind the cancellation at all, even telling us if things changed last minute, he'd still cover for us.
Our pickup didn't pass inspection this year.....so it's officially off the road and is now just a plow truck....which means that we now have to buy a pickup, coz we need one for both the business and for household and pleasure use. Don't know for sure exactly when we'll start shopping for one....we can squeeze by for a bit without, as we've a friend with a pickup that we can call on for now. Oh, and Ed needs a new work van this year....yay.....OUCH.....PAYMENTS!!!!
So....I got my other storage cabinet a week or so ago.....and I had also bought a third, smaller one (which replaces a chest of drawers that I had full of yarn.....THAT was hard to use!!). I spent 2 days sorting and moving yarn (and business stock!!). IhavenomoretotesofyarnIhavenomoretotesofyarnIhavenomoretotesofyarn!!!!
There are still totes stacked all over that room, though.....LOL....about 8 of them.....BUT none of them are yarn, they all contain finished items and non-crochet stuff waiting to be done. Because we've got a couple of pieces of waiting-to-go-to-a-new-home furniture taking up space in there, the totes are still in the middle of the room and there's little room to move around.......I keep pushing the totes out of my way, here and there, depending on where I need to be at the time. We also have a big rocker in there that will eventually be in our livingroom or bedroom.....but, as it needs to be recaned and we don't want anyone sitting in it, there it is.....another thing in our way. Someday!!!
The windchimes: We did get up to that little store that weekend - she did have the big ones I wanted...brought them home and hung them in an out of the way spot in the livingroom....come spring, they will get hung outside, as will all the rest. We have such high winds and snow that we can't leave them out in the winter - they'd get ruined. I always get excited when things start to thaw...I hate the spring muds, but I do love it when I can get my chimes back out and hear them until winter arrives once more - I miss the sound all winter!! (though my cowbell is sturdy and short enough to leave hanging all winter, so I do get to hear that!)
I had so much fun mailing surprises to my crochet buddies last month....38 or 39 of em!! Now, the whole purpose of this mailing was because I had SOOOO many things all crocheted and was running out of room....I hadn't had any luck with selling it and had no other outlet for them.....I'd gotten a bit of a cash windfall, so decided to gift my online crochet friends with packages. Each package contained two towels. That didn't even take care of all the extra towels I wanted to clear out, let alone all the other stuff.......would you believe that I have enough left over for another whole mailing of 1 item each??? So I'm doing another mailing soon - this time, one item per package....and I've thrown the packages in a big bag....I'm going to write all the names from the last time on pieces of paper....then I'll draw a name and pull a package out of the bag....so some might get another towel, some might get something else!
I've managed to only get a couple of baby washclothes for my neice crocheted in the past month or so....getting all my tax stuff ready to take to our tax lady has kept me right out straight.....this is all so new and there's SOOOOOO much paperwork!! That's nearly ready, though, I should be able to take it up to her the first of next week (if we don't get snowed in).
Done ramblin!
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