I've been Nominated!

I don't blog for the awards, I actually haven't figured out sometimes why I keep doing this and finding the time to do it! But...I've been nominated for an Okie Blog Award. Nominated in the "Best Rural Blog" category. There are some good blogs here, so if you happen to be a fellow reader from Okieland, a vote from you would be appreciated.

Best Rural Blog
Another Chance Ranch
Blog Oklahoma
USBrit Gal in the USA
Muskogee Politco
OklaCookiemaker Quilts
Straight Shooter
The Pioneer Woman
The Prairie Maid
The Redneck Diva
Turtle Rock Farm Blog

Snow,snow,snow,snow,snow

Another four inches of snow. Where does this stuff come from? Can somebody not shut the north door to keep this stuff outta here? Geez!

I keep reminding myself that it'll melt and it'll be moisture. The wheat needs it, the hay pastures need it. It all turns to mud. Hey, at least we didn't get ICE this time! Yeah, there's something to get excited about.

Stay warm.

Sunshine

The sun is out today...well, I know it's out every day but it's the first time we've seen it in a week! Sunshine is good for the soul.

This snowstorm has done a number on the community. A lot of folks still don't have power. We were lucky to only be out two days. There are several neighbors going on a week with generators running. It was sad to have to come to work just to be warm.

Speakin' of neighbors, middle son and his family have been staying with us because of no power. I'm glad we have room for them and have enjoyed Rachel being at the house. She's grown a new tooth and has learned to crawl this week. She's such a joy to be around. And..it's so nice to come home from work and supper is already cooked! Can they stay fulltime? DIL even does laundry! I could get use to this.

And..we've been doing a lot of sewing. I'll have a new picture for Monday's design wall....hopfully. It might even be a FINISHED project!

Stay warm.

No Power

We don't have electricity at the house..just generators. The roads are slick with 2" of ice and then 4" of snow. We didn't get quite the storm that they predicted..thank goodness, but it still put us at a standstill. A lot of SW Oklahoma is without power, so we're not alone.

I'm working most of today to get payroll done and then going home to get some things done before it gets dark and cold-er.

Everybody stay warm and I'll try to post some pictures when I can. Have I mentioned that I hate snow?

There's a storm comin'

First of all...if I haven't mentioned it before..I HATE SNOW! I'm not a cold weather person at all. If it weren't for the cattle, I'd pack up and move FAR south. I'm sure the gov't agency I work for would hold my job open for me until I got warm.


Snow and Ice Storm Timeline
by Tim Ballisty , on Jan 27, 2010 8:27 am ET
Yesterday - we set the stage for the approaching southern winter storm with an explanation of the weather factors involved.
Today, let's give you a timeline of events.First off, winter storm watches and warnings and heavy snow warnings are posted from the Four Corners eastward to western Tennessee and western Kentucky.
The storm is already in progress over the Four Corners with heaping amounts of mountain snow just beginning to fall over the various mountains of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
The action, however, doesn't really begin until Wednesday night.Snow will really begin to come down over the northern and central mountains of New Mexico.A mix of sleet and freezing rain will then spread east into eastern New Mexico and the panhadles of Texas and Oklahoma late tonight.
By Thursday morning, that mix will then begin to changeover to all snow as subfreezing air saturates all levels of the atmosphere.

Significant accumulations of snow are anticipated in this area.

If you live in an area that gets snow all the time..I'M SORRY. I didn't grow up with the white stuff and Okies get real stupid when the roads get slick. My car has a monitor on it for temperature and road conditions, and I swear it says "stupid go home" when the roads are slick. Of course nobody but me sees it, but I do what it says!

Everybody be careful...and if you live east of me..this is a warning that it's comin' your way. If it's the least bit slick, I'm keeping my hiney at home and in the sewing room. I'm just hoping that we don't lose power. They're predicting 2" of ice...and the electricity won't stay on with that kind of weight on the lines.

Design Wall

Judy wants us to show what's up on our design wall at the start of each week. Sometimes the design wall has the same thing for weeks at a time, but thought I'd show what's currently up there.

I'm still debating if this spiderweb needs a black border before the red one or not. I gave up on the blue border, so that's no longer up there. The red is actually a small red plaid. I had plans on making more spiders, but the red/black stars is actually some (very) old Christmas fabric and this is as far as I could stretch it.

I've worked on this one long enough. It needs to be finished, so I can go onto my Kaye Wood blocks.

Me and Kaye Wood

First I must say...Kaye is so sweet. She's one of those to-the-point talkers...she tells you what to do and this is the way to do it...I'm kinda that way and like other's who are too.

She told me several times tht I was so very tall, and I told her that she was just vertically challenged. She reminded me of my Mom..she raised 5 of her own..and you could tell in the way she gave directions that she ran a good house.

I also met the sweetest gal who sat next to me. We shared fabric, lunch and stories. She lives in the same town as my oldest, and has a longarm. We've already planned getting together again. I actually found somebody else who can sew and talk as fast as me!

The star on the left is one that I made (it needs pressing and trimming) and the one on the right is Kerry's (the other gal's). It gave a good picture of how fabric really makes a difference in the pattern. I have enough fabric to finish mine into a small quilt and this is definitely one I'll make several of. There are a couple of her patterns that I can teach now..and already have two classes lined up.

The other class I took was a bobbin embroidery class with Cindy Losekamp. She's in the picture on the very left. The class was from 5 to 8pm, and it took every bit of that time to finish the little bags we're holding. I love this technique and have always wanted somebody to show me how to do it. Cindy was very patient in helping us with the machines.

Here is my finished bag. Some put handles on theirs, but I left them off to make it more of a clutch to fit in my over-sized purse. it's a technique that I know I'll do more of.

The quilt show..where the quilts actually were showed..was a bit of a disappointment to me. The show itself was put on by an outside company so a lot of local quilters didn't want to enter. I do have some pictures that I'll post later.

Milo harvest is calling my name!