Cuteness

Can you stand a little cuteness..no, not the two old people in the photo but the purdy little girls that we're holding.

Makes me want to go home and move everything UP three feet!

On the Design Wall

This is a BQ quilt from Maple Island Quilt Designs--the main quilt squares are 6 1/2". and is a very easy quilt to make. During the ice storm, the neighbors (who happen to also be my DS-DIL-GD) stayed with us because they were without power for a week. Since some of us still had to go to work, she worked on this.
The one missing is on the floor!

It's all made out of western prints and is going to have two borders put around it.

I think she did a good job..now, if she's just show back up so we could sew all of those blocks together it would be another finished project!

One Year

One year ago, Miss Mia came into our lives.

We recently celebrated her first birthday--during all the ice storm. She's a precious little girl and I'm so thankful that she lives close enough that we can be a big part of her life.

She's a long-legged, very independent, bundle of sugar and loves her Granny SO much!

Snow

I've seen many snow pictures over the past week, so thought I'd include some of mine. I do NOT want the 30" that Amy is getting or the 100" that Jeanne has gotten this season. I'll set here and gripe and complain about ours and just hope it goes away soon.

And what do you do on days after the cows have all been fed? The guys get to nap...and Janice and I head to the sewing room!

Suppose to be almost 50 degrees today! WooHoo...hopefully some of this white stuff will be gone, so then we can go feed in the mud!!

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?