WIP Wednesday and a quick weather update

The last time I wrote it was a beautiful day and I said we were supposed to get a blizzard.  

Oh yeah, we got a blizzard.  

I woke up to snow on the ground.  Granted, not as much as I thought it would be.  

However, it was snowing steadily and kept snowing for the next two days.  Monday our school district did not close and I felt bad for all of the bus drivers that had to push through the blizzard and crappy roads. Tuesday and today there was no school for most of the districts around us. 

I took a few quick videos the first day. Yesterday I didn't bother because all you could see was snow blowing, and not in a pretty way. 

On Monday my husband made it to town, then came home after a few hours.  The wind coming off the big lake made roads in town treacherous. 

He spent hours and hours the next few days snow blowing, plowing and cleaning snow off the outbuildings. 

Looking at my Facebook memories I saw we tend to get storms at this time of the year.  I do hope this is the last big storm of the season.  

Today was my day to clear snow. Which I did, just about every free moment I had.  

It's been a while since I've moved and labored as much as I did today.  I am a tired girl. 

The sun was shining big and bright today, so it wasn't too awful to be out there. 

I went out there this morning before work.  When I came back in Furby (blind house hen) chewed me out something fierce. She shrewed and caterwauled for at least half an hour.  She doesn't like being left alone, and my son was still sleeping. 

Beautiful sky. Still, though, it's these kinds of skies that make me long for spring. 

It's been a long minute since I did a WIP Wednesday.  Let me show you what I've been doing. 

I've been passenger-ing the last few weeks, and have quite a bit of progress on the sock I've been working on. Also, they are just so cheery! 

Project Name: Vanilla socks

Started: 1/4/22

Finished: 

Designer/Source:

Yarn: Cascade Heritage Prints

Colors: Looks like tutti fruiti

Required Amount: 

Needle/Hook Size: U.S. 1 (2.5 mm)

Gauge: 

Made For: Myself

Dye Lots: Col 45; 160 3224

I've been cranking along on my cardigan the last couple of weeks.  I've worked up to where I have the back stitches on a holder and I'm working on the left side of the front.  Things seems to be zipping along now.  Now I'm just wondering (hoping) that I'll have enough yarn to finish this.  This pattern wasn't quite as easy as I thought it would be, and there are a couple bits in the pattern that I had to suss out for myself, but over all there have been a few elements that I've loved and would try to do in other projects. 

Project Name: Armande Cardigan

Started: 1/4/22

Finished: 

Designer/Source: Knitty.com

Yarn: Cascade 220 superwash

Colors: Red; No. 809

Required Amount: 6 skeins (1,320 yards) However, I have 5 skeins *fingers crossed* 1100 yards

Needle/Hook Size: U.S. 4 (4.5 mm)

Gauge: didn’t swatch. I’m living dangerously

Made For: Myself

Dye Lots: Lot1511089

Spring fakeout

 Today we had a beautiful day. When I woke up the temperature was in the mid-20s (F), and climbing. 

My husband and I took a trip to town and went to Menards to pick up some supplies. 

I couldn't help but swing by the seeds section even though I already purchased seeds for this year's garden. 

My husband came over and started looking. He decided we needed more. 

I certainly will not say no to more seeds!

We got the rest of what we needed and then headed out. 

That sun! Oh my gosh! The combination of nicer temperatures, blue sky and sun is absolutely irresistible during this time of year. 

After returning home I immediately switched over to solar power, and started the dishwasher and threw in a load of laundry. I get a big kick out of being able to do these things with solar power.  It's the little things, sometimes. 

I spent time cleaning off the back deck and the front stoop.  Which is kind of silly because we are supposed to get a huge snow storm tomorrow.  

For a little bit I get to enjoy actually seeing the wood planks that make up the deck.  I was so tempted to drag out a kitchen chair and sit out in the sun for a while.  I left all the outdoor chairs in spots where they inevitably got covered in snow. Boo!

When we went out to restock the wood rack I brought Furby out with me.  I didn't have my phone with me, so there are no pictures.  She sat on the back of the ATV and basked in the sun, while making sure we were stacking wood into the trailer the proper way. I imagine she's looking forward to official spring as much as we are. 

The rest of the day was fairly chill and I spent part of the evening working on my cardigan, and receiving the stink eye from Furby.  

Let me tell you, Furby is a master of the stink eye, and she begs like a dog if she sees you have food. 

The other night I had an English muffin with peanut butter.  She just stood there and stared at me. I eventually gave in and broke a piece off for her.  She started doing her happy chattering and devoured the piece.

In this photo she's looking at me with her good eye, seeming to think "I can see you have food.  I can't *believe* you aren't sharing with me. Can't you see I'm practically wasting away here?"