Narnia has returned ... prepping for the next storm

 Thursday, when I last wrote, I said something about "I wonder what I'll wake up to tomorrow morning."

Well, at least 10 inches of snow is what I woke up to yesterday on Friday morning. More in some areas, because of drifting. It snowed ALL morning and in to the afternoon. Eventually the wind died down. 

My hubby and son drove to work together. I received reports on road conditions along the way. The roads were crap, for the most part. 

Look who was peeking at me from the woods. 

Photos were taken shortly after first light, hence the blue hue to everything. 

I didn't take too many photos and video.  I got out and made sure the chickens were okay, and watered, did a quick look around, and hightailed it back in to the house. 

Not too much else to report for the morning. I did work for pay, and then went out about 11:30 a.m. to plow the driveway and make a path around the house, and clean off the back deck and front porch.

This is the front yard, about when I went out to start clearing up snow. 

I did as best I could. Which wasn't good enough.  The snow was packing and it was a bit of a mess.  I managed to forget how to start the snowblower. Doh! Then decided to call it until my hubby came home. I checked on the chickens again and when I opened the backdoor to go in the house, I almost ran smack in to my son.  

Turns out my boys came home early. 

I made a quick pot of coffee and my hubby got ready to head out and get the tractor going with the snowblower, and clean up what I couldn't plow and clear away.  My son cleaned off the deck, front porch and a few other spots. 

I think he was like a kid in a candy store. 

What would have taken me a couple hours with the snowblower and plow, it took my hubby significantly less time with the tractor and snowblower. 

And then ... a few hours after he ran the tractor and snowblower it stopped snowing and the sun came out.  No kidding. 

*And then* ... we heard/read about the storm that's supposed to come to the area, starting tonite about midnight. Fun, fun. ... 

This morning we made a run to town to pick up a few last minute items. 

The sky was so pretty. I took photos during the drive. 

After running errands we returned home and finished preparing for what could or could not be the worst storm to hit the area in a very long time.  A lot of the local weather people are erring on the side of caution and saying at least a foot of snow, but could be anywhere up to 36 inches. 

I watch Sage and Stone Homestead. In a recent video she was commenting on weather in her area and how she doesn't like to see really nice weather before a storm. I think she said it means the upcoming weather event is gathering more energy and will be that more worse. 

Lovely. 

You wanna know what today's weather looked like? Gorgeous. ... 

So that's where we are now. Waiting to see what will happen tomorrow.  As of 9:46 p.m., give for take a minute, this is what the radar looks like. 

Well, that's all I got for now.  I'll post an update as soon as I can.  

Preparing for a winter storm ... I guess

Yesterday or the day before our local forecasters started talking about an upcoming winter storm. Lovely. 

This coming after a fresh six inches of snow on the ground yesterday. I did a really half-a**ed job of plowing the driveway and clearing some snow so I could walk here and there in the yard. I have officially reached the point of being *so sick* of the snow. 

Then the sun same out and maybe could have taken care of what I moved around. 

With a sky like this, it's hard to believe a storm was moving in.  Later this afternoon the sun went away and the sky greyed up.

The wind picked up a bit ago and there's some sort of precipitation falling from the sky. Anyone want to leave guesses as to what I wake up to tomorrow? 

I thought I'd write an update post tonite.  I think there's a barometric shift, or something, because I've been tired all day. 

That's all the news from Moose County for now. 

The first day after spring forward

 Last night I thought there was no way I was going to fall asleep when it was technically an hour earlier than when I usually go to bed.  It didn't take long to fall asleep. I can't tell you how many times I woke up, though. Ugh. 

Right when I was finally back in a decent sleep routine and waking up feeling good, Spring forward happens. 

To my credit I wasn't very cranky this morning when I got up for the day. 

Oh, something I saw when I first got up ... 

It may have been changed to rain by now. My husband said the forecast calls for 6 days in a row of rain. Hopefully not all day rains. 

Silly me thought it would be a good idea to get some knitting in before I started my work day. 

I watched the newest video my friend Patty put out while I knit a bit on my Armande. 

Knitting made me a bit sleepy. I wound up resting my eyes for 5 minutes before going on with the rest of the day. 

Work was work. Nothing remarkable there. 

This evening I pulled out a cross stitch chart that I've had kitted up for quite a while and put the floss on floss drops.  

A while back I purchased one of those floss winders from R and R woodworks. It makes the process so much quicker. 

And then I worked on my Flea Market Flowers for a bit. No photo, because I don't want to scoop my most recently recorded flosstube. 

I was on Youtube just a bit ago, to check if I had anything that needed attention, and I noticed something funny when I was looking at my channel. 

Look at the thumbnails. Without trying I managed to replicate the thumbnail I've created for my flosstube videos. Ha! 

Anywho, that's all I got for now. This evening I started thinking about what needs to be done this week.  Something that I've been dreading to do, but can't really be put off any longer.  Gah. If there's any decent breaks on the weather, I have a few garden things to tend to. 

Not sure when I'll write next this week.  I think I may try to rattle off a few things on the back end, so if it goes longer I won't be struggling to remember quite as much as I did this past week. 

This week flew by

 Wow this week went by quick. 

Monday was my last day of vacation. Instead of being an irresponsible, lazy slacker, and crafting away the day, I was responsible and did responsible adult things. I.e. I cleaned the house and caught up on laundry. 

Tuesday was my first day back to work and I started my day with 190 emails. 190 emails. I haven't come back to that many emails in a very long time. The work day went *zooooom* and was a bit of a blur. 

I managed to squeak in a bit of cross stitch that evening.

The rest of the week has moved so swiftly. 

Wednesday morning this was my view of the front yard before it was fully light out.  I was so surprised to see a deer laying down in the front yard.  Especially so close to the road.  It's funny how comfortable they feel around the house during this time of year. 

Wednesday I ran to the office and took care of a few things. 

This was my windshield in the a.m. 

The weather completely flipped by the time I got home. The girls were enjoying the food scraps I tossed out. 

To be honest, I don't remember Thursday. 

Some of my seedlings are doing quite nicely. 

Friday was a grey and dreary day. I was ready for the weekend. 

I started a new cross stitch project. 

Can you tell what it is? 

Isn't that wee little roo needleminder adorable? 

Using one of my new floss beds.  Seriously, how did I cross stitch without these? 

Saturday we did our usual errand running. 

One of the stores we went to was Sam's Club.

I wound up stocking up on yeast and vanilla extract, among a few other things. 

When we returned home my husband finished the project he started earlier in the day.  He was working on a tractor a bit, giving it a bit of a glow up. Can you say you are giving a glow up to your tractor? 

I also released my newest flosstube. 

Sunday was Spring Forward day (yuck) and was cool but sunny. I spent some time in the a.m. cloud watching. I can't remember the last time I sat and stared up at the sky. 

My hubby gave me a refresher course on how to run and drive the tractor. We have a delivery coming up next week for something that is bulky. Depending on the delivery driver and what he decides he can or will or won't do, I may need to use the tractor to pick up and move said delivery. 

Pretty nice glamour shot if I do say so myself. 

The girls weren't too thrilled with all the ice in the yard. Slim pickings out there.  I saw them pecking at what they thought was grass.  I think it was a branch with pine needles on it. 

I also spent some time up-blocking some of my seedlings that sprouted.  

I made a video. I haven't looked at anything yet, so the quality of the video is unknown. I brought a tripod out there with me, so the angle *should* be better.  If I decide the video is worthy of loading I don't know when I'll put it on Youtube.  I'm at a weird spot with videos right now. I've got my next flosstube recorded and almost ready to go. And now I have another garden video almost in editing process. I've never been ahead before. Which is causing me some wonderments about how to weave together my blog writing and the videos.  I may end up scooping my videos a bit with what I write on the blog. Does that matter? 

Anywho, that was my week. 😃

Ep #40 What I did in February 2026 (March 7, 2026)

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* Portrait of a Snapping Turtle, by Mudpuppy Stitchery

* February Cat, by Happiness is Heartmade

* Daily Reminder, by Brenda Gervais

     Floss conversion: 973, 321, 435, 562, 03, 898, C820, 700, 3777, 947, 3776, 355, threadworx 010422, Weeks Dye Works Whiskey 2219, 310, white

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   A CAL with my friends Alison @MrsAZsoo, and Mair @sincity_crossstitcher

Crochet

   Battenberg blanket by Sandra Paul

https://www.cherryheart.co.uk/2018/12/battenberg-blanket.html

A CAL with my friend Leann   @leann.stitches  

Maeve crochet blanket-along 

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A CAL with my friend Kat   @StitchinWiththeGriffin  

Knitting

   Vanilla sock

   Armande Cardigan, by Andi Satterlund 

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   Project bags with matching thread beds.

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It was just what I needed

I was off work for most of this past week. Monday I had publishing day, and then I was off for the rest of the week.  My husband had time off, too.  I was a bit concerned with how the week was going to go because I started my vacation time off not feeling so great. 

Fortunately, it did get better, and I felt better. Towards the end of the week I'd say I was feeling the best I've felt in a really long time. 

What did it? Probably the sun! The glorious sun!

This photo was taken on Thursday, Feb. 26. Oh my word that was a wonderful day.  Friday was even better, but I'll get to that in a sec. My area had a few days of beautiful sun and warm temperatures. It did SO much to boost the mood. 

I tried to remember to take photos of various things through the week.  Let's see if I remember what was going on, shall we? 😃

Monday was publishing day.  It was such a better publishing day than the previous one. It didn't last nearly as long, thank goodness. 

I let the girls out of the coop about mid-day and a few decided they had to congregate on the deck. 

I suspect one didn't want to be by the others and a few of her sisters decided to keep her company. 

Tuesday we had to drive to town for my husband's work. It was not a very nice day. It was a rainy-sleet-type of snow for what was supposed to be a snow storm, or blizzard (?) I think that was the day it was supposed to last just the morning. 

I was hanging out in the vehicle while my hubby did his work thing. 

Then we ran errands and we *had* to stop at Menard's because I needed vermiculite for planting seeds later in the week. 

Funny story: Turns out I did not need that vermiculite. I already had almost two full bags of it out in the greenhouse.  Oops. 

I received some fun mail on Tuesday. 

I ordered a mystery box from Forbidden Fiber Co. It was to celebrate the 100th birthday of Winnie the Pooh and I decided to get it as a memory piece for a friend who passed away three years from cancer.  She LOVED Winnie the Pooh.

The chart and the needle minder are darling and I love the colors. 

In the evening I started working on a couple project bags. 

Wednesday was quiet-ish.

I plunked myself down and finally ripped the stitches out of the piece of linen that I was using for "Mother's Garden." The piece where I was working on the border and the border didn't line up. 

It didn't take as long as I thought it would.  I definitely don't want to have to do that again. 

I received some more fun mail on Wednesday. 

I won a share from JanetJabber's flosstube and it arrived.  It's super pretty. 

That evening I finished up my project bags and matching thread beds. 

I am totally set for a St. Patrick's Day project, and an Easter project. I have an idea for a project to put in the bunny bag already. 

Thursday ... Thursday was a gloriously wonderful day. The sun was shining, the temps were up in the upper 30s F, or lower 40s F. I can't remember which. All that mattered was the sun and the warmth. 

The chickens loved it.  They were basking on the steps of the she shed. 

In the early evening I trekked out to the greenhouse. 

I cleared away snow so I could actually get in the greenhouse, and then I cleared the snow off the roof. 

It didn't take much time to clear the snow off the greenhouse. 

Then I stopped for a few moments to enjoy the view. 

Last week I discovered we have a free and wild bun living in the yard. 

Thursday I spotted him on one of the cameras, hanging out with a deer. 

I'm sure that deer didn't know what to make of this little creature who was nibbling on the food scraps we tossed out there. 

Friday it was time. ... Time to plant some seeds. 

I pulled out the collection and started going through it. 

We loaded up a sled full of stuff I needed, and pulled it out to the greenhouse. 

Where I decided spur of the moment to shoot a garden video. Totally off the cuff. 

It's officially 12 weeks until the last anticipated frost date in my area. I can scarcely believe it. I wanted to start all the things, but had to tell myself no.  There's plenty of time. 

After I was done recording the wind picked up.  Oh boy did it pick up! I don't have photos of it, but the winds were gusting so strongly that it was knocking the pine cones out of the trees and we had a shower of pine cones and branches. It's a mess out there! I am thankful the wind held, mostly, while I was recording. There is a clip of the wind blowing at the end of the video. 

Saturday and Sunday we woke up to temperatures much colder than expected.  Which made for quieter days. 

Despite my talk in the last blog post about taking a break from crafting, I opted to diligently work on my "A Daily Reminder," and completed it Saturday. 

I had a goal of finishing it by the end of February, but didn't think it would happen. I did a complete color conversion on this piece and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. 

Today (Sunday) started a stitch-along with a couple of friends and fellow flosstubers. I'm stitching "Flea Market Flowers," by Lori Holt, with Alison, Mrs AZfamilyzoo Stitches and Mair SinCity_crossstitcher

A nice start to the project. This will be a year-long SAL, and I'm curious to see how quick I'll stitch up each monthly section. 

I don't know what I'll have going on in the upcoming week.  I *will* be recording a flosstube.  I just need to rewrite my shownotes. 

Stay tuned!