Where's all of our snow???

Our chickens have most DEFINITELY been enjoying this unseasonably warm weather lately!!!!!  Smarty pants here jumped up on the railing in hopes to nip up the crumb remnants of the bread that has just been tossed out.

With the warm weather, we're truly thinking of firing up the charcoal grill later!!!!!  The local grocery store has a sale on brats, too!

Over the river and through the woods....

Yeah...okay...so this isn't the EXACT scene of the roads traveling today, but pretty darn close! Within 1 mile, there were EIGHT vehicles in the ditch. WINDY, with just enough snow to make near blizzard conditions---and ICY! THAT'S the invisible culprit!

I am SO THANKFUL to have arrived at my parent's house....a bit longer traveling than normal (4 hours instead of 2.5), BUT...we are safe and HERE with NO INTENTIONS of going anywhere tomorrow.

I did not bring ANYTHING here related to quilting. I contemplated bringing my fabs and machine in order to work on Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Step 2 once posted on Friday, but in all honesty....I'll be shopping on Friday and we're heading back on Saturday, so......I can wait.

I DID bring my school work though---with ALL INTENTIONS of prepping for Statistics so that I can quilt, quilt, quilt when arriving home Saturday evening and all day Sunday.

I'll be checking in with all of you over the next two days though---so be sure to share ALL THE LOADS OF QUILTING you'll be accomplishing!!! :0)

Happy Wednesday

A Monday evening....

Tonight didn't hold anything quilty for me. Rather, it started with some browsing through the Quiltville Chat photos. Wow---there are some GREAT Double Delights out there.....for instance, here is Nancy's (in Georgia) finished quilt. I LOVE her borders......quite simple, YET pieced to keep it interesting....

Then, I spent an hour 'googling' for some "Notebook SMART board" files for a workshop I'm attending tomorrow. I signed up wanting to know more about Notebook, which I have never used. The paperwork for the workshop VERY CLEARLY STATED that this is not a "beginner's" workshop and to bring samples for a "Share" session. GUILTY! (Do you think there are 'signing-up-for-wrong-workshops' police out there???) I've at least attempted to do some homework tonight, AND I roped our JH Science teacher into coming with me. I don't know if he's used Notebook or not either----but *shrug*----oh well! Really, how "bad" is this???? !?!? We WANT to learn and know more about it, AND our District is coughing up the dough to let us attend.

I should be in bed already (pushing 10:30 now), BUT I'm still waiting for a file to download. Yeah......dial-up! UGH! I have another 30 minutes to wait (I've already been waiting 40 min) for a measly 7.4MB file. *sigh* At school, this baby would have been done within a few minutes...(if that!)

At 9:00 tonight, there was a season premiere for a show called "Castle." I have a feeling this will be new show-to-watch for me. It was quite funny; kind of a comedic-police-drama. Any of you remember the show "Moonlighting" with Sybil Sheppard and Bruce Willis? Back in the 80's? Anyway, my DH said he was reminded of that show after watching this one. ("only this chick is hotter.")

Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin are being "threatened" by a snow storm over the next 24-36 hours. Actually, DH and I just chuckled at the weather report. The 7-day outlook showed ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) snow for tomorrow. Seriously! When have you EVER seen a 100% change of snow or rain in a forcast? I guess he's (meteorologist) is pretty confident. Currently, our region is under a Winter Weather advisory while a bit to the north, they are under a Winter Storm Warning. We are in line for 4-8 inches, while just north is 8-12". I'll be watching the news in the morning since; the workshop is about 40 miles south-east, but still in the 4-8" region. Oh yeah....all of this after a TEASINGLY WARM DAY! It was still upper 40's at 5:30 tonight.

Ho-hum....17 minutes left of the download. I suppose I can go and catch up with others'.....

Happy Monday.

Brrrrrrrrrr!

My Lovely WeatherBug buddy is flashing the current temperature to me....

-13.3 degrees F (that's -25.2 degrees C). Thankfully, the wind has died to virtually nothing! But tomorrow is another story.....

Forecasted HIGH tomorrow: THREE DEGREES F! (That's -16 C!---for a HIGH!) We are going to be dipping into forecasted WINDCHILLS of 40-50 degrees F below zero tomorrow; does it REALLY matter what that is in Celcius????----Seriously! Once the temps reach MORE than 10 below......(or...umm...do I mean LESS than 10 below??) *giggling at the math-pun!*
anyway.....it's FRIGID, ARCTIC, BITTER, GLACIAL, NIPPY, NUMBING, SHIVERY, SNAPPY, WINTRY, INVIGORATINGLY PIERCING COLD! (YUP....found a thesaurus online!)

BTW---Thursday's forecast doesn't look much more promising.

I'll say this for sure.....MANY of us are awaiting the "SNOW DAY" call tomorrow AM (or at least a 2-hour "LATE START.") I could just IMAGINE staying snuggled up in the warm bed! But....I have to play it safe and get my butt to bed, JUST IN CASE the call doesn't come in........

Angela----wanna change locations for a few days???