Daily Ooos: January 11-12: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

Good morning, Lovelies! Are you ready for the weekend? I am! Not for any exciting reasons other than the wind *finally* stopped. The constant howling was making me Instead, I woke up this morning, opened the door to let the dogs outside and the only thing I heard was... falling snow.
Noooo!!!
It's all good. The Feels Like temps are in the 20s and it will only be a couple of inches of snow on the ground. I can handle that.
At least it's quiet.


How was yesterday, did everyone have an enjoyable Friday?
Mine was relatively productive. I puttered. Vacuumed. Made and sent out the invites for the pirate party. Scrapped a page to welcome NiniGoesDigi. Worked on a puzzle. Did some more cleaning. Finally scooped the front lawn for the first time in a week (sorry neighbors but it was too darn cold!) Yup, I kind of ping-ponged my way around the house.
Today is going to be the same sort of day except I have to wash and blowdry my hair. I miss summer when I could let it air-dry. Warm weather will be here soon enough, right?

Have a fantastic day!

 

[faerywings]

@LaurieW It's always so much nicer to work with and for people who are appreciative. I'm glad that the homeowner is thankful.
It's always welcoming to come back home and have dinner waiting in the crockpot.

We have rescheduled the gathering for the weekend of the 31st. Only thing is that my youngest will not be able to be with us now.

I am glad it is rescheduled but I'm sorry that your youngest can't be there Is it possible they can get their hours covered by someone?
Be safe in the snow!

@taxed4ever I hope that you and your sister shared joy and tears and support. The photo and sticker sounds like the perfect gift
Your brother and Veronica were in the process of moving when this happened?? I can not imagine any of it.

I am looking forward to seeing all of your wedding photos!! I sure hope your creative juices get flowing again soon! Try to keep warm and hopefully your temps will rise! Thank you for your kind words! I know that my O family is here if I need them! I can feel your hugs all the way over here on the West Coast!!

I looked at wedding photos but still can't get any pages started. We love you so much and will keep sending hugs your way.

I try to remind my self its taking care of me not lazy.

I'll do my best to remind you of that as you have been reminding me! ♥

@BrightEyes Fantastic news that the snow stopped and the roads are clear. No issues running your errands aside from the temps?

@bcgal00 A bead and gem show must have been exciting and *tempting.* What did you buy?

@Cherylndesigns Ava is the best, glad that she is making sure that you eat. And if Cokes are what you are craving and can drink, do it!
Lots of feel-better vibes heading to everyone on the compound!

@BoatLady The glass doors will be great to have -- hopefully "just in case" of a hurricane, but the way weather patterns are running, you've got a good chance of getting hit :/
Sorry to hear about the mess it created but your house must smell so good!
Busybody Faery is butting in that I hope you are resting your shoulder and not cleaning so much it hurts worse.

Whew! I finished re-downloading my store through 2022.....only 2 more years to go! YUCK!

Yippppeeee!
(and then)
Booooooooo!

 

[vickyday]

Good morning, Lovelies! Are you ready for the weekend? I am! Not for any exciting reasons other than the wind *finally* stopped. The constant howling was making me Instead, I woke up this morning, opened the door to let the dogs outside and the only thing I heard was... falling snow.
Noooo!!!
It's all good. The Feels Like temps are in the 20s and it will only be a couple of inches of snow on the ground. I can handle that.
At least it's quiet.


How was yesterday, did everyone have an enjoyable Friday?
Mine was relatively productive. I puttered. Vacuumed. Made and sent out the invites for the pirate party. Scrapped a page to welcome NiniGoesDigi. Worked on a puzzle. Did some more cleaning. Finally scooped the front lawn for the first time in a week (sorry neighbors but it was too darn cold!) Yup, I kind of ping-ponged my way around the house.
Today is going to be the same sort of day except I have to wash and blowdry my hair. I miss summer when I could let it air-dry. Warm weather will be here soon enough, right?

Have a fantastic day!

No wind here, either. 2-3" of snow. The sun is out, so it will melt enough to make an icy mess overnight since the temps are so cold!

 

[vickyday]

@LaurieW It's always so much nicer to work with and for people who are appreciative. I'm glad that the homeowner is thankful.
It's always welcoming to come back home and have dinner waiting in the crockpot.


I am glad it is rescheduled but I'm sorry that your youngest can't be there Is it possible they can get their hours covered by someone?
Be safe in the snow!

@taxed4ever I hope that you and your sister shared joy and tears and support. The photo and sticker sounds like the perfect gift
Your brother and Veronica were in the process of moving when this happened?? I can not imagine any of it.

I looked at wedding photos but still can't get any pages started. We love you so much and will keep sending hugs your way.


I'll do my best to remind you of that as you have been reminding me! ♥

@BrightEyes Fantastic news that the snow stopped and the roads are clear. No issues running your errands aside from the temps?

@bcgal00 A bead and gem show must have been exciting and *tempting.* What did you buy?

@Cherylndesigns Ava is the best, glad that she is making sure that you eat. And if Cokes are what you are craving and can drink, do it!
Lots of feel-better vibes heading to everyone on the compound!

@BoatLady The glass doors will be great to have -- hopefully "just in case" of a hurricane, but the way weather patterns are running, you've got a good chance of getting hit :/
Sorry to hear about the mess it created but your house must smell so good!
Busybody Faery is butting in that I hope you are resting your shoulder and not cleaning so much it hurts worse.


Yippppeeee!
(and then)
Booooooooo!

I guess not. I think he is the lead in his department. I think they punish him because he is as high as he can go.....but refuses to take a management position! I don't blame him, but it isn't right. But I don't know the whole story.

 

[vickyday]

Good morning!
29 degrees out. We got 2-3" of snow yesterday. It was still coming down last night when I went to bed at midnight. If it had been powdery I think we would have twice as much. But it was pretty wet and packing. I live on a main road and they had 4.....yes, I said 4.....plows following one another down the road ! But it seems to have done the trick! The side roads are a mess, however! It's gonna be bad tomorrow morning going to church after thawing and then refreezing tonight!

No plans today but to stay in and stay warm. I got finished redownloading through 2022.....only 2 more years to go! YIKES! I do want to move some pictures from the camera to the new SSD HD today. I need some pictures to work with in my scrapping!

Have a great weekend!

 

[LaurieW]

Good MOrning all - it is still softly snowing out. We got about 2-3 additional inches. I am fine with that. We are not going anywhere major today. I am going to put Christmas away. Husband does want to go to the flower shop and buy a really cool light up design. If we go I will have to take some photos as I cannot describe it. He is out blowing the snow from neighborhood drives and sidewalks- with his leaf blower! I am on day 26 of 10,000 steps in a row. I chose walking last night over scrapping so I could keep my streak going. Have great weekends everyone.

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I am off to the legion this afternoon for the meat draws and the Chase the Ace 50/50 ticket with the grand prize of over $3000. There will be a lot of us there, we'll play our Farkle dice game. I decided not to go to the bead/gem event last night. I checked online and didn't see anything that really caught my eye so I decided to spend my money on a few more wool coats (from marketplace). They are new, still with tags on them. I've really lucked out this week with shopping. I watched the Mary Berg show this morning at 5, I was planning on falling back asleep to it as it doesn't normally hold my interest but this morning they had one of my favorite chefs on for the whole hour, Jamie Oliver, so I stayed up and watched. I think I'll get his new cookbook. He made two recipes out of the book, a no-cook red pepper pasta sauce and baked parmesan crusted broccoli.

I need more coffee and will go check out CT stuff. HAGD everyone.

 

[BrightEyes]

Morning everyone. I did the tossing and turning - waking up every 2 hours or so... then fell hard asleep around 4AM and slept in until 7:30AM. Sure hope that stops soon!!! No wonder I am feeling tired and not up to doing much. Think this is going to be a PJ Day....

I did make it to the grocery store around noon yesterday and stopped at the neighborhood mailboxes to get my mail (from the whole week). Yikes... had a bill that is due on Monday... and it going to Denver!!! They have had lots of snow and the highway between here and there has been closed off and on all week. More snow there this weekend, too. Managed to get it to the local PO before the last pickup of the day. Yes, it was and still is cold here so was bundled up when I was out. But no more snow here in the valley so roads were clear.

@LaurieW WOW!!! That is a lot of steps everyday... congrats on keeping the streak going!! Had to LOL over his using the leaf blower to clear the snow!

@faerywings Good luck on getting some of those wedding photos scrapped. Can't wait to see them. You got a lot done yesterday. I hear you about how the wind howling for hours/days at a time can make you feel crazy. Glad it has finally stopped in your area.

@vickyday So glad you are making progress in recovering the kits. And, yes... it is a good idea to get some of those photos onto the SS HD, too.

Hope every one has a good day.

 

[AK_Tracy]

Good Morning!

Are you ready for the weekend?

YES! But it will be the same as yesterday and Thursday other than everyone is home from work. I love not rushing to finish my coffee and get showered and out the door.

I am on day 26 of 10,000 steps in a row

Good job!!! That is awesome! I bet it feels amazing too to keep the steps going. I do that with my kindle, make sure I read before a certain time so it counts as I'm on a 319 day streak of reading every day. I'll worry less when I hit a full year.

I have a bit of envy reading all the snow posts. We've had rain and rain and rain. I can see more of the ground than snow and its icky. Plus the water pooling and freezing is not good for the grass. Haven't been able to get out and enjoy the winter and that's making it longer than normal. Plus its dark. There is no snow for the lights to reflect off and that makes it feel even darker than normal.

Stay safe and warm! Have a wonderful day.

 

[mimes1]

Hi everyone! It's been a hard week. Went back to work after the flu. Most nights I came home and was in bed by 7:30. The doctor said I would be coughing for several weeks, but I can do things as I feel up to it. My energy is pretty low, and this cough is awful. So I am taking it easy.

@Cherylndesigns sounds like you have Norovirus? I hope you take it easy, rest!!! and let everyone take care of you. That's nothing to mess around with! Praying for you to get better soon!

We got some snow last evening, maybe an inch, followed by rain, icy mix, and this morning ice everywhere. We're staying in today, not chancing anything on the roads. This morning the sun was shining, and the ice all over the trees is starting to melt. It's beautiful, but so dangerous! We didn't loose power or anything.

Belle is still getting settled, finished her paperwork at the new job and now waiting for all the required testing to come back. Then she'll get her start date. Somewhere in there California will complete her background check, which now may take forever since they are working on more important things.

Mark's sister was evacuated from her home in LA, my cousins are safe for the time being. We're praying for that horror to come to an end so those communities can process and find some healing. Somewhere. How do you even start with something like that? I can't imagine the devastation.

 

[taxed4ever]

Hello my O friends... I am late getting in here today, DH and I have been busy running around, getting some groceries and other things. Had to buy a new set of hair clippers today as FIL and DH both need to have their hair cut. The current hair clippers are done and not working anymore. So I will be the hair dresser for them tomorrow LOL. I started cutting my Gary's hair during Covid and he has never wanted to go back to the barber since. I am not the good at believe me, not sure if they are just to lazy to go to the barber or too cheap . I had a great visit with my sister and we laughed and cried and had lots of good memories of our Brother Tom. She loved the photo and frame I gave to her and now I have to make something up for myself as I don't have any framed photos of him in the house right now. I have been on the phone with West Jet while posting this, trying to get a refund for the upgrade I did for our seats back home. The firs leg of our trip was delayed for over two hours, because there was no ground crew to fill the plane with our luggage grrrr!! Two hours on the tarmac is not my idea of a good time! Anyway we missed our connecting flight and got rescheduled on another later flight, but of course we could not get the seat upgrade. To my surprise they were very apologetic and quickly gave us back our money Hooray!! Finally something went right for a change!! My DH is feeling better and must have the same cold/flu as you @mimes1 as he has been coughing for over a week. He seems to be doing a lot better today!
@faerywings - My brother and his wife have been on a long vacation, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and have been to Portugal, Central Spain and then went to Shri-Lanka as their final stop before going to Australia for a few weeks, before heading back to Canada. Sadly Shri-Lanka is where he drowned . Veronica is now with her kids in Australia and they are keeping her very busy, my brothers ashes are with her and we are comforted to know that she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren! She will return here to the Island sometime in February with her daughter and she will stay with her Mom for as long as she is needed. They hope to have some kind of service for my brother sometime in July. They had pretty much given up the idea of moving to Australia as the process was just taking too long, so that is why they decided to do this big trip, sadly it was to be the last trip for the two of them.

@AK_Tracy - We are having a very mild winter here too, a bit of snow on the mountains, but for the most part above seasonal temperatures for this time of year.

@BrightEyes - Sure hope the tossing and turning stops for you tonight!! No wonder you are feeling tired and have no energy! Yikes on the mail being so delayed! Hope you don't get penalized for a late payment!

@bcgal00 - You are leading a very busy life these days!! How wonderful that your new home is keeping you and D so busy! Sounds like you are scoring big time with the new coats!! Oh and I just love Jamie Oliver, he is my all time favourite chef!!

@LaurieW - Too funny that your DH is using his leaf blower for the snow, we used to do that all the time in Saskatchewan when we lived there many years ago, but the snow is far to heavy and wet here.

@Cherylndesigns - Hope you are on the mend my friend! Norovirus is nothing to shake your head at!! Take care of you!!

Ok its wine o'clock and time to get supper ready soon. Have a great night everyone! Cheers!!