The big yellow bus

Came to visit us on 3rd street. And tough man Baxter thought he need to bark at it. All in a days work, 'tis good to be me.

Kevin's other part time job, besides being my left hand -- is part-time bus driver or he's off plowing snow at the Mankato airport, or he's off farming.  Farming is his occupation!  Never thought I'd see a big yellow bus in the parking lot ... Mrs H (the right hand) and I were impressed ... he backed it in and parked in one swoop.  Grammy is my left foot and Cindy and Emmy are my right foot.  It takes a whole village to keep our ship up and floating.  Not sure why they put up with me .... someday's I'm pretty damn crabby. 

and this is bad boy Baxter, the pug who lives upstairs ......he's a honey.

ahhhhh

   warmer weather

   less ice (kevin & robyn chipped ice yesterday) .. i almost have a clear sidewalk again.  i was wearing the boots (the high heeled kick ass boots) so i wasn't much help.  thanks to them it's much much better.

   a hair cut ... which always feels good ... short, controlled curls are always a good thing.  I've been looking forward for the trim for a week.  (insert grin).

   solved the girl saturday problem.  upstairs Cindy (the first one) ... note i didn't say to old one .... as opposed to Cyndi (the current one) and the young one.   glad i confused everyone with that one. 

 ah ... back to work.

M

so, I am a dweeb

   a couple of my favorite peeps.  the garbage dudes.  the regular route guy on tuesday mornings and the shredding guy who comes every six weeks ...big white truck -- 200 lbs later, $30 and my very important trash is shredded.

  yep, I'm a dweeb.

Marie

Weekend Project at the Scrap Shack

I learned the bessie, the bernina, will make this cool wavy stitch that I saw Crazy Mom's blog .... kinda cool eh?  I like it .. covers up a lot of spacing issues

So, since Nick seems to like sleeping on the window quilts ... I made him his personal quilt.

After strategically placing it on a chair ... he tried it out..... at least it'll keep the cat hair off the chair....

so

  yesterday's inch of snow fell after supper and more is on the way.  frankly, between the annoyance of an "inch at a time" and the cold -- I'm getting even more crabby. 

  I spread 2 -- 5 gallon pails of rock .. on icy front sidewalk ... so when someone slips and falls -- they'll land on sharp rocks and get poked in the tush ... when will spring arrive....

  made it to the scrap shack -- with pizza's in hand.  the diva's were working away.  I made Nick, the cat, his personal quilt.  played with various stitches on the Bernina ... kinda fun. 

  back to the taxes, payroll taxes today ....

M

still cold...and it snowed

  yep, still cold and the snow was lovely ... hope the wind doesn't pick up ... it will get ugly then.  the weather dude on early morning tv said it could snow an inch a day for the next week.  what the hell! 

  said goodbye to Santa last night -- I won't be able to attend his funeral today -- but it was nice to see old family friends.  all us kids have grown up and had families of our own .... age, is a wonderful gift.  Jody didn't recognize me with short curly grey hair -- it's been 15 years since I cut the hair (yes, Lori, you've been cutting my hair for 15 years)

 the super scrappers are out working on their projects -- i hope to be there by 2:00 pm ... the sewing machine and ironing board are set up and ready to roll.


happy weekend.
marie.

dang

  it's still cold.  and dark. 
  i'm crabby, really crabby.

  on a lighter note -- it's the Scrapping, sewing, gabbing, bonding weekend with the girls at the Scrap Shack ... my truck is sort of packed.   just the basics ..
    sewing machine & supplies
    iron & ironing board
    rotary cutter/mat and stuff
    2 projects to sew
    crochet bag for when i'm not in the mood to sew
    comfy clothes ...
    edible treats (it's a surprise)

    and the other stuff hanging out in the back seat -- 3 bags for the thrift shop, winter survival kit, extra winter coat, tools, the list is endless.
   
   the others will be spending the night there ... I however have to work in the morning ... so I'm headed home .. normally they'd scrap 24/7 but there is a family friends funeral tomorrow ... so most of us will be headed to the service ... I'm sure if we showed up in our scrapping clothes, Larry would smile. 

   so off for a mini attitude adjustment break and back to work. 

toodles
diva