ah, I love living here!

The good news it's 5' not the predicted -10'.  It's good to be us.  Being a handy farm girl has it's advantages.  I did my tour of the office basement last night and found water, too much water.  Water leaking from the humidifier on the furnace.  And well, I fixed it, until Monday.  When the professional arrives.  Swooshed up the water and went home to bed. 

No leaks this morning.  And it's a lovely 65' in here.  Farm skills = life skills.  So, back the number crunching, w2 printing, 1099 printing, quarterly payroll report preparation of my world.  Lots to get done over the weekend. 

Super Scrappers/Stampers meeting for lunch tomorrow -- DH of Stamper Jan is cooking for us. 

bed quilt ... sent off to the quilter on Thursday -- okay she's 25 miles away and I ended up mailing it to her ... after I emailed her....bali pop of batiks (2 of 'em w/leftovers for the binding) love the copier and wine bottles in the same picture....the office is comfy!

window warmer in the file room ... it's actually for another window but I couldn't find my hooks to hang it and this window still had curtain rod brackets .. soon to change.

stay warm !!

Diva

Favorite Things Friday

  It's back!  This week the big topic of conversation is the WEATHER.  It's recurring trend, which frankly needs to disappear.  It's cold again.  Really cold.  Like not above zero and more snow.  So to combat the chillies I ordered a new winter jacket from Lands' End on New Years Eve.  Well, the next day, they dropped the price and after a bit of web chatting I got the lower price.  They were very nice about it.

  It's bright red and to quote my sister " you look like the Michelin tire man in that."  I guess it's better than looking like the Goodyear blimp.  It's warm, I'm wearing it.  I just spent 20 minutes trying to post a picture on here and it's not happening.  All part of my week. 

  So head on over to Mrs. P's Blog and check out the rest of the Favorite Things Friday.  I'm sure it will be entertaining!.

  Flower of the week .. Clematis -- much hardier than they look ...

post #900

 .. should be something profound ... try this one

WORK IS OVERRATED ....

just a lot happening lately and started to feel a bit overwhelmed last night --- so I went to yoga (always helps -- thanks ladies), had a turkey sub on the walk back (key words:  walk and turkey) and accomplished a few projects last night.

mrs. h was mentioning scrambled eggs yesterday and well it made me hungry for them....so detoured to McD's this morning (i know -- it's just handier)...

better mood ahead!
Diva

(( deep breath ))

   okay, meeting #1 done, lots to come.  way to many meetings.  way to many pictures, not liking the pictures, but I looked good.  i should have worn my "diva" shirts -- that would have set them off a bit, way more formal than i expected.

     it's still cold too, but a warm up and more snow is on the way.  oh joy.  (remember the resolution about not complaining about the weather). had to warm up the car before the commute home (and scrap the frost from the windows)
  
    tomorrow is another day .... the world keeps turning and the sun shines warm somewhere!!!!

Diva

change ...

 So I regularly post pictures from the webcam atop the courthouse.  I looked back in my picture stash and

found this one from 2007

this one from summer road construction 2009

this one shortly after the road construction was completed and the road re-opened (thank God) --November 2009

and this one before the big snow in November.  I don't know how to circle my office but it's one of the bright blobs almost dead center just below the horizon. 

Well, new website for the County last week and NO WEBCAM!!  I'm kind of missing it...every morning it became my office computers wallpaper! 

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the big day.  Pictures, then swearing in ceremony and then right into the first meeting of the year!  And I start with new Investment Club meeting at 7:00am.  Might not have time to walk in the morning (quit laughing it's a good goal).

Diva

Lazy Diva

  I am a lazy Diva today.  Well, sort of lazy.  I spent most of the morning updating the various computers at home and wiping off the crap that seems to appear on them.  28 upgrades to Mom's laptop.  It hasn't been turned on since September.  (She's been lectured and will be changing her ways.) 

  Mom and I went to Mankato.  Cat food and kitty litter were the important items.  After Office Max and Shopko there was no room for kitty litter.  I'll send them over with $$ later.  So OfficeMax had a "bag" sale.  $300 later not sure if I got deals or not.  Shopko was much better.  Yes, Mrs. H I found a 3 drawer plastic shelf thing-a-ma-jig just for you!  More longjohns for me. 

  We then went to Joann's.  This particular one is about to be relocated.  The current store has become a dump, as in dump here and we'll see it at 50% off.  Alas, 2 nice quilting rulers and that was it. 

  I'm home and should be returning to the office, but I'm not.  A nap and then my sewing machine.  Work will be there at 5:00am tomorrow morning! (after my walk).

Toodles
Lazy Diva

mr personality, finally decided his basket wasn't so bad after all. per Facebook, yesterday was his birthday! 

Welcome 2011 ....

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( ^^^ my version of fireworks)