Saturday Morning

Well, we got hammered again with another snow storm on Friday morning. Opened the garage door to get the paper in and said...FORGET IT!. 4 more inches and it was wet, heavy and slippery. Messy morning but by afternoon the sun was out. Doug shoveled the driveway once again. I can't remember how many times he's done that this winter. Way to many for sure. He shovels it in short chunks of time. Sewed and sewed finishing up a bunch of stuff. I love my sewing room. It's my little hide away. I live there.

Two grandson's birthdays coming up so that got me to thinking!!! In the not to distant future...after March 2, there will be grandsons ages 1,2,3,4,and 5. Kat figured that out for me.

This morning sewed some more. My eyes need a rest. Snow is still here but they say a ton of rain is coming so that should make a messy mess next Monday. They are talking about floods. There is nothing new under the sun.

Butler basketball this afternoon. Should be fun to watch. Pacers lost last night. They stunk!
Back to the machine! I need to look through my sewing books again. That's more fun.

The next Monday...

Not quite a week but close enough. Sunday, the banners that we hung last week looked wonderful. We have new lighting in the sanctuary and the new spots really shine big time on the front arches where the banners were hung. They are smashing.

Last week and this week are still sewing machineless. Boo Hoo. I'm reading lots of quilting books and got three novels to read. I'm on the second one. Interesting writing about a group of five ladies and how their friendships and living developed around yarn. Nice easy, interesting writing.

I did hit the fabric store this morning for the early bird discount. I'm spending my children's inheritance. Got that kids? Just a lot of fun fabric two pieces being for Easter Placemats for Kat. This set is going to be simple compared to the Val. St. Pat. set I gave her a couple of weeks ago. The fabric is cut and ready to hit the sewing machine along with the stole for Lisa. Great basketball yesterday with Purdue beating Ohio State. But the girls team lost by one point. More ball tonight. Lots of rain today and it's cold and rainy. Just something different in the middle of the winter. It's sleet/rain/snow and more just about 30 miles north. We escaped.

I've been following a blog written by a young teacher living in Copper Harbor. They had gale force winds of 60 and 70 miles last week. And she did a video of herself on snowshoes being blown across the ice covered harbor from the lighthouse to her house at the end of the harbor. She is laughing most of the way. The ice is quite thick with ice fishing and the water/ice so clear she said she could see to the bottom of the lake in the harbor. You have got to love those hardy souls that love the cold and hunt outdoor things to do in that part of the country.

Her blog is at http://www.daharbor.blogspot.com/

Your can find her video within her entry. It's just crazy and will give you a picture of winter on the harbor.

The next Tuesday.

The last I time I looked there is no grass growing under my feet. Thank goodness. A few things have been happening. Since last time...I finished two banners for church that had been waiting in my closet for two years. Just needed to get moving on it and make decisions which I did. Bits and pieces were finished but they needed to be attached to some beautiful green velvet. They are now hanging at church and I hope to get them in the sanctuary by Sunday. Another thing...one of our ministers...Lisa has been assigned to a new church starting April 1. Big loss for us but just a wonderful opportunity for her. The youth wanted to give her a stole and now you know the rest of the story. They printed hand prints on fabric and I have gotten the stole together finishing all that I could just a few minutes ago. The sewing machine is at the shop for it's checkup so I can't do the final stitching until it returns and that should happen before the presentation date. All the hand work is finished so that will go on the back burner for a few days. I went to the monthly meeting of the quilt guild last Friday and brought home some Charity quilts that need to be tied. They are given to people/babies, etc. Good thing to have to do if the sewing machine is gone. Did a little house cleaning...just a little and taking a break for a few minutes. This morning I went to church to talk to a group of ladies about the Community Rm. kitchen. It is worn out and needs to be gutted. So...I'm compiling a list of things that would work for us in the kitchen area. The situation is that the changes might be made after I'm 80 years old. I'm just doing what I'm told to do. I ordered canned food items to be delivered to church on Thursday morning. I try to do that about every 6 weeks. The shelves are empty. It's a $1,000.00 order. Uck...getting those cans on the shelves is a pain in the neck. I always try to have help. It's a huge job. We are having warmer weather although the snow is still here. The huge ice storm residual has really slowed down the melting. But the warmer air is really appreciated. Oops...one more thing. Saturday sister Mary K and I went to the Carmel Palladium to here the Carmel symphony in their new hall. That's one amazing place and the hall provides a wonderful foundation supporting the best sounds coming from the orchestra along with a wonderful piano rendition. Just a really fun evening with great music.

Tuesday evening

It's pancakes for an easy supper. Reminds me of camping but I get to sit down and eat pancakes, not standing and making more and then more and then more. But...the camping company is always worth it. Yesterday and today I've tackled a huge project. Well, huge in my mind. One of our church banners was coming apart and the solution to put it back together was not an easy one. A whole bunch of the banner's problem involved hot glue gun and that presented huge challenge. I discovered that using a hair dryer to warm up the glue was part of the solution. The other part involved covering the old glue with bits of yarn. So between those two solutions the banner is being put back together. It was an all two day project and it's not completely finished. Three more hours should do it. It's an Advent banner so the pressure is not to significant. And...with Doris bring back Advent banners to North, we are not really desperate. Getting this banner back in to circulation has been on my mind for a couple of years and I finally said to me...get on with it. I knew it would be full of lots of headaches.
The weather temp. remains in the basement but should be in the 40's one day at the end of the week. The ice still remains on the driveway and Doug did chip a little yesterday but it's almost 3 inches thick. Way to heavy to lift even small shovel fulls. It should be in the 40's by the end of the week.
Pacers are playing tonight. The cranky coach was fired last week and they have won every game since then. They are fun to watch. That's about it from Hillsdale.

2 days

Winter just keeps on giving. We missed the big snow event during the week but now we're getting a snow slam. A wonderful friend...Jane Phelp's memorial service is this afternoon. I spent many Thursday mornings with Jane in the soup kitchen. She truly was a gift. I was looking forward to celebrating her life with others.
Well... I went out to pull the car out and there is at least 4 inches of snow on top of the two inches of frozen sleet with more snow coming for at least 3 more hrs. in the driveway So...I shoveled for about 30 minutes and called off the trip to church. The radar is very dark blue and all over central Indiana. It's pretty but it's another day in the house. We did go to Steak and Shake last night for supper. I guess it will be a basketball afternoon with some sewing besides. Boo Hoo. I wanted to go to the memorial service. It's not to be. The Panera run tonight should be interesting.
You have another winter weather report from central Indiana. It just keeps on coming.

Three days...

Well, the storm came and the Xmas tree is back in the box along with some other stuff. The storm was a dozie. Way to much sleet, way to much wind, way to many cold temps. But...little snow and little ice. It could have been much worse. Power failures were predicted but our power stayed on. Currently...all is white and the sleet has turned into about an inch of ice on the ground and will stay there until the temp takes care of it. I've managed to stay in the house since Monday afternoon. The sewing machine is providing much entertainment. I managed to do two small tie pillows, three mats for hot dishes made from the braided tie lining as well as the patriotic side of 8 place mats for Kat and 8 place mats and napkins made from some fantastic drapes given to me by friend Beth G.

The church has been closed for three days which means that the soup kitchen has also been closed. I guess the parking lot and sidewalks are covered with ice as well. It's the beginning of the month and many of our B and B eaters have a little money from retirement or disability. Our number of folks eating always is less at the beginning of the month. There have been pictures on TV of folks skating and playing ice hockey. It's crazy weather.

Might venture out today. I need clothes line rope to make baskets. Well, maybe don't need but want. I'm adding that to the cool placemat group. That's it from 10420.