its official...

we had our first snow yesterday afternoon...

there was enough to track a cat...

so we went out after it had just gotten done...

it only snowed like a blizzard snow for less than 5 minutes...

I got some quick shots heading to the van...

and DH and I took a drive just out of town...

hoping it would start again...

but it didn't...

they were the biggest flakes ever...

and your could watch it move across the fields...

but those nasty old clouds that brought it left as quickly as they came in...

so we headed home...

we were losing sunlight...

the worst part of winter, for me, it the shorter days...

the lack of sunlight...

I thrive in bright sunlight...

gather energy from it...

been a busy morning and haven't gotten very much done at all today...

running here and there...

paid the water bill and the po box rent for the year...

checked all the donation boxes and canisters...

then we hit a Christmas Open House...

I know the crafters personally...

done shows with them...

so had to stop and grabbed a few things...

grabbed a few things at the store...

used fettuccine noodles...

and it ended up making 2 cake pans full...

so, guess that's what we are eating for supper...

and breakfast...

and lunch...

and supper again...

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I had to take a taste test since they both just came out of the oven...

its good...

really good...

DH will probably be working over a bit and come in around 5ish...

for the most part, the overtime is done...

and he does have the weekend off...

we are shopping on Saturday morning...

got another round of s*#@ coming in in the afternoon and through the night...

but a week from Sunday, the long term forecast has us up to 50...

back to the normal stuff for us...

so, have a great weekend...

sometime tomorrow, I will try to post the photos I took of the open house...

so you can see all the cool stuff I left behind...

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just another fall day...

 can you see what's happening here?

again?

this might help...

its that four letter word!

the only good thing about it...

it makes people shop...

for Christmas...

for toys...

for the kids...

ok, Lord...

I'm game...

whatever it takes to get toys under the trees of the kids that you have placed in our lives...

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do you have snow?

are you happy about it?

just rolling with the flow here today...

am I out in it?

only for photos...

am I smiling?

sure...

why not?

;0)

hello walls...

its just you and me until spring!

have a great day...

stay warm...

;0)

the last photos of the woods...promise...

I just took so many of them...

be grateful that I am only doing 3 posts of them...

I took 95 really good shots...

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its 29 out there with a wind chill of 18...

so you are stuck with these...

this chick isn't going out for new photos today...

and...

its been spitting s*@#!

I just threw a pork roast in the oven...

with potatoes, carrots, red onion and corn bread stuffing...

mixed up some brown gravy and country gravy mixes and poured that over top...

should warm the house up this afternoon...

and make it smell good, too...

stopped up the sink with the potato peelings, so had to undo that...

I washed a load of clothes, but haven't gotten it in the dryer yet...

if I time it right, I might have help folding it when the beeper goes off...

;0)

spooky clown is looking kind of shabby out there on the bike...

forgot to get him put up...

another thing on the list this weekend...

all the cats are in today...

they are not liking the cold, either...

Lester's been in the field...

black feet...

he better stay off of my bed...

he normally sleeps on Craig's...

does that make me a bad mom?

Charlie got lose on us last night...

Craig didn't shut the gate on the deck and he ran out when I opened the door...

I didn't know the gate was open...

and off he went...

DH and I were headed to Casey's for his cappuccino...

(he loves the pumpkin spice one)

so Charlie is long gone, half way down the street...

and we get in the van to go get him...

cold, wind blowing...

he heads back for us when we get on the street...

he is afraid of vehicles...

;0)

so we had to turn it off and I hopped out...

he comes up so close...

but not close enough to grab, turns tail and bolts again...

I go back to the van, get in...

and there he is...

so I get out again...

and I bend over, he comes up and sniffs...

and I almost got him, but he blots again...

thinking its play time...

by this time, I am calling him bad names...

and he's loving every minute of it...

thank God I had put his blue hoodie on him yesterday when the temp dropped...

its the only way I caught him...

he was so busy bouncing all over the place, the fool thing came over his head...

and it didn't stop until it covered his whole face...

so, blinded by the hoodie...

he was confused...

and this fat old lady had a shot of nabbing him...

I will tell you right now...

I am too old to run...

let alone run when its cold out...

of course DH is in the van with the heat on...

(he started it back up)

and by the time we got in...

I was huffing and puffing and wheezing...

I won't even tell you what my butt fat was doing with each step...

lets just say that dark is a good thing...

and the neighbors were all inside...

so you won't see it on youtube...

this dog may get the best of me yet...

can I move this morning?

not very good...

can he?

sure!

he's a dog and young!

I am sure he is in there plotting his next escape...

with Bebe, all I had to do was open the door and he hopped right in...

this one can't jump, doesn't like car rides(yet)...

and is a major pain in my butt...

but we love him anyway...

good thing...

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so, how's your day going?

more woods and happy Veterans Day...

some more photos of our Sunday walk...

reminders of what so many have fought for...

to keep places like this...

where we can all go...

they fought to keep this land...

from falling into enemy hands...

so we can take Sunday walks...

a land of peace...

no soldiers guarding the entrance...

no shots fired...

except during hunting seasons...

places like this of solitude, even filled with people...

it gives off a peace...

the fallen are still apart of the peace and beauty...

just like our own...

row after row...

still reminding us its worth fighting for...

we are worth fighting for...

I am thankful...

and remembering dad, my father in law, grandpa, uncle...

and all others who left the warmth of home and family...

the ones who marched in my place...

the ones who came home...

and the ones who went home...

very thankful...

God Bless the ones still marching...

keep them safe and bring them home...

a walk in the woods...

well, if you remember from yesterday...

DH had the day off and took me out the state park for a ride...

and they have this great paved trail...

so he unloaded the wheel chair and away we went!

this is a half of a mile long...

there weren't many leaves left on the trees at this time of the year...

they are mostly on the ground...

but they have 2 paths to the water on this trail...

this is just off of the parking area for the trail...

this is on the other side of the park...

they have several handicapped docks that you can fish off of...

but I think someone lost a bobber or two...

its great for kids to fish off of, too...

they are completely fenced in so they can't fall in...

I have more photos to go through and will post them this week...

I have had computer problems this afternoon and have been getting all that straightened out...

I need to go through and get rid of some of my pics and just clean up my files...

got 3 home alone days, so have the time...

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