Off to Vegas...

We will be heading off to Vegas next month and I can't wait! The temperature currently is 57 there and it makes our 1 degree seem like a heat wave!

Lou will be heading out early for a political science convention and I will head out on Friday to spend the weekend there. After that we will drive to sunny California for a visit with his family and fly home from there. My mother will be babysitting the cats - so I'm hopeful there will be no problems with our two and her two living together for a week!

And even more snow...

This may seem a little odd to blog twice about snow, but hey, we live in Indiana and weather is a big deal! These are pictures from Tuesday evening after I got home from work. As you can see, the snow is not letting up and we are supposed to get another good shot tonight yet...ugh, the one time the weather guys are actually right! I don't know...maybe I see a snowblower in our future...I would venture to say that Lou has gotten rather sick of all the shoveling!

Sunday Morning Snow....

Much to Lou's dismay, we awoke to a winter wonderland on Sunday morning. We have had such a mild winter, so I think we had it coming! Lou made many trips outside to get wood for the wood burning stove. With that running all day, the heater doesn't run and Bigsby thinks he is in heaven!

Included is a picture down our street, a picture of the side of the house and Lou out doing the second shoveling of the day. This was the only time I made it out all day to snap a few shots.

For our family in warm CA, are you sure you don't want to come and visit right now?!?!

Crafting...

I have spent a good portion of the past two weekends working on my craftroom. It always seems like there's either not enough time, or not enough room for everything! I am hoping my organization will present me with much inspiration for the coming dreary months. I will be getting ready to travel in June with a friend to a scrapbook retreat in Michigan, Cropping Daze Retreat...I can't wait. As most friends know, I live for being pampered! Here is a link to their website (for some reason I couldn't get the pictures to upload) http://www.croppingdaze.com

Is Christmas really done?!?!?

I can't believe that Christmas is over, the decorations are down and 2007 is already off to a crazy start. We enjoyed Christmas at my mother's home in Merrillville, IN with my brother and his girlfriend Tricia. Lou decided that we should take the cats along since we would be gone for three days...so, I was stuck in the back seat of the car serving as referee for the trip! This is a picture of Beatrice showing off her new "boa" collar she got for Christmas an Lou and Bigsby relaxing after Christmas dinner.

Yes, my first post...

With the holidays soon upon us, I have been inspired to acutally put something up here! As my dear friend Amy knows, I've had good intentions to start this since July (and you can see how far this has gotten me)! Now that I've actually figured out how to get the pictures off the digital camer (the camer'as over a year old), I will be sure to start posting the events going on with us...

I do hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday that is filled with lots of laughter, love, and smiles of friends and family. I am so thankful for the special people in my life and the holiday season always reminds me how truly lucky and blessed I am.

Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2007 - may you be blessed with unexpected surprises and joy!