Caught by surprise . . .

I was so not expecting SNOW.  The weather man said pack an umbrella we are expect .25" of rain and there might be a chance of a flurry.  2" of snow later and roads now freezing up overnight, looks like the kids will have another missed day of school.  We are suppose to get a few more inches throughout Thursday then something like 4 over the weekend......mmmm, I thought I moved from Maryland.  Apparently I brought the weather with me :)

My neighbor fell on the ice and hurt her back pretty badly.  Our apartments don't like clearing our walks off, I have a feeling things might change now - maybe.  I need my own salt bag and snow shovel.

I spent most of my day off from work doing my volunteer work for MAQ.  We have announced our instructors for this year's retreat and we are very excited to have longarm classes available.  This retreat is going on 24 years old and last year we had 215 students with 21 instructors.  I highly recommend making the trip to Maryland with your friends for this retreat.  Visit our website (that I create and maintain).

Then I found time to get most of my sampler done - I have 4 friendship star blocks to whip out and I think it will be done before I get to work today....of course depending on if my kids have school.

Well looks like January is starting off well with the cold and snow....means LOTS of great sewing days!!

Update: No freezing overnight and kids only have a 2 hour delay....whew...

SNOW!

Ok, when I moved to East Tennessee this past summer, I figured I would see at the max, 6" of snow during the winter...well, it's mid-December and already we have 3" on the ground!!!  Not complaining mind you, I do like snow and now being in an apartment, I don't have to shovel - - but wow, so not expecting this.

I spent time yesterday doing a lot of prep work for my new classes I'm teaching at Gina's.  I have my lesson plans and sample designs--now to actually sew up my samples to have at the shop.

 

I'm very excited with both classes!  I'll also be teaching the new Hoop Sisters Block of the Month at the shop! 

Trying hard to catch up on blog posts...YIKES, with 165 to read slowly working from the bottom of the list up and then I "hit" the Mark Read All button...crap!  Oh dear, hoping I didn't miss anything too fun!  At least I have replied too all my comments - THANK YOU, I love comments. 

So, today doing some work at home for the shops, then I'll be sewing!  Though I also might make a big ol' batch of these and more Oatmeal Scotchies. . . .

Perfect snowy day for it!

Snow, snow, and wait...more snow...

and it's only the 2nd week in February, we normally get our biggest snow at the end of the month....le sigh.

But snow takes beautiful pictures.....here's a few from the past week of blizzards...my yard has seen over 46" of snow since Friday and rumor more is coming on Monday.....







I have been sewing my strips together for my bargello and just love how the fabrics are working together:





I need to move myself away from the computer and focus on clearing out snow!