My emotions are better....

Talking to Dad last night really helped.

Even though it was only cataract surgery, I was worried about him too. Just being so far away and not able to be there at times like this bothers me. With losing Uncle Bill and going to the visitation Saturday, I was just on overload. Now that I know the surgery went fine, I feel much, much better.

sigh............

Ever read your horoscopes?

My horoscope for the day....

You're feeling a bit overdrawn, emotionally speaking and would probably rather have a quiet day at home than have to deal with all the madness of the day. Still, you should get past it without losing your mind!

How true this is! Let's just say that yesterday was very emotional and draining. Because of that I did not get much sleep at all. So I'm physically tired and emotionally drained.... I should be doing housework and laundry, the regular Saturday things that got put off because of the funeral visitation.

Guess I'll just do what I want today. Scrapping sounds nice and relaxing....

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So much for doing what I want today....

So far I'm on the 3rd load of laundry. Also have put some stuff away so the house is looking a little neater.

I really wanna scrap.

Rest in Peace, Uncle Bill.....

A wonderful man passed away yesterday.

A wonderful father, grandfather, uncle and friend.

Anyone who met Bill loved him. He was funny, entertaining, smart, witty, and an all around nice guy.

His first career (that I knew) was as a high school teacher and basketball coach. Know how many of the young men he coached still called him "Coach" 30 years later? Lots of respect there also.

His next career was as a salesman for LaChoy Foods. The people he met and made friends with during that time was also astonishing. He's got friends all over the country and this was long before the internet!

I was lucky enough that he married my mom's sister. Growing up, we spent many wonderful times in Archbold with their family. His 3 children are like siblings to me. Sue and I are only 14 months apart in age so have always been very close. Her kids call me "Aunt" even though I am just a cousin....

12 years ago on Leap Day, my aunt passed away and now her DH joins her. I hope that they are forever together....

To one of the most loyal OSU Buckeye fans I have ever known....





Say hi to Woody!

Love you always!

Blizzard is OVER!

Well, the forecasters were pretty accurate in one regard. The snow ended right around 4:00 this afternoon!

This was what I woke up to this morning....




At 9:30 my neighbor cleared my driveway....




By 1:45 we had this much additional snow....




And after it was all over around 5:00....




Aren't these the cutest faces ever?







I do have to admit that I love the look of untouched snow....





My cousin stopped by around 5:45 tonight and shoveled the sidewalk and cleared some of the driveway up by the garage door. It was his friend that lives across the street that had cleared it earlier so he didn't have as much to clear as he thought. He said city streets weren't all that good but that's the usual around here.

I'm staying in yet tonight and we'll see how things look tomorrow. I don't have to go out, but there are a couple errands I could do.

Hopefully this is it for the year.....

but something tells me it won't be!

Beginning of a Blizzard in Ohio.....

We had a winter storm watch then warning for this weekend. Late afternoon it was changed to a blizzard warning. When I left work at 4:00 it was snowing but not too bad. The streets weren't too bad and there was about an inch of snow on the ground.

Of course, Pepper and Paige were enjoying the snow....

Here's Pepper just having fun!




Here's both of them checking out the neighbor's back yard.




And, here's Pepper playing in the backyard 2 hours later.




It is still snowing, the roads are snow covered and the plows haven't been out yet. I'm guessing we've got a couple of inches. Tomorrow is supposed to be blizzard conditions. The warning is until 4:00 p.m. Who knows what we'll wake up to!

Thank goodness I have no plans to go away this weekend. My cousin and his sons will be clearing my driveway but we decided Sunday would be OK especially since this is a storm with a 1-2 punch....

I.am.SO.ready.for.spring.

In Like A Lion.....

Out Like A Lamb?

I can only hope!

Well, not exactly true as Sat and Sun were rather nice days. In fact, On Sunday I took the dogs for a walk to check out the construction of the new swimming pool.

But today..... ugh.....

Rain all morning then it turned to an icy rain and sleet. When I left work at normal time, I had to get help to open the doors of my SUV. Completely iced over! With the defrosting going full blast inside the SUV, I attempted to scrape the windows. After about 20 minutes I got enough of a view out the window to drive home.





I made it home in one piece. Here's the SUV after the trip home on the slushy/icy streets.




Around 4 1/2 hours after I got home I went out to the garage and noticed that most of the ice was still on the SUV!!!

And, one of my favorite photos to take.... my hens and chicks although this time they are covered with ice.





Oh yeah, we're supposed to be getting snow on top of this.

And, needless to say the river is already flooded so there's a very good chance we'll have more flooding like we did in February....

Is it spring yet?