The end is nigh...

Here we are, at the end of another year.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has something fun planned for tonight.

I got a bread maker for Christmas. MMMMMMM, I can't wait to smell up the house! And my husband bought me jewelry. He's the best jewelry picker ever. In the past, he's picked out things like;

This year I got matching earrings and a ring. I love the settings! He did good :-)

We're ending the year with all the snow that we missed out on last year. The day after Christmas was supposed to be a blizzard, which sort of fizzled. Don't get me wrong, 8 inches of snow in one storm is nothing to sneeze at, but it certainly wasn't a blizzard.

Then Saturday we got about 5 more inches. Today we're supposed to get 2 to 4 MORE inches!  I say, "bring it!"

It's super duper pretty out there;

That's my favorite kind of snow, the sticky stuff. It made me smile when I looked outside.

Yesterday though, we noticed this giant icicle;



We decided to let it grow and see how big it would get. Then, last night, we decided we better knock down. It was almost touching the ground by then and Bill was worried it break off and go crashing through the window. That would be bad! Besides the fact that the weight of it might pull the gutter off! So we knocked it off this morning...it was huge!



Tonight we are headed to a place called The Journey for dinner. It's Bill's favorite because 1. it's a buffet and 2. they have sushi, lots of it, all you can eat. And they have plenty of other things to eat as well. I've printed out a list of all the good things that happened for us over the year. Then I cut them into strips and stuck them in a jar. At dinner, we'll take turns pulling one out and reading it. It's a nice way to remember how blessed your year was. And then we'll be staying in.

Oh and this is what I quilled for Mom for Christmas - they are each 9x12;

So...HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! I hope the coming year is filled with good times, good health, good people, and prosperity.