MARCH IS NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH

I have so many projects on the go and so many more to start. I will be posting a lot of Crafting projects throughout the month of what we are doing. I hope you all join in and craft for the month of March. I can't wait to see what projects you all are up to. Please let me know and I will be sure to check them out.
HAPPY CRAFTING!

My only boy turns 13 "Part 2"

Well Justin is now my teenage boy. (I wonder if I can still call him my weeone.) I just can't believe how fats they grow up,before long he will be graduated.

Justin had a good Birthday. It was quite and my parents came over for supper,which Justin wanted Manwich. We had hamburgers and he had his manwich.

Can you believe it after everything he could have chose for me to make........

But he enjoyed everybite

After Supper he opened his gifts from us. His Grandparents all gave him money as he is going away next with my parents out of town so he will have spending money.

                                                            He got this new T-shirt

                                                 And his favorite magazine about hunting and fishing

Then it was time for cake..........

I made the cake and bought a skidoo play set at the store awhile back to decorate the top. The candles were kinda neat too. They lite the flame the same color as the candle itself.(dollarstore find)

All in all I think it was a good time. Everyone enjoyed themselves and they all loved the grape soda I sereved as well with supper. Even Hayden and Sophie came to the party.

My only boy turns 13

Yesterday the temps really warmed up from -20 in the morning to a high of 0 in the afternoon.
Jayne got up with a headache yesterday so she stayed home for the day with me. She spent most of the morning just lazying around and playing on her computer after feeling a bit better. She also decided to take a look into and gather up her sewing notions as she found this little old sewing box at the thrift store a couple weeks ago for .25 cents.

She found a few threads inside and began digging out her things. She has not yet finished but has moved everything into a laundry basket in her room.

Jill came home from school and dug out her new coloring book, she had gotten the last time we went to Wal-mart. It is a giant one and she uses those lovely coloring pencils that she had got for her Birthday. She really loves to color and these big ones are really great.

Of course she got it in Tangled as they just can't wait for it to come out on video. The girls love Rapunzel, so this will be even better.

I love that little guy, that is her best friend. His name is "Pascel" to cute! (Jayne has the new webkinz cameleon    
named Pascel and you will meet him soon)

So after supper we went out for a walk and to play abit as it was so nice out. (It was nice for a change to do the barn work and not freeze) then we came in and the weeones took their baths. Jayne worked more on her sewing box and Jill decided to make some changes in her room. She has just in a old school desk that HB brought home from work awhile back and it has been housed in my living room ever since.(Like my living room was not small enough without that in there) So Jill declared it and we moved it into her room. She has this little nook in her little room due to the stairs being right under her. So it fit in there without a inch to spare.
I will post more about it on Friday.
Today the weather is snapping cold it dropped down to a freezing-30 throughout the night and will stay there all day.(and we wonder why we get sick,hummm! 0 to -30) It is also very windy out and it blew so hard all night.
HB starts his shifts today. He left at 5 this morning, and will be home around 6:30 tonight. (Makes for a long day) He is on day shifts for a couple of days and might even get the weekend off,as he needs to get into his regular shift next week. They work 2 days, 2 nights, and 4 off.

TODAY MY ONLY BOY TURNS 13!
wow where has the years gone. I will bake a cake today,and can you believe it he wants manwich for supper as it is his favorite. HAHA!
So manwich it is!
I bought his a shirt for his birthday and tomorrow I will post all about his special day!

Tonight the girls have there guiding group and it is going to be sooooo cold to go there but........ gotta go as they are working for a new badge.
Well I should go and start breakfast as the weeones willl soon be getting up. Take care and I hope it is warmer in your parts of the country then mine.
Here is a cute picture of Molly on the lawn I took yesterday afternoon.

Someone should let the groundhog know to look into his predictions better

WOW MARCH ALREADY!!!!
We have had nothing but cold weather and snow with wind for a week now. Friday we had another storm,and again on Monday. The weeones had their first snow day of the year Monday. (Which they really should have had about 10, but that's a whole other story) anyhow, I am so sick of shoveling off roofs,steps,and doorways. I have had enough!
Yes it is not over yet as we are seeing more tomorrow and at the end of the week again..........

This is what I see when I open my front door. yep that's my 6 1/2 foot lamp post there buried in the snow.Well that's what is left to it anyway.

And when I look out the window this is what I see. 

OK enough about me complaining about the snow,as it is here to stay for a while longer. So I have made the best out of it by moving into the fiber studio in the barn. Cleaning and catching up with my spinning projects.

Oh I need more days of this.......

Saturday the girls penny circus day for their guiding group was cancelled till after March break,due to the storm. They did however go to their friends Birthday party at the pool in the city, and we had a ball. It is Jayne's best friend's party so Jayne got to sleep over at her place after that.

The highlight of the party was this new thing for the pool. It is called a hammerhead,and the children run or crawl and try to get to the end without falling off. 

Can you make out Jayne trying to get across it. 

Sunday we picked up Justin at my in-laws as he spent the weekend down there. Then we picked Jayne up,yep Jill had us all to herself and even though she missed her brother and sister she ejoyed having us all to herself. We had lovely turkey supper before getting ready for our Sunday family night of our favorite TV show Heartland. 

Monday morning HB began his new job he will spend most of the week on courses,medicals,and all that fun stuff before going into the job. I am feeling so much better now that I know he is working,as I was beginning to wonder what Spring was going to behold.

We had hot turkey sandwiches last night for supper with fries. We cleaned snow and then off to bed. Today it is drifting out so bad. The weeones still had school with only a few buses not running and only one school in the area closed for the day. 

Tonight we are having pork chop,baked potatoes, side rice dish,and toss salad. 

My house is pretty much back to norm. So I think I will now take a hour for myself,and do some sewing. Take care and I hope to be back tomorrow blogging, as sometimes I just can't seem to get 10 mins to get on. But always try to at least read my daily blogs.

Have a warm day!

The Calm before the storm

We are expecting a beautiful day even though we woke to a freezing -20 this morning. We are going to get up to +2 (WOW) We are epecting another snow storm tomorrow and Saturday just like every other weekend. (so it is the calm today before the storm)
Last evening we went to a birthday supper for my HB's Grandmother's 90th birthday. We all enjoyed our evening and the place was so busy. We had the room on the side and I was expecting 20 people for family but Grandmother was busy calling all her family and ended up with over 40. WOW I guess not to many people turn 90. Even her grandson came in on the 5 o'clock flight from out west and shocked everyone. What a nice thing, as know one knew he was coming.
She even gave out roses to the women for coming, and chocolates to the men. (I told you she can do more then most of us put together.
I forgot my camera but my sister in law took lots of photos and will email them to me. When we got home we took some. As it was the girls first rose they have ever got.

Do you think Justin will share those with his sister's?

Today HB is getting off at lunch time as we need to go into town and do some banking, we will also pick the girls up today after school.
NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!
HB got the job here at the mines drilling. He starts on Monday and has 2 days of workshops then it is off to the jobsite. We are hoping that it is what we need and  if so then he will stay here. If not he will then leave for the job in Redlake On. awhere he was before. There is also suppose to be 2 other mines opening here in the Spring and he is hopeful that he can get on there,if this one does not pan out. (but for now it is work)
Tomorrow the girls have a busy day. They have a penny circus  with there guiding group from 10 to 3, and then a Birthday party for Jayne's best friend at the pool from 4 to 6. Then Jayne is sleeping over at her house. Justin is going to the in laws for the weekend to make beef jerky with his grandmother. Then off to another Birthday party for Grandmother on Saturday for supper.Jill and HB and I are all alone on Saturday night. So if the weather is good then maybe we will go out.MAYBE!
Well I better get my house work finished up and get some ground beef out for supper as we are having Shepopords pie for supper with toss salad, and biscuits. Tonight is also the girls guiding night.
Take care and I hope all those Storms and wild weather I have been watching on CNN for the states is not affecting any of my fellow blogging friends.

Mid Week Catch up

Well It has warmed up to -13 today and we are expected to reach a high of +2 tomorrow. (WOW what aheat wave that will be) This winter has sure taken a tole on our wood shed. We are beginning to run low and HB has been hauling out wind falls with his skider,when ever her gets a chance so we do not have to touch the rest in the wood shed. We also have our horse trailer filled with slabs.
As for the house I have been doing my usual cleaning. Trying to keep up with laundry and floors. I have not done to much baking lately except for bread and rolls. I have used a lot of the pies and deserts that I had made up this Fall and froze. I should be starting to use up some of the berries in the freezer as well. I think next week I will plan to do that.
We had boneless steak in the oven last night for supper with baked potatoes and string beans. It was very tasty. We had a apple pie for desert too.
After supper we shoveled off my end of the barn where my studio is. (It had 2 leaks in there yesterday.)
HB came home from work yesterday after making a really neat boot and mitten dryer for the stove. (we need to get some BarBque paint for it now) but it still worked great.

It really does not take to long for them to dye this way.

Today is HB's Grandmother's 90th birthday and she is fit as a fiddle. She can do more then most of us put together. We are celebrating it tonight by going out for supper at a Chinese resturant in the city. there are 18 of the family going. We will have to leave as soon as Hb gets home from work as it is a little drive to get there for 6. I got the weeones cloths ready this morning and just have to get them dressed when they get home from school. 

On Another note I noticed my hens beginning to lay again. I was starting to get upset as it costs so much to feed them,and if they don't produce for us then it is a real cost. I find lay mash is sooooooo expensive already, we give them left over greens as well,and oyster shells too. What do you all feed your hens? We pay around $20 a bag and it only lasts 1 1/2 weeks. (So if you do the math that's over $40 a month) 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 

Any suggestions? 

Take care and stay warm. I wish you all a great day.

Another day of snow

Last evening after supper we headed out to shovel off another roof. This time the garage needed it.

After we finished that I went to feed the pig

Olivia is always excited to see me......As she knows what I am bringing. Yummy Pig feed.

I stopped by to visit the horses, who don't mind the snow

Char always comes over to get her treat of peppermints.

My poor greenhouse. I soon need to more into here.

After getting lots of help from Jill she was pooped and ready to go into the house for the night.

Spring is coming!!!!