Yes, Virginia......

......there really is snow in your forecast!  I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a month.  I've been plenty busy!  What a wild winter we are having here in Virginia.  It seems like it's either raining or snowing and it's always cold!!  I am finally ready for some warm weather.

This is the view from my front porch on January 29th.  We got about 8 inches of this white stuff.

First significant snowfall since 2004.  

View from my deck

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Ok, enough with the snow.  We Virginians tend to make a big deal out of a little bit of snow.  You should have seen Walmart or Food Lion the night before this storm.  Good grief!

I have been steady working on RHS but sorry no new pics to share.  The frogs have been by for another visit.  Once they come......they never leave!  Pics next post, I promise.

I have also been crocheting.  I had a couple of projects with deadlines.  The first one was a scarf for my youngest  DD.  She wanted to be able to use it before the end of this winter.

  

She wanted fringe on the ends but no matter how I attached the fringe, she didn't like it.  She opted to go with no fringe.  It's just a simple double crochet pattern using Lion Brand wool-ease yarn.  It's supposed to be right cold tomorrow so hopefully she will get good use of it.

My next finish is a baby afghan for a coworker who is expect her first child, a boy, in April.  Her shower is on March 6 so I met this deadline!

Now.....for my future plans:  get tax info to accountant by 3/1.  Scrapbooking weekend March 5-7.  Can't wait!  My oldest daughter is going on this one with me.  Her first weekend crop!!  Back to work on RHS.  Get back to quilting!  My oldest DD and I are going to a quilt festival Saturday.  I am looking forward to this.  Neither of us has ever been to a quilt festival.

I hope all is well in your part of the world.  Thanks for visiting!

RHS Progress Update

Hey Y'all!  It's been a while since I posted because I have spent every spare moment working on Red House Sampler.  It's also that time of year when I have a lot of bookkeeping work for my DH's business.
Here is a pic of my progress:

Take a close look at the bottom left of the house and you will see that I had a visit from the frogs last night!  First visit they have made to this project.  I hated to do it, I am so over this house and ready to move on to the rest of the project.  But it had to be done, I was one too wide on all four rows.

I've also started a baby afghan for a coworker who is expecting a baby boy in April. 

Back to work on the red house.  I hope you have a stitchy day!

My Latest Creative Endeavor

This is one of my purses. I just love Vera Bradley!! I currently have three favorite patterns and this is one of them, it's java blue. I just love the colors.

This is yarn.

This is my purse with the yarn. My next afghan was inspired by my purse. I was looking at it the other day and the thought occurred to me that it would make a cool afghan. Granny squares will be the only way to go with this. The teal yarn on the left doesn't look like it's in the purse but it is. Can't wait to get my first square made!! I have another inspiration I'll share later.

Last picture for this post:

My new niece. She's three weeks old now.

Today at work I tried to access my blog as I do from time to time and SMACK! all I got was "access denied". I am so bummed! The state is constantly identifying websites to block and now they have added any type of blog/social networking sites! I don't usually have time at work to bother with blogs but it still stinks.

Next post I'll share pictures of my current crochet project that I am about o finish up. Tata for now.

Thanks for your sweet comment Kathy! It's nice to be missed.

I'm trying to stay in the posting groove but I have a busy week/spring ahead of me. Gotta take DD shopping for an Easter dress tonight. Her birthday is next week and we're taking her and 3 or 4 friends to Busch Gardens on Saturday. Sunday is Easter. I want to do some Easter baking, but when?? Thursday night is DD's dance class. Now we can add softball to the agenda. Practice on Monday's and games on Friday's and Sunday's. Stamping group on Tuesday's. Too busy!!
Shopping for the Easter dress is an ordeal since we have to go 40 miles to get to the mall. There's only a Walmart and a Belk in my area and with last minute shopping, it's best to head to the mall. While I am there, I plan to run in Michael's and get yarn for my next 2 crochet projects. I can't wait to share those ideas with you!! I have visions for my next two/ten projects. Cross stitch is on the back burner for a little while. I have crochet fever again!
Got some news a while back from DD2.....she's expecting. She's going to come home from school at the end of the semester and finish her education closer to home. She's been wanting to come home from school for a long time now. She says she is miserable there. This is definitely unexpected but we will deal with it. It's in God's plan for her/us.
DD1 has cancelled her June wedding and her and fiance are broke up for good.
This is about all I can handle. I hope He agrees.