2025 a random year in review part 1

 I'm going to randomly choose moments from each month of 2025. I'll only do half the year today and then the other half tomorrow.

January brought the end of an erra with the store I worked at for 28 years closing and my bakery manager job coming to an end.

February I was settling in to unemployment and making a lot of things to pass the time

March was my birthday month and I spent a lot of time sewing. The best day though was having Presley come spend the day with me

April I was still moving right along with the sewing but this was the month that Gibbs got to get rid of his shaggyness and visited the groomer

May was full of spring flowers, more sewing and a fun day out with Amanda that started with breakfast

June was the big yard sale. It was so nice to get rid of things and a relief that I actually sold a lot

Come back tomorrow for the second half of the year

Let it snow

 Someone around here must have sang a few too many choruses of that song because we got blasted again with a lake effect snow storm. 

December 30th was a rough ride home from work. Nothing I haven't driven in before though. While I wasn't slipping around or spinning my wheels, it was very slow going.

I woke up Wednesday morning and had to push the snow with the door to let Gibbs out. He didn't want to go out the door though since the snow was up to his back. I had to squeeze through to shovel a spot for him.

Then I went out the front to shovel the sidewalk and clean off the car. Afterwards, I realized I wasn't going to get out the driveway. I went back inside and sent the text messages to call off. I didn't want to do it since that meant losing holiday pay for New Years day but there was no way I was getting through the end of my driveway.

Shortly before noon the lawn guy showed up to plow. Check out the pile of snow at the end of my driveway

The next day was New Years day so I didn't have to go out at all. Good thing because we got blasted again with even more snow. Thankfully shortly before noon the lawn guy plowed again. The pile of snow is growing

Friday morning it was still snowing like crazy but we didn't get a whole lot more overnight. I was able to get out the driveway so I made the very slow and careful drive to work. It finally stopped snowing after I got there and the ride home that night was very uneventful.

How to kill a snowman

 I'm guessing that most of you would think that the easiest way is with heat. Gibbs has his own technique though

My gifts

 I promise I will eventually get past all the Christmas and New Years posts but for now I'm using what I've got for material.

Today I'll post the gifts I got. First up and no surprise is the snowmen. The one on the left is from Amanda and Rob and the one on the Right is from Brad and his family

Also no surprise was the new additions for the village. Amanda said that the two bigger ones were ones that Rob spotted at a yard sale and picked out. The village will continue to grow after all

It's kind of tradition that everyone gets some Bath and Body Works foaming hand soap from Amanda

Acrylic paint markers from Wade's son and his wife and coffee and a mug from Brad and his family

Last but not least is a sweater, a fleece top and warm cozy pajamas