The things I see

 Last week when I was driving to work I saw lots of cars stuck in snow. They either slid off the road or made a turn too sharp and ended up burying their front tires in the piles of snow.

The funniest (at least for me) sighting was when I was passing a parking lot. It had lots of snow piles from the parking lot being plowed. There in the middle of one pile was the front grill from a vehicle that must have driven right into it. I can only imagine how hard they must have hit it to have pulled the grill off. Either that or there had been an accident there and the grill was tossed into the snow pile to get it out of the way. 

I wanted to stop and take a picture but never had time before work and was thinking more about getting home after work. Instead I asked AI to create a picture for me.

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Celery

 You may recall that I was growing celery in a pot. It was doing so good until it started getting cold. I had to move it out of the kitchen window because it didn't seem to like how cold it was there. It sat on my kitchen counter for quite a while but kept getting in my way and I would have to move it. I finally got tired of moving it around all the time and moved it to my dining room table. 

As the saying goes "out of sight, out of mind" and this happened

I pulled off all those dead stems and had a little photo shoot with them.

Cold and dreary

 After the sunshine the day before, Friday Jan 30th felt a bit cold and dreary. 

Lets face it, when the snow piles up this much it's hard to see the bright side.

Then at 5:00 when I was driving home I saw that every cloud has a silver lining. Or so it appeared. I tried to get a picture but my windshield was very dirty and the picture didn't quite show it the way I saw it.

Fun at work

 They company I work for frequently does things to put a little fun in your day. They recently had a flash challenge where you were to make some paper snowflakes and submit a picture. If you participate you can earn points towards different things. 

I made a few snowflakes but they were a bit sad

I also made another gnome ornament. This time it's red because Cecilla from My Minds Eye put that idea in my head when I posted the other one.

Happy Ground Hogs Day

 I don't care whether that ground hog sees his shadow or not. I'm ready for spring now. The temps this week are going to be better than they were last week but still COLD.

Last Thursday It was super cold with negative temps. I left for work and was going to take my shoes but decided to take my slippers instead. Yes, I also have a blanket at work too. If you think this is bad, the other girl has an electric blanket that she uses. It's warm enough in our office but the blanket adds another layer of comfort on a cold day.

Even though it was cold, the sun was shining which made it feel just a bit better. I took some pictures through the window

We had another day that week that was nice and sunny all day long then an hour before it was time to leave it started snowing like crazy. I was stressing that whole hour about the drive home. It was all good though because the roads hadn't gotten too bad and the ride was uneventful.

Not every story has a happy ending

 Some stories just stick with you more than others. The story of Aimee is one of those.

This is a post I've been following on Facebook and it's not a happy one. If you don't want to cry, you may want to skip this post.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cp1j8nLHQ/

The only bright spot in this story is that the two people who were responsible for Aimee's neglect are in custody

Aimee didn’t get the ending she deserved, but she wasn’t alone at the end. The kind people at the Anna Shelter  showed up for her, fought for her, and made sure her suffering wasn’t ignored. If you have room in your life to support a rescue, foster, donate, or simply share their work, do it in her name. It’s one way to make sure her story leads somewhere better.

Facebook finds.

 This is a screenshot of a post I saw on Facebook

This is from the store where I used to work. I found so much wrong with this. Number one she keeps using the word "homemade". Years ago a health inspector told us we were not allowed to use that word. It had to be store made. Second, she's making all kinds of things from scratch which is not the least bit cost effective for an in store bakery. Apparently during the holiday season she had them making a wide variety of cookies all from scratch. Lastly the price got me. I'm cheap so maybe $20 is normal but it seems awfully expensive to me. 

I love the craft things I see on facebook. They don't annoy me like the above post. I thought this was totally adorable. I couldn't find any instructions but I'm thinking it would be pretty easy to figure out

There was also this one

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More felt ornaments.

 I'm currently working on felt snowman ornaments. I only had 2 done when I took the picture and I'm now up to 5 finished.

I made these years ago when I was doing craft shows and at that time I added glitter to them. I haven't decided if I'm going to do that this time or not. 

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Presley's birthday party.

 They didn't play pin the tail on the donkey. They did pin the eyelashes on the princess

Time to sing

I loved her expression when she saw the lipstick box

She seemed to like everything I put in the bag

How long till Spring

 I'm digging for blog material so I'm taking what I can can get right now. Friday morning I took screen shots of my phone to show you the kind of weather we're getting right now.

1 degree is cold enough but the next day was even worse.

And the 7 day forecast

I feel like this cold and snow is never going to end.