so much SNOW

Okay, it seems like the snow this winter is never going to go away. Saturday is March and I have a feeling this white stuff will be around for most of March as well. We live on a dead end street so all of the snow is pushed to the end of the block and we have massed a pretty large pile of snow. We got more snow last night so today they came through and ran a path through the middle of the giant mountain in front of our house. I had the boys all go out and stand in the path so that you can get a feeling for just how tall and deep this snow pile has begun. They have all enjoyed playing on the "mountain" so I guess it isn't all bad. I am a little nervous to think about where all of this snow/water will want to go when it starts to warm up!

Valentine's Day.....not what I expected.....

I haven't really felt good all week, but just assumed it was a common cold. I stayed home from work on Tuesday and felt well enough yesterday to work all day. This morning I felt pretty run down again so I stayed home and decided I should go see the doctor. So, they did a great little test that invovled sticking a q-tip up my nose to collect some snot (no better way to put it) and from that little test they were able to determine that I have influenza A. My doctor said I am only the second case of this that she has seen in someone who had the flu shot! Yes, I had the flu shot and still have the FLU!!! So, I am now waiting for the pharmacy to drop off a big barrell of tamiflu for the entire family. She said that since I have it we will treat everyone and hopefully they won't get it. They all had the shot to so I am hopeful with the shot and the medicine that I will be the only one who gets this, it is pretty miserable. It is like a really nasty cold with no energy and my entire body aches. Yes, I did say that my pharmacy will be delivering our meds. Isn't that great? One of my friends has recently opened a pharmacy in a neighboring town and she wants to keep her customers from when she worked here in Marengo so she offers free delivery....gotta love that. Our pharmacist here in town is not a friendly person and you have to wait forever to get your prescription filled, so I am more then happy to not have to go there, thank you Beth!!
So back to today. Yes, it will be a quiet evening at home. We don't typically do anything to celebrate and I actually had a hair appointment tonight so I am really bummed to be missing that (ladies you know how that is, missing a hair appointment is a big deal!)

See my published work

Well, it is finally February, so you can go to the following link and find my project in the e-magazine Scrapstreet.

http://www.scrapstreet.com/mag08/y308feb/features/loving3.htm

I made this sign in December as a gift to my grandmother for Christmas. Her favorite color is purple and she loves spring. She had recently moved to an assisted living program and most of the residents had items hanging on their doors, so I thought this would be perfect for her. I gave this to her at our family Christmas on December 29th and she loved it. That Monday my grandmother became ill and on January 3rd she passed away. When I found out that this item was selected to be published in this magazine I was so touched. My grandmother loved all of the cards and other items I would make for her over the years and I found out at her funeral how she would "show off" my cards to all of her friends. I have a feeling that grandma had her hand in helping me have my first project recognized by someone other then her!!!