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    T Tuesday: wonderful week edition

    Last week was awesome! Busy but awesome. I’ve been continuing to do pour painting when ever I have the chance. I did get my step by step process written and posted. You can check that out in the previous postacrylic pour walk through

    The kids had their Spring concert Thursday.

    It’s the second to the last for J. The next one will be sad for me. He’s been in choir since the 4th grade. He plans to sing in college but I won’t be necessarily seeing those performances. His choir sang such a cool song with movement. I wish I had know so I could have recorded it.

    This is the video that they learned the movements to the song from.

    I must say that our choir with the kids in the robes looked much cooler when their arms were swinging to the music.

    The weather has been amazing…so beautiful on Saturday that the neighbor had the first bonfire of the year on St. Patrick’s Day.  Some adult beverages were consumed. One neighbor even put green food coloring in his beer to be super festive. 

    As the sun began to shade the driveway and get chilly even with the fire the decision was made to move the party across the street to a sunny spot. Yep…portable fire. Us Minnesotans are dedicated to being outdoors!!

    The week wouldn’t wouldn’t be complete with my photo challenge update.

    10. Savory…. sausage dip tastes so much better than it looks.

    11. Iconic

    12. Pastel

    13. Ha!

    14. Clouds

    15. Blue & White

    It’s off to work for me. Three days left before Spring Break!!!!

    What are you doing today?

     

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    T Tuesday: snow day edition

    I am super late getting this posted. Yesterday was a scheduled day off for school although it’s highly likely that school would have been released early due to the blizzard that rolled through.  On the bright side…Mini-me took her knowledge test and got her learners permit yesterday. I let her drive a bit in a parking lot on our way home. It was crazy slippery already at 11am.

    (fyi…this will be a photo heavy post)

    Lets back up a bit….last week I was super excited about the Vikings playing for a spot in the Super Bowl. Yep…they lost. By a lot. It was almost as if they didn’t show up. Don’t get me wrong…I’m still a fan. Always a fan but I’m not going to lie it was disappointing.

    Me circa 1976 sporting a Vikings Fan club button.

    The game was so stressful to watch that I kept myself busy knitting Little Hats for Big Hearts

    When I switched to crochet the pattern got away from me. Not really sure what this might end up as…certainly not a hat.

    I’ve continued with the January photo challenge…this month is going really well and a fun challenge to think outside the box at times.

    13) floral

    14) faceless portrait….faceless portrait of a Vikings fan

    15) new….my new Vikings shirt

    16) wall….local tribute to Prince

    17) thoughtful

    18) cool

    19) paper….embarrassed to say only part of my collection

    20) reflection

    21) day off

    22) scenic…out for a drive at the start of the blizzard

    Last night we waited and waited and waited for the plow to go through so we could clear the driveway. The snow just kept coming getting deeper and deeper. Finally we heard it come barreling down the street at about 8:30. The four of us suited up and began to dig out.

    Fast forward to this morning…I get the call that school is delayed by 2 hours! Hooray! In the meantime Mr. G leaves for work.  Then I get an email to district staff telling us that school is now closed for the day. The kids were screaming for joy and passing the news along to their friends since the automated call had not come through yet. The joy was lost a bit when they realized the chore we still had in front of us….moving a ton more snow.

    The drifting sure looks pretty but makes crazy mounds of snow in other places.

    My garden is in the deep snow.

    The kids worked hard shoveling while I pulled the drifted snow off the roof.

    The struggle was real. We got a foot (30 mm) of snow in total that drifted in crazy ways.

    Since we were all tired and hungry I took the kids to breakfast. I had buckwheat pancakes. They were so good!! I was so hungry I almost forgot to snap my photo for T stands for Tuesday!

    What are you doing today?
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    T Tuesday: end of gardening season edition

    Over the weekend we had the last of the super hot and humid days. People who aren’t from Minnesota think that we couldn’t possibly have tropical dew points like our far southern states…well they are wrong. I’m assuming its due to all the lakes..the sheer amount of water around. I could be totally wrong but that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.

    As some cloud cover rolled in I decided it was time to pull up the garden or perhaps I should say what was left of it after the critters had chewed their way through it. I didn’t bother taking any after photos as it’s pretty much just dirt and some fallen leaves now.

    Over the weekend while enjoying the comfort of the air conditioning we watched or I should say re-watched a couple movies. Some laid back family time was definitely in order.

    I actually did a bit of sewing over the weekend too but was totally unhappy with the results. I wanted to make a little pouch to hold my hand-sanitizer that would attach to my lanyard. I’ve already gotten one cold from all the germs. Anyway…I didn’t love my result so Mini-me found a store bought one in her room for me to use. Perfect.

    Slowly I am finding time for more things in life. I think I just had to get over my old way of thinking and re-prioritize.

    I’ve been thinking about trying some new things with my blog…stay tuned!

    What are you doing today?