almost march!

can it be? is this looooong winter nearly done?

tuesday will make it month since i did my swan dive into the porch post! somehow, it seems longer.... i am still wearing the ever-so-attractive, 7" zipper the surgeon had 2 remove and replace in my shoulder 2 weeks ago when i had the 2nd surgery. i will never be able to sew a metal zipper into any clothing again! (assuming that hand ever works again!)

got a wonderful 'pity call' from my friend marie the other day! what a nice surprise--& fun to hear of their upcoming spring trip!

so, monday is supposed to be the Day, when the staples come out! woo-hoo! :) then it's on to my baby steps therapy while we wait on the nerve to my hand to finish healing. it must be trying, bcause it hurts worse.... weird, huh?

okay, enough hunting 4 the letters all over the keyboard!

here's a link to our clever daughter's newly published knit sock pattern... http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/PATTskew.php

have a great weekend!

more snow

more?

yup--more. seems i smashed instead of just 'broke'. had surgery a week ago--& have to do more tomorrow morning! :( that's supposed to be all--then 8 - 10 weeks to heal & then a LOT of rehab! poor keith is learning 2 b the chief cook & bottle washer... 4 the first time in his life!

i tried to work on a quilt one day-- couldn't thread a needle! *sigh* so, crafting is out! thank goodness 4 the internet! :)

not going to b doing much blogging or crafting 4 a while. dislocated, and broke shoulder--plus stretching nerve that goes 2 hand. trussed up like T'giving turkey, waiting 4 surgery nxt Tues.

Winter blahs

Is it Spring, yet?

Okay, so it hasn't been a total bummer, but it's sure getting old!

Dawn and her snowman. One of the perks of being stuck here! :)

And then there was last week's reunion with a few old, good friends....


Keith is unemployed again--after all, it's January! (until midnite!) So he's underfoot, wreaking havoc, at times!

For instance, look what he did to my fancy 5th wheel!



All we need now is an old couch sitting out front.... We already have piles of firewood, lumber, and concrete blocks. Not to mention the RV hauler with lumber piled on it, a car on a dolly--abandoned here by a gypsy Marine, my mom's old car--packed for the next trip to SD and a one-ton truck & camper--waiting for a brake job! It's only an acre lot, after all!

So, I have my annual "fall down" out of the way for 2010, as of yesterday. On an errand of mercy to fetch Keith a sandwich--just a short hike from the antique shop to the convenience mart deli. My weak ankle found a spot I hadn't seen and folded into a hole--dumping me on the ground--just in time for the local cop to drive by and stop to offer assistance to the old, fat lady lying in the driveway.... *sigh* Hopefully, that was the last and only time that'll happen this year! :)

Taxes have been e-filed (YIPPEE!). That may be a 'record' for us! Now, to hang onto the refund until we get to SD in March--so we can finish up the shack! :)

Meanwhile, I'm awaiting the Groundhog's verdict....

Winter

Okay, enough of this super cold winter weather, now. It's all the way up to 7 right now. On the other hand, when I got up this morning, it was -19 in Kadoka, so maybe this isn't TOO bad.....

This RV remains a thorn in our frosty sides. We've discovered that they didn't bother with a silly thing like insulation in the fifth wheel extention in front--which is where the closet and 1/2 the bed are! Took my boxes of 'quilting stash' out the other day and discovered damp carpet and frosty walls near the floor! Boy did they see us coming, or what? Keith has already spent a week under the RV insulating the area under the fresh water tank and along the rest of the bottom--and installing a heat tape on the interior pipes. And have I mentioned the effect of extreme cold outdoors and heat indoors when the super-structure is made of aluminum? Aluminum transfers cold quite nicely--so all the walls radiate COLD! If only we hadn't paid the premium bucks for a 'supposed' 4-season rig.... *sigh* The mortgage is just now getting down to the 3-season prices, after 4 years!

That's this morning's rant. I've done it before, and I'll probably do it again..... Sorry. But we could have bought a decent house for what this thing cost us! All because it was supposed to be a 'top of the line' , year round 'home'. Yeah, year round in FLORIDA, maybe!

Ho, ho, ho

Well, we finally started our shopping today! No point in getting in a hurry, right? Granted,we only did the local Chinamart and the farm store, but it was a start! :D Had one of the snow/rain/snow/rain days. Not exactly a Christmas-y kind of day! But it was what it was! Finished off with coffee at the town's newest attraction--a coffee/antique shop. Great folks and a nice place to finish a day.... :)

Keith hasn't been officially laid off, but it looks like his job is over for the year. I'm keeping him busy, tho! The Honey-Do list has been growing for 6 months, after all. And then there's the RV fridge that died a month ago. We now have the new cooling coil and tomorrow the dis-assembling begins. From inside! Thank goodness, once it's apart, it goes outdoors for the bulk of the replacing and then we'll have an INDOOR refrigerator again! :)

And so it goes....