Snow, Snow and then some more Snow.............

Hello, it's been a very busy couple of weeks. To say that I am really tired of winter and snow would be an understatement, lol. Since I last posted we have had about 24" of snow. Now I know that for some of you that is not alot but for my little corner of Michigan, it is. We don't normally get this much, in fact the last couple of winters have been really mild and before that we wouldn't get that much in two months time, let alone two weeks. Add to that the temps we have been having and it's not been a good two weeks to be outside, that is unless you like to play in snow or you are a child, lol.

On top of the yucky weather I have had issues with my furnace. I live out in the country, so my two choices for heat are propane or fuel oil heat and I have fuel oil. We had a tankful (250 gal.) delivered on Jan. 4th and on SuperBowl Sunday, I woke up to discover that I had no heat. Went outside to check things out and found a leak in the fuel line that had caused all the fuel that hadn't been used up till then to leak out. Since a tank usually lasts about 3 months, that was a lot of fuel to lose. After phoning a couple of places and remembering that it was SuperBowl Sunday, I gave up on the notion of getting it fixed that day and was going to just wait it out till Monday when my neighbor came down to move some of the snow for me so I could move my car around in the driveway. Thank goodness for helpful neighbors. When he heard about my problem, he went and got the tools and supplies to fix the line for me and then wrapped the pipes with new insulation, as the old insulation was full of fuel oil. I called my fuel man and he came out with some oil that day and I had heat again - boy did that feel good. I was glad to find out that not all men watch the SuperBowl and that some people are willing to give an extra effort to help some one in a time of need.

We are going to have to replace the furnace before next winter and the extra cost of another tank of fuel oil at $700 really hurt this close to having payed for the first one, but things did work out all right and my faith in people has been restored. Not everyone is only looking out for themselves, some are willing to help others when they need it without expecting anything in return - sort of makes you feel good and I'm really glad that I have neighbors like that.

I haven't really felt much like crafting sice I finished cleaning out the craft room but I have been sorting things out and did go through my patterns and match up some material with a few of them and hope to get started sewing again this week. I've also taken time to go through and clean up the pics of things that I've made in the last few years. I thought that I would share a few with you so that you could get a feel for what I can make.
Hope you have enjoyed these pictures of things have have done in the past - hope to have some new pictures of new things to share soon. Be sure to leave me a comment - I love to read them. Hope you have a great week and that it's not too cold and snowy where you are............

Hugs, Donna D.