Week 2 of January 2011

it seems that 2 out of 3 days this week Lyle has spent shoveling snow...the problem is not so much the shoveling but where to put the snow...we have more snow already this year than we had all last year....the entire town is piled high with snow...the problem is where to put the snow Lyle is pushing it over into the hedge....the other problem with the weather these days is no sunshine...(making for a lot of crabby folk to say the least)......

this week Lyle had a birthday....we went up to Yorkton and had brunch Sunday with our daughter and family...Lyle was quite a taken back by the balloons and banner that the grandchildren hung not to mention his present from them...although it was a cold day it was a GOOD day .........

this is one project that I finished up this week...friends of ours are having a new baby in March so I decided to make their 2 little ones monkies and 1 for the new baby and for Dad and Mom I made socks...I think they will like them....

this is my other project I finished up this week...I made these thrummed mittens for Lyle when he is outside shoveling snow...thrummed mittens are knitted adding bits of wool so the mitten becomes quite bulky until it is worn a bit and then the wool inside begins to felt...each whit stitch has a bit of wool knitted into stitch......they are very warm...was something I wanted to try and now have a second pair on the go for my daughter and requests for 3 more pairs......

the seed catalogues are starting to arrive...in fact I got 2 different ones this week....I always enjoy getting them to see what is new .....it reminds one of the fact that soon it will be warmer and spring will be along soon..........

this week has been a real January week...snow and cold temperatures with very little sunshine....the GOOD thing is that we have not had a lot of wind thankfully....we have had a busy week been out for supper twice to celebrate birthday....seems everyone is coping by staying warm and busy doing whatever it is we do reading knitting puzzles and such....

my crazy Maizy bird has laid 2 more eggs giving her 4 eggs apparently she will likely lay 5 eggs and then quit(I sure hope so)...we have been working with the birds to get them to mimic us..the male will do a cat whistle and they both do a warbling sound when we warble to them...they get real wound up when they hear lively music and prance back and forth on their perches chirpping like crazy....
the dogs have not been to impressed with the weather as it puts a damper on their runs...we only run then for 10-20 minutes when it is cold and they are used to 30-45 minutes and they are still not to sure what to make of the birds....I think they wonder why we allow them to stay indoors when they are so noisy.....


both Lyle and I have managed to avoid flus and colds so feel fortunate....as many are suffering with the like....aside from my regular aches and pains I have been quite well so far...needle days are not so GOOD but such is life......week 2 is come and gone and life is GOOOOD!!!!!!!!