A Day in The Life.................

Oh grrrreat, you're thinking, but wait...........
I received another e-mail today about not writing a letter to put in with my Christmas card.
There's those (e-mails), and a few of Rays family have actually phoned!

I just sent a cousin here today.
Hey Crystal!

I'm down to one job and loving it.
I couldn't believe how much pressure stress of a relief it was after one week....of only going to 1 job!?

I go to work in the dark, very slowly, because I think from all the tracks on the road, that all the creatures in the forest have a block party while us humans are asleep!
And yesterday, a white (of course they're white...it's winter) rabbit zipped across in front of me!
Too fast to get a picture/ sorry!
I haven't seen a rabbit since we did the fencing!
But I digress!
I'm at work by 8:00 am.

I come home at 4:00 or 4:30 or 5:00 pm, ok, so not everything is worked out yet!
I haul everything in, mail, water, groceries etc.; change clothes, and dress up to go back out depending on how cold it is.
It was this cold this morning! With a windchill! And not much warmer when I came home!

I clean off the roof, because of the skylight.............and I'd like to know where the damn snow is coming from!

It was like summer last night, you know, when it's pouring rain and the sun is shining!

Well, it was snowing and the moon was out & I could see the stars!

 I go fill the outdoor wood furnace.

I haven't seen Ray for a week, well since Sunday, and he hasn't been filling it this week.

I don't mind; depending how cold it is, and how warm I keep the house, it takes a humungous wheelbarrel full daily. Here's a picture I took on the way home from work, all the smoke is from the furnace.

It has a fan, and when the thermostat calls for heat it kicks in.

Otherwise the fire just smolders.

I sometimes go check the cat food, they have 2 feeders, so it's not  a daily thing, and I check Shadows food and the water.

It's a heated water bowl, the cats drink there too.

I think they have to sneak up for a drink though, cause I've seen Shadow put the run on them!

I come in, get stuff ready for the next day, bake, do what housework I want need to do, read the mail, answer phone messages, etc.

Then I come to my craft room!

I e-mail, read blogs, make cards, scrapbook, etc.

When I made this room into a craft room, I had to promise to spend an hour a day in here, Monday to Friday, whether I wanted to or not.

You know, to justify having a WHOLE craft room!

And I love it too.

I don't have to put everything away when I'm working on stuff.

Before; I'd have to clean off the kitchen table, or clean up cause someone was coming to stay.

Now I can just shut the door!

And I'm wired....computer, phone, TV, DVD and VHS!

There you have it!

That's my routine on weekdays, and it doesn't change; unless I'm going out with the girls, going to stamp club, a party etc.

These next pictures came in the mail from one of Ray's sisters, and made me laugh out loud!

They're from a fishing trip this summer to Slave Lake.

This is Ray, he's winding new line on my fishing rod.

WHY!? You ask.

When we were fishing, everytime I caught a fish it busted my line!

The guys got sick of me saying how HUGE the fish must have been!

Actually it didn't take long for the captain of our boat to realize my line was rotten!

I'm on the other end holding the line on a nail or screwdriver or something so Ray can wind it on!

I doubt that I'm this comfortable about it though!

And here's the captain himself giving me a lesson in tying on my hook.

By the look on my face I'm getting a lecture while he's doing it,

so I'm probably thinking, 'yeah whatever, like I'm gonna remember that'!

There you have it.........I am working on stuff, I just can't show you, cause those people come here!
Talk to ya later, have a great weekend!

Ta ta for now!

I Should Be .............

Getting stuff ready for morning!

I've had quite the day!

Updated all the computer stuff at work yesterday, mangaed to save it even....twice, got there this morning, and couldn't open the program!
About twice a year I think that Simply Accounting really isn't all that SIMPLE!?

Hauled the computer to the computer store, and 1 & 1/2 hours later I was good to go......forgot to mention that there's more than one company on there.............oh well, next time I need a couple free hours.......

Came home today, cleaned off the roof, filled the wood furnace, came in, took my stuff off, and realized we needed a loaf of bread in here!
Seriously, did I think one was goin to run across the yard!?
My friend H was horrified when I put the freezer in a shed across the yard.
She said and I quote, "I whine if I have to go downstairs for something out of the freezer; and you're going to walk all the way across the yard!"
Got dressed back up, It's VERY COLD with the wind, and fetched a loaf of bread!

Yesterday this guy was napping by the driveway.

I screeched to a halt, ok it's winter, I slid to a halt, and took some pics before he escaped over the neighbors fence! He's not very big, so he's either a runt, or someone shot his mom.

I made the following card up last night.

What do ya think?!

A guy Valentine?

Cause I made it for K.

Hopefully he'll let me know when he starts reading this, and I won't post stuff til after he gets them!

It's an easel card. I made it 5" X 5".

As you can see, I'm a little out of practice with my Iris Folding!

I glue instead of tape (not so bulky), so I couldn't fix it without doing the whole thing again!

He'll never know!

I whipped up another card (iris folded), not a heart, tonight. That one I screwed up near the end, but I managed to fix it!

Can't show you that one, it's a birthday card and H actually reads this once in a while!

This is the stamp my mom gave me when we got together at the Family Rebellion this year.

I always try to remember to stamp every envelope!

I think she had to order it from somewhere!

I sent her on a mission next time she crosses the line. (Border)

She's looking for an ATC stamp for me.

I've been looking in Michaels, but you know how it goes.

When I'm on to making something else, they'll show up all over!

I stopped for coffee at the $ Store yesterday, and H told me that a guy that came in earlier was pretty excited. Bouncing off the walls!
S got my job at the OFH!
He's so excited. He'll be great, he's very outgoing, a real people person!
I congratulated him, and told him not to let me down!

Better go.

Ta ta for now!