Random Friday Early

It's really raining hard here today. It started last night and has kept it going all day. I am not happy about this. I like the snow, especially in February. Rain is for April when we all want the snow to be gone, not February. It seems like it happens so many years that a few days before February vacation it rains and ruins the skiing, snowmobiling and tubing. So many of our small ski areas depend on February vacation to end their season in the black. Guess it's not going to be so this year, AGAIN.

The painters are still here but making good progress. Unfortunately for me they are going north for Feb. vacation so my painting will have to wait but it's way more important for them to spend time with their kids having fun in the snow. Yes, they will still have plenty of snow up north and in the western parts of Maine in the mountains. This is a snow maker for them today, no rain.

I have been on a cleaning binge. With the painters working downstairs I have been working upstairs to keep our of their way. It amazes me how much stuff we can accumulate. I have been going through cupboards, nightstand drawers, shelves and the closets in the two guest rooms. I found some mail from 1970! Good grief, why did I hang onto that?

I have been working on our bedroom too. I purged my closet back a few weeks ago and now am going through other stuff and there will be more going tomorrow when I get over into Hubby's side of the room!

This is a quilt I made a few years ago. As you can see by the room and the quilt I was going through my lavender/purple stage. This quilt pattern is called Card Trick.

The woman that helps me with some of the heavy work was here on Tuesday and we tackled the basement under my parents apartment. They have two shelves and I have the whole rest of the basement! That doesn't sound quite right does it? I have those plastic bins for all of my Christmas stuff which is A LOT. I try to weed it out but hate to part with much in that department. We worked for two hours and did get rid of a lot of stuff, some to throw away, some to give away, some to take to Salvation Army and some things she took home for her granddaughter. I didn't care where it went as long as it went out of this house! We got about 3/4 done and will go at it again next week.

Of course when you go through things you always find some treasures that either you had forgotten about or didn't know where they were. I came across some pictures of Buddy when he was about 12 years old. Funsize was riding Lil' Bud who would have been about 7 or 8 years old. We had taken her brother to ride in the flying saucer behind Buddy out in the pasture. Look how dark Buddy's neck was back then! I had on enough clothes for six people, didn't have hot flashes back then to keep me warm!

Also found this picture of my son at one of the quarter horse shows, The Northeast HorseArama. I think he was about 9 or 10 then. This was the age where he lost interest and stopped showing. I think this was the last show he ever went in. He started at age 3, I think I have posted some of those pictures.

Also found some pictures of our ferrets, well at least two of them. Here is Tinkerbell and Mel, Pixie came along about a year later. They were so much fun, we just loved them. They call ferrets 'kittens that never grow up' meaning they always stay playful even into old age. We had them for 8 years until they passed away, that is about the average lifespan of a ferret. They can be imps getting into everything. One day they took all my bras out of my top drawer and put them in the bottom drawer. Go figure?

I used to keep them barricaded in the kitchen when they were out of their cage as we were still working on potty training. One day I could NOT find them, thought they must have climbed over the gate and were in the house somewhere. Finally I started looking in the cupboards and guess where they were?????? In the lasagna pan!!! I took a picture and scooted them out of there, washed all the pans and fixed the door so they couldn't get back in there!!!! They thought that was a great place to snooze..........


I guess this is enough of randomness today. All this rain we are getting is going to turn to ice tonight as the temps are supposed to drop quite a bit. I have a computer class in the morning and then plan on going to the stable so hope the roads are okay. Have a good weekend everyone! :o) Happy Valentines Day!