Let it Snow, and Snow, and Snow and ........

We've been in the middle of a blizzard for the last 2 days, and while it's supposed to clear out today, it's not showing any signs of doing so yet. We have at least 26 inches on the ground, with more coming. At least the wind has died down, but it's still snowing, and snowing, and snowing.

A lot of my neighbors are from Mexico, and they are out taking pictures to send to relatives and playing in the snow. My next door neighbor was kind enough to shovel my walk so I can get out to try and find the car.

My roommate is snowed in at work again for the second day. Even if I get the car dug out today, there's too much snow on the streets to drive a regular car without getting it hung up on the drifts. They're only wanting the snow plows, and anyone with at least a 4 wheel drive and preferably a hummer to try and drive today. I called her and told her I'd try and come to get her tomorrow. She's a home health care aid, so at least she's somewhere warm and has food.

My cats have been sitting in the windows watching it snow and are totally amazed. They don't go outside, but they sure like watching! The next door neighbor's dog is totally thrilled to be out in the snow "helping" with the shoveling. The snow is taller than he is and he's running and jumping into the drifts and having a ball! The cats enjoy watching him do that too.

At least this year we'll have a white Christmas. There's no way all this snow will be gone by then, and we're supposed to get more on Saturday. (Today is Thursday.) After that, however, we're finally supposed to get some sun!

Having the down time, (since I can't go anywhere anyway!) has been rather enjoyable. I can't get to any of the places I'm supposed to sell, so I've been working on some new designs, finishing some orders, and making the rosaries for the Confirmation kids of the Hispanic community of our parish, and the ones form my RICA class. All in all, it's been rather nice! There's something to be said for the whole city (and most of the state) shutting down and no one being able to go anywhere! At least this time I've got both food and heat. For the last blizzard, the food was OK, but we were without heat for 4 days! This one is almost fun by comparison!

Merry Chirstmas everyone! Stay warm, and enjoy your families.

"Tis the Season!

One way or another, this time of year seems to get very hectic! While it's just a little over 2 weeks to Christmas, it seems like there is at least 4 weeks of things to get done.!


I've been working on a new way of making jewelry. I love the look of filigree, but since I'm not allowed to solder, I had to come up with another way of making it look as much like it as possible.

I decided to try wiring the elements together and see if I could achieve the same sort of look, but with maybe my twist on it. Here's the result. I think it came out pretty well, and I'm going to work on some other designs to see what I can do with this method. Hope you enjoy it. I'm working on earrings to match right now.

The chain on this is handcrafted with 20 gauge argentium silver wire and is a double chain on both sides.

Well, back to work! Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think!