All the Snow

Is anyone missing their snow where they are? I think it all ended up here. You can have it back any time now.

Over the past two days, we have gotten around 14" of snow at our place, and with drifting it's made for some pretty big mounds. We have dug ourselves out and the city roads are now navigable, so we are back at shipping your yarn to you, as of today. We have a lot of orders piled up since the last time we were able to make it to the shop on Tuesday, so please bear with us as we do our best to get all your lovely Oooh La La Hat Sets and Sock Sets shipped out to you. We like to get your orders shipped out within a day, but ol' Mother Nature had her own agenda.

Opal Memories color 11004 (we got a second shipment so we have all the colors back in stock)

My kids are on day three of school being canceled, and usually this is about the time when I start getting anxious about not getting enough work done. But like the rest of the city, I actually stayed in and did not work. It was a much needed, forced break for me. I spent most of it knitting and cooking. In a matter of a couple days I nearly finished this lovely sock (and the drink next to it, of course) and make chicken enchiladas, vegetable beef soup, homemade buns for sliders, a double batch of drop biscuits for morning egg sandwiches, brownies, several salads, pasta, lots of sandwiches and hot cocoa for the kids and their sledding friends.... you'd think all we did was eat over the past few days! But it was really nice to enjoy these past few days with the kids and cook a lot. It was a good reset.

Henry gets in on the cooking too.

What do you find yourself doing when you're snowed in? Cleaning and organizing? Cooking? Knitting? Catching up on a show? I was thinking of doing a puzzle this weekend or completing one of the paint by number kits I bought when we were all home during the pandemic nearly two years ago. We'll see.

Comments

[Diane]

Yesterday I knit on a shawl with some sock club yarn, read, made beef stew and chocolate chip cookies, kept the bird feeders full and of course, cleared snow.

[SuEllyn]

I'm so happy to see your son cooking! Not only is it a great family time, but this is a life skill so many kids just don't have. You go Henry!!
I was lucky enough to knit and cook yesterday. We dug out this morning. (your neighbor in Roanoke, IN)

[Diane]

Oh, goodness, I wish we lived in Roanoke, IN instead of Roanoke, VA - we’ll take your snow anytime!! We’ve been lamenting that we’ve had 2 gloomy, very rainy days and we keep saying, “If only this was snow!” But it has been too warm here the last few days, and although it will get cold tonight, the rain will be gone!

[Nancy]

Animals come first here. Then we have to be sure the drives are clear, water lines don’t freeze, etc. last night a computer monitor acted flakey. No clue why it is always seems to be more in the cold and snow.. During the day I was lucky enough to crochet. And rip out and crochet again

[Elizabeth]

Glad you took a break. Sounds like time well spent.

Spent the time reading and knitting (so the usual).

[Jessica]

I was able to work from home for my full-time job on Thursday and Friday, which is when Columbus, OH got hit hard by the snow. We still have a level 2 snow emergency, which means you shouldn't go out unless necessary.

So I stayed home and worked. My kids had a planned day off school Wednesday, then calamity days Thursday and Friday.

I did have some extra crocheting and knitting time since I didn't have to drive to work and back each day. I did some cooking and baking, too.

I'm glad you stayed home and safe and warm, and I'm excited to get my order!

[Donna T]

The snow doesn’t make things much different for me since I’m retired. We got just about 9-10” because the storm shifted a bit south & missed most of the Chicago area for the 2nd day. All the cooking will be good practice for when you have a couple of teens in a few years. My daughter had 3 teens (one of them turned 20 a few months ago) & it was almost impossible to keep food in the house. A few months ago she bought 24 large homemade tamales from a neighbor. When they were delivered, she brought them in, put them away, & went to feed the cats & dog. When she went to get one to eat, they were all gone! But she did teach the boys how to cook which eased the cooking burden for her but not the food bill! One of them is really good. I’m not sure about my granddaughter; she didn’t seem very interested last time we saw them at Christmas 2019. We’re hoping there’s a break in Covid so we can go visit this spring.

[Carol]

Snowed in? Never had the pleasure! ;-)