Steve's Countdown and Dog Transport

Steve is down to the final seven days before retirement!~  Next Tuesday the 20th should be his last day. His official retirement date is Dec. 30 but he is burning up vacation days before that to use them up. Last night he grabbed a clip board and some paper and a pen. He started making his OWN list of projects he would like to get accomplished around the house. This is no way a Honey Do list, because he is the one making it for himself. I take no blame.

I am trying to feel better with this danged cold. I did a bunch of sewing today... and was finishing up the two more rows of 10 inch blocks on a quilt. I had it all rolled up and clamped to my frame to sew the fancy swirly stitches on just the two last sections of blocks (one row on each side)  when I ran out of thread!   OH MY....

Normally this wouldn't be a problem.  But the thread is variegated with four or five particular colors. It's not like I can just grab a spool of single color thread to finish it up. I didn't buy it, it was in a gift box of threads from a friend. I have no idea the brand.  The nearest quilt shop who might have something close is 22 miles away.  I debated driving 44 miles round trip today to just get a spool of thread....  geeesh....  but then I got a message that the Wisconsin Sheltie Rescue needed someone to transport 2 dogs in the morning to the vet to get spay/neuter visits prior to adoption.  And the quilt shop happens to be on the way!  hahaha   So it will be a double duty task here, one for helping the rescue dogs and one for me!

Steve took the car over to the gas station tonight after supper and filled up for me so I didn't have to do it in the cold frigid morning.  What a sweet man!  As it is, the temps are dropping fast out there, now it's about 12 or so degrees. Later on in the week it will be well below zero and wind chills in minus 20 to minus 30 range!  brrrrrrrrrrr

We did get a bunch of snow on Sat-Sun.  The world looks much softer and prettier with snow. I stayed inside and took pics out through the windows.

The flakes kept floating down on Sunday,

all day long. 

It looked so wonderful out there.

The dogs think so too! 

Romping and playing in the newfallen snow,

with flakes sticking to their fur. 

They soon tired of the snow play 

and wanted to come back in to warm up.

Me too!