White Outside, Purple Inside

We've had a lot of snow last week, and over the weekend.  The neighborhood, the highway, and the town is filled with white, and at one point, the snow flakes kept falling for two days.

I've learned many things since I moved to the mountains two years ago.  Stocking up on food and essentials before a snow storm is one of them.  I learned that quickly when I had to borrow coffee filters from my neighbor.  Another thing I learned.....my neighbor, Lisa, kept telling me to back up my car when coming into my side driveway.  I always wondered why she said to do this.  Now, I know.

I've been gathering twigs and small branches from my yard and putting them in a pile to haul away.  The squirrels seem to break them when mischievously climbing the tall pines.

I hope my neighbor's bush makes it through the Winter's snow and cold.

I know many are tired of Winter, but I never tire looking out my window and seeing all the white.

They cut down a tree in my front yard, as it was old.  It was interesting to watch how they do this, with ropes, and a section at a time, until there is just a stump left.  They were cut into 4 foot logs, and my neighbor offered to take them.

While it has been white outside, it is Purple inside with a few Easter decorations I put up last week.

I bought some purple ornaments from the home shop in town, and I must get a few more, as they are so pretty.  I've had the white rose dish for a long time.

And speaking of Purple.....I wanted to show you the fabulous cake Nel made for her sister-in-law's 40th.

We can get snow up until April, and even though it's still Winter, I washed all my Spring cups, and ready to go.

That's about it for this week.  I'll leave you with a picture of Cleo, and what she's up to lately.

~Sheri 

A Day Of Shopping

Last week, me and my son and brother-in-law got off the mountain and took a drive to the city for the day.  It was a day of shopping, lunch, exploring, and fun.  The drive was nice this time for me, as my brother-in-law drove, and I was able to take pictures of the scenery, even from the inside of his truck.

A little further down the highway, we could see the Trinity Alps in the distance.  I didn't realize how high the Trinity Alps were, with an elevation of 9,001 ft.  They say that it's a spectacular, rugged, and wild terrain. 

We got into the city, and we went to all the main shops.  I remember having all these shops close by in my old town, but here in the mountains, we don't have nearly as much shopping, so I was very excited.  Our first stop was my favorite, Target.  I bought the grandgirls a little something and will give it to them when I visit soon.

While me and my son went inside Target and looked around, my brother-in-law went to the grocery store for a few things he needed.  He ended up buying me a bunch of groceries too.

The next stop was the Mall.  It wasn't too crowded, and it was a delight to go into See's Candies and pick out all my favorite pieces.  I found a coffee cup at the mall, and it reminded me of my Polish cup that broke, and I never replaced it.

The next stop was Kohl's, and I bought a mint green sweater.  They have all the Winter sales going on, but we still have a couple months of cold weather, so I was glad to find something soft and warm to wear for awhile.

It was time for lunch, and we went to a Wood Fired Pizza place.  Since it is the beginning of the Lent season, I couldn't eat meat that day, so I got a personal veggie pizza with a Greek salad.  Everything was so good.

The highlight of my day was coming out of the pizza place and seeing a red rose petal right next to my brother-in-law's truck along the curb.

Well, we were just about to leave and head back, when I saw it - the best craft store around, so, of course, I had to stop there first.  It's been so long since I've been inside a Michaels store, and I didn't buy anything, but it was sure fun looking.  World Market was right next to it, so we went in there as well.

We brought home a lot of goodies from our shopping day, but it seemed like mine were mostly foods haha.

It was the best day, and I'm grateful to my brother-in-law for driving us there.  I want to do that more often, as we aren't too far from the city.  When we were driving home, we noticed the snowflakes were starting to fall.   And the next day, we were hit with a pretty big snow.

Today and tomorrow we are in for a big snow also, and they say it will be blizzard conditions, oh my.

~Sheri  

Wordless Wednesday

Here in blog land, we have something called "Wordless Wednesday."  I've always wanted to participate, but never have.  We're supposed to share a photo with no words, and from what I've seen on other blogs, they are unusual and wonderful photos, and just different.  So from time to time, I will be doing a Wordless Wednesday.  I'm saying a few words here for the first time, but in the future, I will just post a picture.

~Sheri 

Ridiculous Rules

It was a really bad day.  I had missed a scheduled dental appt., and I called to cancel, but was supposed to call 24 hours prior, so before I could make another appt., I had to do what was called a "stand by," which means that I had to come in for four hours early in the morning or later in the afternoon, just sit there, and not be seen that day.  I told them I didn't call 24 hrs. before, cause there was something that came up last minute that I had to take care of.  She apologized, but I had to do the hours anyways.  This isn't just a dental office - the doctor's office is connected, and there are people coming and going all day.  But I was relieved that this particular day wasn't too busy.  So, for four hours, I sat there impatiently waiting.  Thankfully, I had a National Geographic magazine that my blog friend, Mariette, sent me.....good reading material.  When I was ready to go, I asked her for a receipt showing I did the hours, and she said they don't print out receipts, but they do log it in the computer.  I said, "then I need a note saying I fulfilled the hours.  I'm not doing this again."  So she gave me one.  Oh, mankind, and his/her attempt to try to make things better, but often only make things worse.  When I'm consumed with the shallowness of others, I have to retreat to nature and become balanced again.

And I need color in my life!

And Chinese food at least once a month. ; )

There is a restaurant in town that has a few paintings on the outside of the building.  I think the artist is talented, and did a nice job on them.

Remember Mia's cat, Felix?  Well, they soon discovered that he was a girl.  They wanted to keep the name Felix, but decided to change it to Cleo.  She is settling in, and Mia just loves her.

~Sheri