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Snow?! Huh?!
The kids reported to me this afternoon that it’s snowing outside. I checked the weather forecast, and they say we *may* even get some accumulation, although it will mainly affect grassy areas. STILL. IT’S SNOW! :-p Here I was, thinking I’d be able to shut off the heaters by now. Eek, we’re cranking ‘em up [...]
Continue reading...OH. NO.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
What the heck is this?!??! Sheesh! And I saw robins today, for the first time this season!!! Man! Come on, winter, end already! Nobody wants you around! Related Posts:Snow?! Huh?!Our Snow Fairy ChimneysLet It Snow, Let It Snow, PLEASE OH PLEASE Let It SnowMerry Christmas, Moms
Continue reading...Winter’s Walk Through the Neighborhood
Monday, February 7, 2011
The temperature rebounded into the teens over the weekend, so the kids and I enjoyed a brisk walk in the neighborhood. This is what Upstate New York looks like in February: gray and overcast, snowy, brown. We almost look forward to more snow because it whitens everything again and we don’t have to look at [...]
Continue reading...The Blizzard That Never Was
Thursday, February 3, 2011
I’ll always remember Christmas Day 2002 and February 2, 2011. Both were weather freaks. On December 25, 2002, local weather forecasters thought they saw a monster storm coming, but for some odd reason, predicted only a few inches. Well, maybe he should have said a few inches per hour, because when the snow started, it [...]
Continue reading...Our Snow Fairy Chimneys
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
We got more snow. Surprise! My daughter looked out our kitchen window one morning, and said, “We have fairy chimneys.” I peeked out the window and this is what I saw. The snowscape is so lovely and serene, isn’t it? The “fairy chimneys” of which my daughter referred are the Cappadocia Fairy Chimneys of Turkey. [...]
Continue reading...Merry Christmas, Moms
Sunday, May 9, 2010
*grooooooaaaaan* It’s snowing. It’s snowing hard. Big, sticky, wet flakes that drench everything. *sigh* Oh well, better than ice, I guess. Yesterday my garden looked like this… Today it looks like this! That’s Upstate New York for you. But darn it, I already packed the shovels and snow tires away, in preparation for the renovation. [...]
Continue reading...The Snow is Gone The Snow is Gone!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Almost all of it. If the photo above looks horribly gray and gloomy… that’s because Upstate New York has been horribly gray and gloomy! We were blessed with sunshine about a week ago, but I wasn’t able to enjoy it (was sick). But spring IS on the way, I know it is. Carole blogged about [...]
Continue reading...Just Try and Knock This Over, Buddy
Thursday, January 28, 2010
We haven’t had hardly ANY snow this year, but the snowplows have gone wild! There are three road signs along the front of my property, and two of them are fallen on the curb, the victims of the maniac snowplow driver. One of them (a “No Parking” sign) is horribly mangled, as if the snowplow [...]
Continue reading...The Snow Queen Goes Outside
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Well, the temperatures have warmed up to a balmy 32 degrees today! Practically myrtle beach weather here in Upstate NY! The icicles are melting, the ice dams are shortening, and The Little Princess is whining. She wants to go outside in te WORST way. Three weeks ago, I did a boo-boo and carried her outside [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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