Squirt International Hockey

Today starts the Squirt International Hockey Tournaments here in Fargo/Moorhead.
There will be teams from all over the US and Canada.....
Jeff is one of the coaches for the Fargo Flyers Gold team.

This event brings about 125 hockey teams of 9 and 10 year old kids....their coaches and their families. This will bring in about 2,000 people to the area this weekend.

It is starting tonight !...........so it will be HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY.....all weekend.

I attended a few of these when my grandsons were Squirts. It was fun to watch all the games and see all the kids......they even do "pin trading" like they do in Disney World....HOCKEY PINS are a big deal to trade and collect...(I even have a few)

So that keep Jeff busy this weekend.... think I will be something else.....wonder what that will be ?

It's such a pretty day today ...........look at the sun shine!

We had another hit of winter yesterday..........but today is so pretty and sunny...the sun just sparkles on the NEW 6.5 inches of snow we got !......LOL
Rollie is enjoying laying on the deck in the sun. Gus would just as soon lay on the rug......in the house. You see the NEW snow in the back yard........well......the only good thing about it ...is the yard is nice and white - if you know what I mean.
Today is a "home day" for me........ I am doing house stuff.....going through emails.....catching up on the blogs I read......sewing......and getting my wool ready for wool class tonight.

I hope your day is going well where ever you are.........

Happy Valentine's Day.............

Happy Valentine's Day !!!

Off to work...........but just wanted to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day ! I hope you all have a sweetheart to share some special time with today.

I think of my parents on Valentine's Day......they were married on this day in 1942..... they spent only 5 weeks together and then my dad left for 3 years - that was World War II for those of you young ones who don't remember. My dad brought home a dozen red roses every year for their anniversary.

Have a great day !! Still melting here.......but I hear a bit more of winter is brewing for the end of the week.....maybe it will miss us.

It's Melting.........................

It
It's melting !!!
This is the snow on our shed roof......this side faces north..... and with the warm weather yesterday it is sliding down.....I am watching it now and waiting for it to fall.....it has slipped a bit more since I took this picture this morning.

hanging on.....................

This is the south side of the shed.......that snow slid off a few days ago ! Our temp just went to 40 !!.....Yes, that is above zero !! But the bad news is.....along with these warmer temps our wind is going to blow......up to 40 mph this afternoon and evening...so that is the down side.

Anyway......as you see......just the slightest sign of SPRING gets us excited up here in the north... I have to start using my tanning cream....on my white winter legs.......because the day it hits 55...I am breaking out the capri's and sandals !!.....

Finally Friday !

It is finally Friday ! Yeah ! Off to the quilt shop today.....to see what I have missed the last couple days. Maybe there is NEW fabric !

I have my weekend planned with working and sewing......have a million things I want to sew !

Going to be a bit warmer today ! Maybe I can work on the driveway and get some ice off the driveway this weekend.

Have a wonderful weekend !

Sunny but still cold

Today was sunny but still cold...... I had a long list of errands to run......so just needed to get them ALL done ! Had a nice lunch and then home to get back to work !

I have been going through emails.......and sewing........and going through stuff......... and still have many things on my "to do" list.

What do you have on your ......"get done before spring" list ?

The weather man is saying that we will be in the 30's this weekend - well, I am not going to get my hopes up...we will see what happens. Would be nice to work on the snow/ice in the driveway.

It is the middle of February and they are talking about spring flooding here in the valley. We sure don't want to go through that again.......we are pretty well prepared here in our little town, but all the stress of flood preparations and then fighting the flood really takes a toll on many, many people in our area. Homes, businesses, roads, fields........so many things are impacted by the spring flooding.

Just want spring to come.....just want to enjoy the warmer air and warm sun and watch the plants and flowers come alive again.

Happy February !

Well friends - I have to puff out my chest and show off my first big quilt that is finished and hanging in the quilt shop where I work !!..... I am so excited !! I love how it turned out.
This is a quilt made with the "Twister Tool" - the large size....it is fun and quick to make large quilt blocks. ok...that is my sales pitch ! LOL

Here you can see the "prairie points" that I put in the bottom right corner and they are also in the upper left corner. (That was my addition to the quilt pattern) I taught my first classes yesterday at the shop.....I was nervous - but it was good and I had great students. I think they enjoyed the class and learned how to use the "Little Twister tool "...

The pink and chocolate runner on the right of this picture is using that little tool.......

Sorry......I get to talking about quilting and I get a bit excited and want to tell you all about it !

see the interlocking pinwheels?
Here is an apron made from a tea towel and decorated with pinwheels.....

ok.....enough of the sewing lesson for today !

We have much warmer weather after the fall in the deep freeze the last few days.......after that melt I showed you the last post....... It was just too cold.....my brain froze and I could not post anything.

Back to the quilt shop today...... I have a long day today....we have "sewers" who come and sew for the day and evening...

I hope you all have a good weekend !..............Enjoy the Superbowl if you like that sort of thing....I can tell you I will NOT be watching football .....hopefully I can find a hockey game on TV.......or I have my favorite shows on the DVR to watch while I -..........SEW..........what else !!.