2016..........comes to an end

Today is the last day of 2016............ and really....... where did the year go ?.    I have big plans for 2017.... I have so many projects to get done.... and so much I have to accomplish.. and I will keep you posted with my progress...... that will help me be accountable....I hope.


I have one thing to share with you..... as of yesterday I am officially retired.  Remember when were 18 years old and planning our future ?............. and now all myself and my friends talk about is what we are going to do when we retire, and whether or not we take our Social Security this year or wait a few years.... Wow.... where did the years go.


So.....this year will be planning our future......... and reflecting on the years past........


Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year !!! ...... ( not sure I can stay awake till midnight )

December 23, 2016................. Merry Christmas !!!

Wishing everyone a VERY Merry Christmas !!  I hope you all have plans with loved ones this holiday.  The weatherman threw in a clinker here........ we are under a blizzard warning for late Christmas Day and into Monday.  I hope travelers will be safe...... so scary to travel in these conditions.  So Please enjoy your Christmas and stay safe !


I have all the necessary supplies to be stormed in...... coffee, tea, bread, milk, frozen pizza, some snacks, fabric and thread and just a "few" projects to work on !!!  oh and dog and cat food. 
I better get to my sewing.  Still have a couple gift projects to finish up on.


MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

A cold December day............

It is a cold December day here in eastern North Dakota........   I look at this picture and I just can't imagine living in a little house like that on the vast Montana hills and prairie....  This is a picture of my Grandparents homestead..20 miles north of Wibaux, Montana.  My father was 3 years old when they left the Red River Valley and headed west.  That would have been about 1910 I believe.  It is hard to see on this picture, but there is a pair of wooden skis leaning up against the house.

This painting was done by a friend of my father's, Norm Selberg, from Fargo.  He did this from a little photograph about 3 inches square...   This was one of my dad's prized possessions......and it is very dear to me.  All the stories my grandparents and my father told me about growing up about living "north of Wibaux".

Those must have been very tough times.... but they did it, they got through it and many stories were told over the years...

My parents and grandparents are gone now.... but I will remember so  many of those stories they told.

Merry Christmas