Snow Covered Tree

I couldn't go to sleep last night, so, by naught but the glow of icicle lights, I took out a drawing pad and some charcoal pencils and sketched a snow covered pine tree.

It's nothing incredible.... just a simple sketch. The scanner was too small to scan the whole picture, and therefore the edges are trimmed off but that is the gist of it anyways. ;)

I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas

After a wonderful, perfect snowfall two weeks ago we have a warm spell and it is raining outside!!! Raining! 40 degrees and the snow is almost gone. Unbelievable! This muddy and wet weather is simply dampening the Christmas spirit (pun intended). Haha....

Anyway, this is what it looked like a week ago....

 

 Hope you're enjoying the last month of the year!

Choose Your Friends Wisely

So here is fairly amusing video. It is clear that we females have a totally different mindset on friendships between guys and girls. I think it's the way God made us to be but society has completely smudged standards and what used to be black and white is now grey. The guys doing the interview do a pretty good job of showing that men and women do not think alike.

My Grandma watched this video and afterwards made some good points:
Guys will often be friends with a girl because they like a girl, but this leaves room for women to be manipulative. Whenever we want someone to "go to a movie, or go shopping, or buy us food, fix our car or give us attention", we can summon one of these "friends". She said that a lot of guys will be nice and do kind things for quite some time in hopes that a girl will eventually like him. So it can be very easy for a girl to mess around with a guys feelings just because we want a "friend".

That is the wise opinion of my Grandma who has been around a while. ;) What do YOU think? ...I'd like to know.

That Fluffy White Stuff

The first of December has rolled around once again. Every morning when I wake up, I peep through my bedroom curtains to see what kind of weather the day brings, and this morning I was delighted to see a thin white blanked covering the earth. It is only appropriate that it should snow on the first of December! Not that I'm extra excited for Winter to come but seeing that it is not to be stopped I figure I might as well get used to it, right? 

 (My silly Elf picture)

Besides, winter isn't so bad in December. It is quite festive and exciting when the towns are lit up with beautiful displays of Christmas decor and the snow just completes the jolly spirit. It would be nice if it all melted sometime after January.... and the rest of the year was a warm summer, but, this is the Midwest after all. We might as well enjoy the "white Christmas" most other people can only dream about. 

I've been listening to Christmas music all day... some good old Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Vince Gauraldi.You just can't beat jazz. ;)

I turn on my Christmas lights every night now. It makes the Abode look like a gingerbread house from outside. It's rather cheery!

....and then there is always this Julian Smith video that always makes me laugh:

Anyways.... I am off to milk the cows. =) 
Happy December!
Be jolly everyone!

Truths About Wisconsinites.

ARE YOU WONDERING IF YOU'RE TRULY A WISCONSINITE?! YOUR DOUBTS CAN END RIGHT NOW!!! To know for sure, whether you live in WI or not, read the following:

Wisconsin, according to Jeff Foxworthy:

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in Wisconsin.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't even work there, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you've worn shorts and a jacket at the same time, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Wisconsin.
If "vacation" means going anywhere North of Milwaukee for the weekend, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both doors unlocked, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Wisconsin.
If the speed limit on the highway is 70 mph -you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you may live in Wisconsin.
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may live in Wisconsin.
If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you may live in Wisconsin.
If you actually understand these jokes, repost this so all of your Wisconsin friends and others can see, you definitely do live - or have lived - in Wisconsin.

22 Degrees Tonight!

....Baby, it is COLD outside! Inspired by the awesome book, "Goodnight Moon" I have developed a quick poem that sarcastically romanticizes my feelings on going outside to work tonight and my overall enthusiasm of the rapidly approaching winter weather:
 

Hello mittens and long underwear,
Hello guys-are-lucky-because-they-can-grow-facial-hair.
Hello scarf and hello hat,
Hello "Thank you Lord for every ounce of my fat!"
Hello sunshine without any heat,
Hello five-layers-of-socks-on-my-feet.
Hello short days that are spent feeling numb
Hello "I can't feel my fingers and thumbs".
Hello Season that fills us with cheer,
Hello people, Winter is here!

Lately

It has been about a month since I have posted last. Quite unusual really, but I confess I have been attempting to juggle so much that I just haven't managed to blog.

The weather is cold, the trees are looking grey and scraggly, and we've already had two snow falls.

I have been in a very creative mood. I've been writing poems and songs quite a bit lately. I have started playing my violin again... and that is slightly terrifying endeavor since there is no way to sugar coat the fact that I haven't practiced in ages. I sounds like I haven't practiced in a while. Nevertheless I enjoy the challenge! I am also starting to practice/learn the harp. I am borrowing my sister Emily's lever harp since she doesn't have time to play it at this point in her life. The harp is so beautiful.... and unlike the violin you don't have to work very hard to make it sound angelic. The challenge is the fingering. It's like a small piano that somebody propped up on it's side and it is a strange feeling when you're used to a piano!!

Other than that life is pretty much the same as always. Strangely enough I am rather excited and motivated lately. I don't know what's gotten into me, but I'm not going to complain. ;) 

I am excited for the next couple of weeks. My Grammy from Ohio is coming on Friday and Thanksgiving is coming right up!!! Who doesn't love Thanksgiving? This year is going to be really great because we have a two day feast! It is going to be swell (pun intended)! =D

P.S. I'm horrified (as I am every year) that the radio stations are already playing Christmas music, therefore I'm writing a humorous Thanksgiving parody of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". ....we'll see how it turns out. ;)

 

 *the second snow*