Black & White Wednesday

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Pittsburgh . PA

This was back in 2013...I have mentioned that I'm going through my archives...my computer is so low on memory right now so I just keep deleting photos that I should have deleted years ago to try and free up more space...it's making me not even want to get out and take pictures because I have no storage space to download them :( I really need to fix this situation ASAP!

On another note, we have a snow day today! Crazy weather! I went to pick up Dalton from work at 10 last night and it had started snowing while I was waiting for him...it was fun and we stopped at Kroger to pick up a few things for their "snow day"...wasn't really concerned about the roads because the weather people have been saying it's not going to stick on the roads, just grassy areas like our last snow...finished shopping and the parking lot was covered in snow when we came outside! The roads were awful trying to get back home...I slid a few times but thankfully no other vehicles were near me...I'm not going to lie, it was a little troubling!

First day of spring ha!!

Can We Just Get a Good Snow??? Please???!!!

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Botetourt County

For a couple of weeks the weather people have been talking about this past weekend's snow potential..."this could give us several inches" they said..."this will be a substantial storm with accumulating snow" they said...then cue the rain and we ended up with a slushy, icy mess...so annoying! We got a snow day out of it today but I would love to see something more than a dusting or ice! See, Ozzy isn't even impressed...

Did you watch the Superbowl last night? We didn't really have a team in it this year but just assumed the Patriots would win so it was nice to see the Eagles get their first Superbowl win!

If you stopped by here for Willy Nilly on Friday I apologize for not getting it going...it was the boys 16th birthday and the morning/day/night got away from me!

Now I'm going to go watch the This Is Us finale...I already know this is going to kill me!

Linking with Mersad's Through My Lens

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 159

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The first 2 photos Nick took and sent to me:
1)
Downtown Roanoke taken from Nick's office building Wednesday morning...after our "big" snow ;) Some of you might recognize the Hotel Roanoke because I've shown you around quite a few times...if you don't remember, what's wrong with you?!! Just kidding!

2)
St. Andrews Catholic Church...I love this church and if you don't recognize it, I won't get on you for it...it's my fault...I think I've only shown it to you once or twice and why? I don't know...This is probably my favorite church of all time, architecturally speaking...

3) Do you like Lasagna? I love Lasagna but I'm about the only one in my house that does...Nick likes it on occasion and the kids don't like it at all and sadly (in my case) when you make it, you end up with enough for the whole block...so last week I happened to find a recipe for Lasagna For 2 and I made it and Nick and I both thought it was super good! So, HERE IT IS if you want to give it a whirl!

4) Another recipe I made last week was Beef Tips and Rice...I've made THIS crock pot version quite a few times and everyone loves it!

5) Today (Friday) is another snow day for us! I know, those of you living up north have to be laughing...we had about 1-2 inches of snow of Tuesday and still milking it ;) ....but it has been freezing and our county is big and much of it rural so a lot of those back roads are sheets of ice still...this week we have only had 1 day of school! We warm up over the weekend though so that will be a nice break!

That's my 5 this week friends! I hope you will play along too! Post 5 randoms, link back and visit others! Have a great weekend :)

#Snowanoke

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Botetourt County

#Snowanoke is the clever hashtag used for sharing your snow pics of Roanoke on social media ;) This is another view from my backyard yesterday because you know what? I didn't go anywhere...in fact, walking down into my backyard was the furthest I went all day long! Today we ended up with another "snow day" because everything froze over so it's really icy out...So on this Thankful Thursday I am thankful to end up with 2 snow days this week to spend with the boys and Ozzy...you know how much I love that! Linking up with Michelle's Thankful Thursday of course!

Black & White Wednesday

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Botetourt County

Current situation...this is my neighbor's house behind me...I wonder why they aren't picnicking on the picnic table today? ;) I think we have ended up with about an inch but our temps won't be above freezing today so this won't be going anywhere! It's not a very pretty snow since you can see the grass poke up out of it...need about another inch! We did end up with a snow day though and probably will get one tomorrow, or at least a delay because of the icy roads...what did you end up with? :)

First Snow

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Day Creek . Blue Ridge

On Saturday we got our first snow! So later in the day we decided to take Ozzy out for a little hike...Ozzy loves the snow...and so does Nick...I love the snow but really prefer it from inside the warm house and looking out the window at it...Nick wanted to "picnic" in the snow so we packed up the camping stove and some beef stew so we would have a hot lunch to enjoy after freezing our butts off frolicking through the snowy woods...it was a nice afternoon, even if I couldn't feel my fingers or toes by the end of it all haha...this is the same area that LAST WEEK'S picture was taken...

The boys entertained themselves by throwing snowballs at each other...

Look how different this spot looked over the summer...the road had recently washed out...wonder if they will ever fix it?


Today I am thankful for a snow day! Although there isn't any snow haha...yesterday was soooo windy that the snow was blowing sideways...not much stuck but I imagine there are probably some icy roads...I hear Dalton in the shower, he is going to spend the day at his girlfriend's house...it's just me, Braden and Ozzy...maybe I can finally get caught up on some Christmas present wrapping! Linking up with Michelle's Thankful Thursday and just as I typed that I realized it is only Wednesday haha...oh well...I'll save this for tomorrow :)

Black & White Wednesday

Snow cones at Day Creek ;)

Our first snow came on Saturday!

City Daily Photo March Theme Day: Black & White In Color

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Ashlyn's little dog Riley in our 1 (and only?) snow we got this winter! Today is 75 and thunderstorms, spring time weather...the trees are all starting to bloom and last night I even had 2 little frogs on the windows of my front door! I'm so excited to be welcoming spring!!

To see more interpretations of the theme, visit City Daily Photo

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 115

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Downtown Roanoke

Randoms:

1) Just finished watching The Magnificent Seven with Nick and the boys...we all really liked it...the main characters were all so likeable in their own ways...and of course who doesn't like Denzel Washington?

2)

This was last January 24th...this year the 24th is supposed to be sunny and in the 50's...will we get more snow this winter?!
Linking with Good Fences for the first time since Tex stopped blogging...I hope she is doing well, I miss her!

3) On Tuesday night I went with Ashlyn to a women's politics meeting at Olive Garden...remember she majored in political science...anyway, she saw this group on Facebook and wanted to attend the meeting and asked me to go along with her. We both enjoyed it and the ladies were all very friendly. She made a few contacts as well!

4)

Great plan :)

5) I've been reading more and enjoying it...I slacked off halfway through the year and decided I need to just pick up a book and read a chapter before bed and usually it turns out to be more...I am in book 4 of a series, The Tradd Street Series by Karen White...I was halfway through with this when I just stopped reading last year...not that the book was boring, spent time doing other stuff like play dumb games on my phone haha...anyways, I'm almost done and forgot how much I love to read and I really love Karen White's books and I just recently found out there's a 5th now in the series! Yippee!

Well that's my 5 this week and I hope you will play along too! Post 5 randoms, link back and visit others! Have a great weekend!


I'm also linking with Photo Friday

Bye Bye Bye

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Nick having a snowball fight with the dogs

Ozzy "C'mon dad, throw the snowball"!

Today I am thankful for the 63 degree day we are going to have today so all this snow, although pretty while it lasted, will be nothing but a memory! Bring on spring!

Any of you singing the NSYNC song now? See what I did there? ;)

Linking up with Michelle's Thankful Thursday

Have a great day!

A Couple of Happy Dogs

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Ozzy & Riley
After a couple of snow days it's back to school..boo :(

Linking with Wordless Wednesday

Snow Day 2017

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Botetourt County

It happened! We got snow! It started in the middle of the night sometime Friday and didn't stop till about noon Saturday...I guess we ended up with about 5 inches but it has been so cold that a lot of roads are really icy so we ended up with a snow day today!
Pictures 1 & 2 are looking up and down my street
Picture 3 is Riley checking out our driveway
Picture 4 is Ozzy and Riley playing...they sure do love the snow!

Linking up with Mersad's Through My Lens

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 69

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More on snow...don't worry, it's melting so fast so I'll have something new to show soon!

1)

A snowy sunset

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The Blue Ridge Mountains from my back deck

3)

The cute little snowman that lives across the street

4)

Looking down my street...the cleared spot to the left is my driveway...this was Monday

5)
A short video of Ozzy and the boys having a snowball fight ;)

Well that is my 5 for the week! I hope you will play along! Post 5 randoms, link back and visit others!! Have a super weekend!



I'm linking up with Cath's

An Old Farm House In The Snow

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Webster Road . Botetourt County

I've shown you this old house back in the fall...you can see that picture HERE

This was taken on Monday...school is out again today. Happy kids! Happy mom!

Linking with Tom's Tuesday's Treasures & Our World Tuesday

Through My Lens - #JonasBlizzard

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Well the storm came and went. It started snowing before we woke up Friday morning and snowed and snowed till early Saturday. I think we ended up with about 15 inches or so...not nearly as bad as they were predicting...thank goodness we never lost power! These pictures were taken around my backyard on Sunday, which was beautiful and sunny, and warm(ish)!

Peeking down the hill at the man who lives behind us...see him shoveling? You can also spy a little kid out playing...

What's Ozzy looking at?

It's his little friends next door...see them? I think they were tied to the porch so they wouldn't disappear in the snow! (Don't worry, they are indoor dogs, same as Ozzy!)

School was cancelled on Friday of course and they've already cancelled for Monday. Our road looks fine but the county I live in, Botetourt County, is mostly rural so there are a lot of those backroads that take time to get cleared. Bless the snowplow drivers!

Linking with Mersad's Through My Lens

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No 68

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We are awaiting a big snowfall of historic proportions beginning on Friday morning! You couldn't tell from the weather on Thursday though!

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Woke up to this amazing sunrise....

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It was so pretty I had to take another picture...

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Went and did my prerequisite grocery shopping...look at those blue skies...

4)

And the bright, shiny sun!

5)

Christian and his buddy comtemplating life...or maybe just talking about girls & sports & food ;)

Now it's your turn...post 5 randoms, link back and visit others! Thanks for linking and have a great weekend!!



I'm linking up with Cath's

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 34 - This Week In Photos

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Spotted this cute snowman in Cloverdale while picking the boys up from school this week...

Now for some Willy Nilly pics that happened this week:

1)

This sweet boy turned 4 on the 22nd...Happy Birthday Ozzy!!

2)

Waiting for the train to go by...

3)

Ozzy was in the backseat but noticed this cute dog ahead...watched as they turned onto the freeway...

4)

Had to take my vehicle in for service this week...

5)

Another few inches of snow arrived Wed night/Thurs morning...enough for the schools to call a snow day!

Now it is your turn! Post 5 randoms, link up and visit others! Have fun and have a great weekend!!



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Signs, Signs & A Good Fence @ The Neighbors This Morning

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Somewhere downtown Raleigh...hope you are not feeling under the weather! Linking with Signs, Signs

Woke up to this scene this morning:

...a little peek over into the neighbor's yard...just a couple of inches...on top of that big snow from last week! Linking with Good Fences

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Signs, Signs & A Good Fence (or two)

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Brookside Par 3 Golf Course . 6303 Williamson Road . Roanoke
Like the sign says, since 1962....my husband took this with his phone for me...I've always liked this sign....linking with Signs, Signs

In the midst of our snowstorm on Monday...today and tomorrow we are having record breaking lows...they say it hasn't been this cold since the 1800's! Wow, crazy! School has been cancelled...right now it is a balmy 5 degrees with a high of 11...thankful we are tucked inside! Linking with Good Fences

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Snow Day

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It happened! It snowed! It started snowing Monday and must have snowed all day and night. We ended up with about a foot. We were already out of school Monday and Tuesday but today is a real bonafide snow day!

It's been a while since Ozzy has seen snow...he's wondering what it is I think...He gets hyper in the snow!

I'm happy now and we can now move forward to spring ;)

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