I'm going to be taking a little holiday blogging break. 

Have a wonderful holiday!

-L

delicious holiday

Thomas and I on our way to Pat and Alison's Holiday Party

Caramel Corn - inspired by NPR
Thomas does love his holiday candy

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This is what we call delicious teamwork.
Thomas made the pasta & filling - I assembled

MMMMMmmmmmmm
Goat Cheese Ravioli with a Creamy Walnut Sauce

ravioli posing with our new tea pot

- L

como under a new lens

Christmas came a bit early this year - I got a new camera!

The day after the camera arrived - Alison and I headed over to Como. 

It was my first day with the camera, but I feel like I got a few good shots. 

a glimpse into another world

The sloth at Como was actually awake and full of un-sloth energy.

Neither Alison or I had ever seen him move so much. 

I've got so much to learn - yesterday I got through 70 pages of the owner's manual.

-L

BRRRIED

Why yes... we did get some snow...
I'm not sure what our total is here, the wind was blowing so an accurate measurement is unavailable. I'll probably be able to report back later once we have dug out our car. The reported total is around 16.5 inches in our area.

Thomas noticed this nice ice dam forming outside our bedroom
window yesterday afternoon. 

This photo is a good illustration of the amount of wind we had,
notice the wave of snow at the bottom. Around noon yesterday
we could see less than a block from out of our windows.

Our lovely ice dam, glimmering in the sunlight this morning.
It really grew over night, probably not a good thing.

and a side view

Our neighbor braving the cold temperatures in an attempt to snow blow
his drive way. The snow was taller then the intake of the snow blower.

The storm has been followed by some very cold arctic air. It is currently -1 with a wind chill of -22.
We are so thankful to have had a warm, safe place to weather this storm. This is the biggest snowfall from one storm for the cities since 1991, when they received 28.4 inches on Halloween. If you'd like to follow along and read more about the storm I recommend our local NPR station's Updraft Blog. You can also see more pictures from St. Paul on my friend Alison's blog.

*note: blog post title was the headline of the paper today, and was reused at the suggestion of Thomas




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AN UPDATE - Sunday at 12:30 PM CST

Digging Out the Car Edition

November 2010

Our first big snow fall of the year - early November.
This past Friday we had another large one 12.3.2010

Thomas with all of his "Darkness" gear.
We went to the opening celebration and got the shirt and glass
but had to wait a few days for the actual beer.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Nebraska!

The whole crew.

Thomas with Titan, his sister's puppy.

Thomas and I at Thanksgiving, but I labeled Christmas.

I've done a bit of crafting.
I got some new white ink and experimented with clear
stamps (the key is the white eraser primer). Also I'm
loving my new large clear block with sponge feet.

Used my new embossing gun on some Thank You notes.
Thomas designed these and I created them (have to make
sure that doesn't become a habit or I'll have a lot of work
to do.)

One of our new Christmas banners.
This is one that my friend Alison and I worked on after attending
an art fair and feeling the need to be crafty. We went to a 2nd hand
craft supply store and got everything we needed for both signs
for $7! The wood is the back of laminate samples!

Some of our Christmas decor.
Some seasonal Nicole art to go with our Nicole gallery!

Our Christmas shelves, including our budding Creche collection.