BRRR!

We left home yesterday as they were expecting a nice big storm! They were calling for 3" to 5" inches of snow during the night, with more ice and freezing rain today.

I'm not sure what it looks like back home right now, but Mr. Mister received a text message from our son last night saying that it wasn't snowing, but that it was monsooning with snowflakes! LOL!

We had hoped that it would be a "little" warmer in Colorado Springs, but were let down terribly! It's colder here, than it is at home. This is the view out of our window.

These were taken this morning. It's was still ZERO degrees outside at the time!



No, the building really isn't crooked like that! I'm lopsided! LOL! (Edited to say that the building really IS crooked! I have taken several more pictures and it looks like that in all of them. So, I guess I'm not that lopsided! LOL!)



These were taken at around 4:45 in the afternoon. We are still freezing! It's a whopping 18 degrees now.





I really don't know how all of the birds can stay in that water! Feathers or not! It's gotta be COLD!

Lily Peace!

Back in December, Michelle at Mosaic Cottage, had a give away.

She wanted to find a new home for the adorable fairy, "Lily Peace." Lily Peace is of course, a peaceful fae. (She even has a peace sign on her chest.) She was living with Michelle in Arizona. She loved her home, and enjoyed all of the beautiful flowers out in the garden. Soon though, word spread about life at Mosaic Cottage, and more fairies started showing up. As more fairies made the gardens their home, fights began to break out between them, because there weren't enough homes for all of them. (Michelle, has been working to create more fairy houses, but she cannot keep up with the demand.) Well, Lily Peace, being a peaceful fae, didn't like all of the fighting. It made her very sad, and it scared her. So, Michelle made her a special home, and placed her into her own little glass world.

(Pictures are from Michelle's blog)

Lily Peace was still able to go out and enjoy the gardens whenever she wanted, but she preferred staying close to her beautiful, aqua colored fairy house. She had her very own glittered mushrooms, and she loved sitting on the mosaic mushroom as well. She was content inside her glass world.





As the months went by, more fairies came to the Mosaic Cottage, the gardens were overflowing with fae, birds, and many other garden creatures. Michelle, was very happy to see that the fairies were enjoying her yard, and set about making more homes and "fairy apartments" as quickly as possible.



She also made some bird houses, for all of her feathered friends.



But, she was running out of room, and Lily Peace was becoming distraught over all the fighting over new homes. Finally, Lily Peace went to Michelle, and asked if she knew of another place she could live? A place that a fae would love, but didn't have quite as many fairies flying around.

Michelle, thought about all of her blogging friends, and decided to do a give away so that she could find Lily Peace a new home.

Well! I was the person who was picked to "adopt" Lily Peace. I was SO excited when I found out. And Lily Peace was thrilled that she would be moving to a home that LOVED fairies. Of course, it's much colder where I live, than where she was in Arizona, but Lily Peace figured that would be a bonus, because some fairies don't like living in the colder climates, which meant, they all wouldn't follow her to my house.



Michelle, lovingly helped Lily Peace pack all of her belongings, gave her a kiss, and with a tear sliding down her cheek, sent her on her way to me.

I am happy to report that Lily Peace has arrived and is settling in nicely. She is already looking forward to Spring so that she can see what kind of flowers we will have blooming in our garden. I have been showing her pictures and she is VERY excited!

She wanted me to let Michelle know that she misses her very much, and that she hopes things settle down in the garden soon.

I want to say THANK YOU to Michelle! I love Lily Peace! Every time I look at her, she brings a smile to my face!

I also want all of you to check out Michelle's blog! She is so stinkin' creative! I found her blog when I was looking for cupcake related items. She makes the most adorable mosaic cupcakes! Take a look!

Obviously, Michelle has more than cupcakes on her blog. You really should take a peak at her archives to see all of the wonderful projects she has completed.

I also heard a little rumor, that soon, she may have more fairies ready to make the move to a new garden! Here is Lisa!



She recently relocated to a new home as well!

So, keep your eyes on Michelle's blog, you might just find a fairy of your own!

Believe!

Ali Edwards is doing her "One Little Word" project again this year. She has chosen the word "Nurture" for her personal word.

Per Ali, "The idea behind the one little word concept is to give yourself something to focus on throughout the year."

I decided to play along. It really didn't take me long at all to come up with my word. It just kept popping in my head over and over again. I figured there was a reason for that, so I went with it.

My word is BELIEVE.



It really is amazing how this one little word, can touch so many different aspects of my life right now. There are so many things I need to work on, and believe in.

I need to believe that the choices that we've made along the way, were the best choices.

I need to believe that life always has a way of working out.

I need to believe that I do have a purpose, and that I will one day figure that purpose out.

I need to believe that every day is beautiful, and full of little treasures.

I need to believe in MYSELF, and my abilities. That, I really can do whatever I set my mind to. I need to stop being afraid of failure.

I need to believe that food is NOT MY FRIEND! ROFL!

Honestly, I could go on and on with my list. But, I don't want to bore you too much! LOL!

So, if you are thinking this sounds like a fun idea, and you want to join the throngs of people who have decided to hop on board with this little project, you can read more about it on Ali's website. She has even put up a list of all the different words that have been chosen. It's quite a list! WOW!

Still Here!

YES! I'm still here!

Mr. Mister's mother is visiting right now. She will be here until this weekend.

Hopefully, once things "settle" back down, I will be able to get back to blogging more often.

Although, I must say that I have been spending a lot of my free time reading. In the past two weeks I have read seven of the books by Charlaine Harris. The Sookie Stackhouse series. These books are the ones that the HBO show called "True Blood" are based off of. I sure do wish we had HBO now. LOL! I will definitely be buying the first season when it comes out on DVD.

I also have another set of books, that Brat girl bought me for Christmas. I didn't want to start them until I was completely caught up with the others. I still need to find the eighth book in the series.

I haven't read this much is years! I am really enjoying it!