This is how we spent our Sunday afternoon.....It was cool more ways then one!!

last week I had a moment of inspiration. I finally figured out a way to make icicles that looked the way I wanted them too!. I like the vintage look even though they are 'modern' colors.

The last day the Grandma was around . Brin and Maya got very fancy play jewelry. The earrings hurt Brin, but Maya loved it all!

It was so wonderful to see Dane's smile after spending time in the hospital.

really big ice on a really big lake. George and I did not go climbing on it this day, but many years ago we went climbing on ice that was a lot bigger. I think the color of the ice is so amazing. Looking at this picture makes me wish I had gotten out of the car and walked on it.. it doesnt happen every year. And thus ends Georges couple of vacation days.. its back to work tomorrow . but stay tuned , you never know what happens .

Dane smiles and smiles and smiles.. Maya and Brin love to play with grandma's old toys. These three are the light of our lives. They make my heart smile.

This is what you find when you go off on a very small winding hilly sand road in the middle of nowhere. It's nice to have four wheel drive!

I miss my Christmas Tree.. I love putting the lights on just as the sun is going down and the snow is a blue.. I love how the lights of the Christmas tree light up the house and make everything feel homey.. SSOOO this week I put up a twig tree. Some of my relatives and friends know that I have a long history of twig trees, but I haven't had one in a very long time. so it was a lot of fun to do one again. On my way home from a Monday shopping trip I stopped along side of the road and pulled on my boots and plowed through the ditch snow and broke off some twigs from the bushes. I know there are a lot of people who can't do this but I live in a deep in the woods and there is a lot of public land around me.. So I got my branches. This is a normal thing for me , to go 'ditch' shopping. I love to decorate with natural things. I used a very large jar and put both the twigs and pine cones in it. The pine cones keep the twigs in place. For two days I just had light on my tree and then a couple of mornings ago I remembered that I had some really great clear Christmas balls. Quite a few years ago I had worked at a floral supply warehouse and as I found things I liked I would buy them one by one. Guess what. I had a LOT of clear ornaments. I had fun putting together my tree. I think the clear balls look like bubbles. In fact I went outside the same day and blew some bubbles.. It was one of those below 0 days.. I wondered what would happen. The bubbles froze as they floated in the air . It was very beautiful.

I am doing it!! yippee

I am SOOOO slow at starting this! Basically because I was afraid it would be too hard to do!,, dah!! so far it is pretty easy. I have been reading blogs for over a year and enjoying them so very much and yet just didn't know how to start. I guess the first step is the hardest. This is named Make It Zing because I love to add the little extras to life that give it some silliness and some fun. That little touch that adds the zing to something. More to come on all of that, for now just a tiny example of what I do when I am tired, and don't really want to start something.,, but need to do something to feel like I am productive!! ( Any one out there have those kind of feelings???) Here is my first tiny little zing.