New Years Blizzard 2011

After spending about 5 months in CT, enjoying Christmas with the new baby and his family in Florida, dropping our oldest son off in Duluth, MN we are stuck in Moorhead, MN in a blizzard. This is the 2nd night we have had to stay over and probably will tomorrow also as I-94 will probably be closed. We are supposed to get about 12 inches of snow and winds at 35 miles per hour. The wind chill is in the -20s to -30s.  Brutal.  If we could drive for about 1.5 hours on 94 we would drive out of the storm but no such luck.  Florida continues to look better all the time. At least the first night we were stuck in Walker, MN at a casino, although it did cost me some money it was still fun. You would certainly pack differently if you knew you were going to get hung up for a couple of days in a hotel.  Thanks goodness I have my knitting with me.

Working on my knitting goals for this year but need to get home to finalize them and then will post.

Danielle and John are with me, moving to ND and she hates cold weather. We'll see how long this lasts. Hopefully a good long time so she can get a productive life going.

Rib Fest and Road Trip

In North Dakota, about 1 hour from Watford we have the Enchanted Highway. It is just a road in the middle of no where with sculptures that different artists have produced. In keeping with ND as being one of the best bargains for vacations it is a fun day trip. You end up in a little town, which I can't remember the name, which has a really nice little restaurant with good home cooking.   It really is a beautiful drive and is kind of fun when you come around the corner and see one of these big sculptures.

Tonight Watford had Rib Fest. There was a smaller art and craft fair along with ribs, lots of ribs. Different businesses compete for 1st place, which includes bragging rights, a little cash and a trophy. Last year the hospital won, this year a new business in town won. Bought a beautiful purse and coin bag. Pictures tomorrow.

Today the background fabric for the table runner(s) was purchased, a dark green and a dark purple. Maybe I will have them done this weekend. The linoleum guy is supposed to come back tomorrow, we'll see if he shows up.