Trying Again

 Out of five sets of numbers last night, I had one number drawn.  But I'm not giving up.  I have our tickets for tomorrow night's drawing.  And I have my wish list for what I would buy if I won.

Stay tuned. 

Wish Me Luck

 I've got my Powerball tickets for tonight's mega drawing.  Wish me luck.

Also, wish me luck as I attempt to make something for supper I've never made before : cornbread in Gram's old cast iron skillet.

Stay tuned. 

If At First You Don't Succeed Try It Again Again

 Nobody won last night's Powerball, so the pot will grow for tomorrow night's drawing.  I had two numbers in one of my games, but unfortunately that didn't win me anything.  I have to run an errand tomorrow morning and will get my tickets again,  

Stay tuned. 

If At First You Don't Succeed, Try It Again

 Lottery players here in the U.S. are in a frenzy over tonight's Powerball drawing where an extremely lucky person could win $1.5 billion.  I got my tickets on Thursday, so nothing to do now except wait for the drawing tonight.

Stay tuned. 

Ohio Valley Weather Update

We went from snow late last week, to a couple of days with the highs in the single digits.  Now it's warming up and headed to 60 today.  But the warm-up is not without a mess - rain is forecasted all day.  But I'll take it.  

Ohio Valley Weather Update

 When I got up this morning it was 30 degrees here at The Compound.  That's the warmest it has been in a week.  It's supposed to be 50 tomorrow and 60 on Thursday.  With a heat wave like that, I will be able to wear some of my new size-smaller Christmas t-shirts.  

Ohio Valley Weather Update

Yesterday morning, it was 8 degrees when I got up.  The high made it to a balmy 12 degrees.  Today, we've had a heat wave - it was 10 when I got up, the sun was shining and as I post this it is 20.  I see an end in sight.  Tomorrow is supposed to get to 40, Wednesday it is supposed to be 50 and Thursday it is supposed to be 60.  Which means Friday will be below zero.

Stay tuned. 

Craft Bazaar Report

 I'm sorry to say yesterday's craft bazaar was a bust.  There were barely a few shoppers that came. I talked to 8 of the 30 vendors there, and none of them sold enough to break even with the fee they paid for their booth.  I was happy to have sold enough ornaments to cover my booth fee and to come out $10 ahead. But it was a great day, in spite of the weather.  I'm already planning for that church's April bazaar.  Stay tuned, 

Snow Report From The Compound

 According to my Precip app, we got 8.8" of snow last night.  Phase 1 of snow removal is complete - I cleared off the front porch steps and sidewalk.  Phase 2 will be later this afternoon when I clear off the back porch ramp.  Our road is very clear, thanks to the snow plows that came through.  According to the morning local news, all main roads are clear.  I hope the snow doesn't deter shoppers from coming to the craft bazaar tomorrow.  I'm glad I loaded up everything in the van yesterday afternoon.

Safe And Sound

 I honestly can't remember when I have driven through heavy rain as I did this morning on the Watterson Expressway going to BSF.  It was Jesus take the wheel, and I made it there and back home in crazy traffic safe and sound.  For that I am thankful. 

Crafting Update

 I spent a good part of yesterday and today working on more bottle cap ornaments and pictures to get ready for Saturday's craft bazaar.  I'm on schedule as of now.  Tonight I will fire up the hot glue gun and make another picture and tomorrow after BSF I will glue antlers and tails onto fifteen wine cork reindeer.  So far, so good. 

Stay tuned. 

The Old Man Was Right

 The Old Man and his parents always said that snow waits around for another snow.  They were right.  We still had a little bit of snow hanging around, and this morning we woke to a heavy dusting of snow.  It didn't last long, but the old wive's tale was right.

Never Forget

 

Something You Don't See Every Day

 As I usually do on Saturdays, I went through the drive-thru at the corner liquor store to get my Powerball tickets.  Once again, something caught my eye in the big galvanized garbage can at the end of the store - today, it was an empty Little Debbie Christmas Tree cake box.  At least they had good taste and threw away their empty. 

Happy Wednesday

 For the past few days, I've been working up my courage and strength to go down to the basement, AKA the Dungeon.  I'd been wanting my trusty old Woolrich wool winter coat, and I knew it wouldn't come up the stairs on its own.  I haven't been able to wear that coat in over 20+ years, but with the weight I've lost I was sure it would fit.  So down I went this morning.  I'd been leary of going down to the basement, and even more leary of coming back up, with the couple of falls I've taken over the past couple of years.  But a few days ago, I went down a few steps and back up.  And I knew today was the day. I said a prayer for the Lord to keep His hand on me and keep me safe, and He sure did.  I got my coat and came back up, safe and sound.  I can't wait to go somewhere to wear it. 

Bring On The Snow

 As I post this, the weatherazzi is still getting worked up about snow late tonight into early Tuesday.  They've knocked down their forecast from 2-4" to now 1-2".  But here in the Ohio Valley, you don't know what to expect. Bring it on.