 The weather app says we got about 11 inches of snow. I'd say it's more like six, but you know It is a bit frozen over a mister's gonna come out and just like shovel the walkway and stuff this morning Also the furnace seems to be not working Correctly the fans not coming on it's heating up, but the fans not coming on we do have alternate ways to heat the house which we're using but Yeah, so we along with probably who knows how many other people have a call into the furnace people hopefully They're gonna get somebody out here today. I don't know when exactly but sometime today and Yeah, never a dull moment, right? Meanwhile, I'm gonna go check the mail real quick and then I'm gonna park my butt on the couch Maybe with a cup of tea. That's not the right key and And Hope they come sooner rather than later I'll be back morning everybody. It is Monday morning January 15th 838 a.m The furnace is still not working It's about Yeah, it's what I don't know 5760 Yeah Supposedly the furnace people are on their way If they can get here road conditions are pretty bad right now and I guess we'll see 57 yeah, so we're all bundled up and just trying to keep it Above 32 in the house so nothing freezes. So, you know On yeah, the fireplace is going It's been going fun fact. We found out it has a nine-hour automatic shutoff We didn't even know about Exactly and so we turned itself off and we were like wait what happened. Yeah, and then yeah anyway Always an adventure around here. There's always something crazy going on. So anyway my Little sister her husband and her two boys are off to the airport to fly home to Maryland They stayed the night. They were so sweet. They braved the cold. They said that's not bad. It's fine Well, he was wearing shorts when he left Brendan was wearing. Yeah, her husband was wearing shorts and a sweatshirt And it's 18 20 degrees outside. Yeah So anyway, the little ones were so cute and My my husband kept uncle Bob uncle Bob come play with me Yeah, all night long. So anyway, and there's a couple of toys. They've put away in a safe place somewhere No, well We either one of these days. Yeah, at some point at some point. Oh, there it is Anyway, we'll get a call from them from uh from their house. Oh, yeah, we found it in so-and-so's backpack Yeah, anyway All right, and I was able to give away another blanket. My knees took one our little sister. Sorry. That's complicated I'm not going to explain right now. Um, she took a blanket home. So yay. She took a blanket home with her She said that's perfect. The boys don't need a blanket, but she took it home to use on the plane for herself. She said Um husband evidently doesn't need one because hello. He's walking around in shorts when it's like 17 degrees outside. So Yay. Okay. So anyway I will check back in with you soon. Hopefully they can fix the furnace today But I guess we'll see I'll be back. I'm trying to stay out of it because as my husband says I get tend to get too involved and interrupt and Anyway anxiety much But he's handling it. It appears that we have something frozen Big surprise a drain pipe or something for the furnace is frozen and so they are working to thaw it at the moment But if we can get it up and working Bonus and Um Then we might go for a walk So we'll see frozen pipe So yeah We don't normally get temperatures like we've gotten the last few days here in Oregon But we still have at least 24 more hours of these crazy temperatures. So they're going to do a couple fix fixes to keep things From being frozen again. So basically the drain pipes froze So Yeah We know how to short term fix it But they're going to install some things that will help us and make it easier to unclog when needed So All right, I'll be back. All right We are Going out for a walk our furnace is repaired We now have emergency backup drainage options. So we don't have it go out again and It's all good. I've got my cleats on Yes, it's still snowy out. Broke conditions are iffy We have probably 24 hours or so of More freezing icy weather So yeah, that's a thing I think after this we'll go home have some lunch. Maybe watch a couple movies They're really asking people to like still stay home for the next day or so. So We'll do that all right Go get some steps in and see what we can see see how icy things are I'll be back I'm on a walk. So this is a little red That felt good though the Backup drainage system on the furnace is working the house is nice and toasty So yay, we just have to remember while it's Cold like this and below freezing to check it every few hours So, yeah Anyway, I'm gonna make some lunch now. I'll be back. Hey, good morning everybody. I think it's still morning Yes, it's 10 11 a.m. We uh slept in a bit while I slept in a bit. Mr. Had to get up for work um yesterday We got up really early to see my little sister her husband and the boys off to the airport And so that meant by dinner time yesterday. We were just dragging. I was so tired um I feel better today now We still have at least 24 hours of ice and snow left before things start melting Which means that and I agree with them my daughter and her husband are keeping their baby home junior is staying home It's safer to not be on the road. I agree totally agree with that It also means though that I have some time to actually film the rc trio videos, which I was supposed to do last week I said I was gonna do in the vlog. I just edited the vlog and I I also have to do some daily drawings Um, because the weekend was so busy. I'm a couple of days behind so I'm gonna try to get all that done today along with a little bit of crocheting because of course and yeah It's too cold to go work on the desk out in the garage. The garage is freezing cold But I did find some sandpaper up here because we still haven't been to the store yet, but I have a little bit up here. So Anyway Oh, yeah, yeah. Anyway. All right. That's it for the minute. We're gonna let the computer do its thing It's rendering the vlog right now And I'm gonna grab myself some water and sit and just chill for a minute while it does that and I will be back Okay, you guys I ended up filming a video. I've been thinking about for a long time another handmade pin cushion a mushroom this time and I just finished editing the video and it's rendering right now Here is our new addition to the pin cushion collection and my sewing section of my art room Um, I did have some problems weirdly enough with the video um, I used my phone to phone to film with And some of the video audio is a little strange So I did put a warning blurb in the video at the beginning You will notice my voice sounds Strangely odd It's not your imagination. So yeah, that's a thing. But anyway I I don't know what I did. I'm out of practice. I guess Anyway, I'm going to sit now and let it render and then hopefully get things uploaded real quick to youtube And I need to get out my link to the artsy trio people for the next round and All of that jazz so All right, I haven't done any crocheting yet today, but I do want to work on my blanket today. So that is a thing And yeah We're supposed to get more while we are having more freezing temperatures part of my art rooms right over the garage and Yeah, it's a little cold It does look like things are sort of melting But I bet you they're pretty icy too. So yeah, it's not supposed to dip below 20 tonight But we're still below 32 which is freezing. So I don't know. It's a thing keeping an eye on the furnace It's going to be a couple more days before we don't have to worry about that our pipes or yeah All right, I'll be back. It is 2 p.m. on wednesday, january 17th And It is supposedly 42 degrees outside But yeah Um Things are very icy. We had a lot of ice Build up over the last few days and it's going to take a while to melt. It's not going to happen overnight We are above freezing at the moment and we're going to stay there for a little bit But we're supposed to dip that down again to freezing or just below freezing again Thursday night friday morning So anyway Yeah, um, the furnace is working. No, yay. I got some I got a good start on the year-end bookkeeping for last year Um for the youtube channel. I got um yarn sorted out for another blanket I got Oh the christmas cards I went through as I do every year Update addresses and add people take people off who've moved or passed away or whatever and So I did that this morning Lined up some sewing projects on the table Um fixed one of them. I had one mending thing and I did that one already So anyway, it's just a chill relaxing day. I don't even know if we'll get any walking in I'd love to go walking. I don't mind walking in the snow, but it's very icy And even with cleats, that's a problem And they're telling everybody to just stay home No driving, no walking, no nothing. The streets are empty, evidently One of the communities near us has declared a state of emergency Because the ice is so bad Yeah, it's just a thing. Anyway, but we're all good I'm gonna sit here Listen to some youtube and work on another blanket because you know, that's a thing All right, I'll be back. I'm not gonna go too far because slippery But I heard earlier my neighbor's husband pounding On his driveway. It sounded like he was hammering nails He was actually just trying to break up the ice in his driveway and make a path to their front door And to their car Oh, yeah I don't know if you guys can see that hold on It's ice. It's just ice We are not going anywhere tonight All right, so yes, I like walking but my husband's in that job He's crazy. We have our cleats on We have our coats on we're gonna go for a walk. It's probably gonna be a short one because things are stilt Um Icing crunchy. I think this morning we had about an inch of ice everywhere on average today right now Somewhere between a half inch and a quarter inch But Yeah, I do have cleats on and I'm walking slow as my friend Laura Gurgain says walk like a penguin This is ice And we're the only crazy ones out here nutty enough to be out here doing this Lord almighty. All right, I'll be back A little video for you in our neighborhood see all that This is some regular Regular neighborhood street And it's one solid piece of ice. It's still about Like I said a quarter to half inch thick still So yeah Okay, you guys, I don't think I've logged all day today because it's been a busy day The baby's sitting all day Um it's Still snowy and slushy But there's a lot less ice Um, it's above freezing We have our hiking boots on not our cleats Because I think we're going to try going to the grocery store And getting it over with Yeah, so Let's see how this goes the car started. Yay Um Looks like we have to stop and get gas too. We have not been out of the house since my dad's birthday party on saturday To go anywhere to go anywhere So we don't know what the shops are like. Hopefully things are open. We have no idea So I guess it'll be an interesting adventure I'll be back. It is for something p.m Friday, january 19th for 29 I am cooking a lasagna for a family dinner night Rebekah Pauli is in Grand center coming over Um, I got another blanket done. I got Another Basket of yarn prepped for another blanket This is going to be a bulky one because I'm going to pair two yarns together I was gifted a bunch of this sort of nubbly Yarn it's a lion brand yarn bouclé. I think it's called I don't remember exactly but anyway So we're going to use a larger hook Probably a 10 millimeter. I'm going to pair that up with some red heart worsted weight In brown and I'm I have a bunch of different colors of that nubbly yarn. So We'll do another scrap afghan and I got this one Done today. This this is the last of this sort of blue and brown white stripy yarn So I can move on to a different color way now Um, so I got that done. I'm also going to start working on Some red heart granny squares. I do think I want to make myself a sweater or cardigan out of them Which means I might need another one or two balls So there's that so And tomorrow I might go get the rest of the yarn tomorrow. I did a word or a few things from amazon But I'm going to need to go to Fred Meyer or walmart or something soon and we also need to go to costco We might try to do those this weekend. Maybe we got some stuff going on next week um, which is going to occupy our time but um The snow is finally melting. Good news. Yay snow and ice. I should say Yay whoa We never did lose power it the lights flickered a few times, but we never did actually lose power The only thing is that drain pipe for the furnace froze and so we were without a furnace for about 24 hours, so We managed thank you. We have a gas fireplace. We just fired that puppy up figured out how to have it on like full blast blow everything out really hard at the same time and Yeah Got it working. Anyway, I am going to sit and watch a little bit of youtube while I'm waiting for people to come and husband to get off of work and I'll be back. Hey guys. All right, so it is Saturday morning just before 10 a.m um Gotta put my seat belt on Mr. Is headed off to the gun range with some of the kids. He's going to meet them there Uh, I don't do that sort of thing uh Listen people I can't even snorkel with ending up without ending up with staples. So there's that Um, I also don't like weapons um anyway Most a lot of the snow is melting um But It's still getting down to freezing or below freezing at night So things are still pretty frozen and there's still quite a bit of snow on the ground I don't usually drive in the snow because that's not a thing for me But I need to go run some errands and Probably the worst street is going to be the one I'm driving on right now in my street So we are going to just take it slow My husband's waiting at the end of the street to make sure I get out. Okay, that's funny Uh We're going to just take it slow and if people don't like it they can go around me But you know in inclement weather If you drive unsafely Do stupid things win stupid prizes So anyway I do have a Subaru. It is all-wheel drive But yeah Anyway, I do think I'm going to go out One street versus the other because one is flatter Just in case we hit icy patches Anyway, we're going to go to Walmart Fred Meyer and probably Joanne's I need pieces and parts And a few food things and stuff from kind of all of them. So we're going to just do them all Mo on face cream I use C to fill these days I used Mary Kay for a long time, but I do have sensitive skin and there's something about their face creams And or my skin that make me break out lately. So I switched to C to fill quite a bit ago and It's just a very basic cream But it works it keeps my face moisturized And it doesn't make me break out or get itchy because that's a thing I have a sensitive skin After that, we are going to go home and make some more granny squares I've been playing with the red heart granny square yarn and While it is challenging and I think everybody who's reviewed the yarn has said that um Because you have to have the tension just right I do tend to be a loose tension crocheted and I went down a hook size From five and a half millimeter to four and a half And that seemed to solve most of the problems. I might try doing it with a four millimeter today And see what that looks like But you know, it's Pretty easy you can make a granny square in just a few minutes And you don't have to worry about weaving in all the crazy yarn ends or I do have a little bit of a challenge at the very last color, but Again, I might try going down another half a size crochet hook and see if that helps And I think that's kind of the key with the yarn is to You have to adjust your tension and or hook size So anyway, we're going to actually go see if we can pick up some more of the yarn because I do like working with it So let's go get it done and see what we can see and yes, this road is much less Crazy than my street. I live on so There's that I'll be back. Okay checking out at Walmart is now like checking out at Costco I refuse to go to self checkout Unless I absolutely have to and they did have clerks so I went there, but You have to exit the store in the exit only lane and they have to stop and check everybody's receipt So yeah, very much like Costco Anyway It'd be interesting to see Well, why don't you just stop and let me go? Jesus Christ Um, it'd be interesting to see what Target's doing because I've heard about some changes at Target, too I hate this parking lot. It's always a nightmare And that's when it's not snowing Enough complaining. Let's get it done I just recorded the ending and the thing wasn't on Yeah, okay And he's laughing at me, but he's deservedly so Ah, yeah, yeah Anyway, as I said when I wasn't recording I spent the day playing with red hearts Uh all in one granny square yarn and I I love it I said that to you all earlier when I was out running errands. I was out looking for some more colors I did find this one Which I like They didn't have a lot at my local Joanne so I ended up coming home and ordering some from Yarnspirations They actually have more colors there than the Joanne's website even has although this color seems to be the popular color Because I got two skeins of it, but it's sold out everywhere Um Glad I got the two that I did. I'd love one more, but anyway um, I also um made this week these little I have two of these little pouches It's big enough for a crochet hook a pair of travel scissors and a needle and I love this all-in-one granny square because I'm the type that needs to have something to do To deal with my anxiety whether it's drawing or crocheting or something especially when we're in the car on a road trip Um and traveling and I can just grab a ball of this grab my little small bag And I can stuff that in a backpack and I can go I love that. Um I also have my minimal Travel art case and both both that and this will easily fit in my backpack Um, so that's wonderful It'll keep me busy and out of his hair Which you know, he usually appreciates that Yeah, I like when you're out of my hair See um, anyway, he spent the day at the range with the kids and then they had a good time Then we met up for lunch We didn't eat dinner. We ate too much lunch So, you know, there's that Anyway, next week's going to be kind of a busy week, but that's for the next vlog Um, if you have questions comments or concerns, please do leave them down below Uh Don't forget to like share and subscribe Most of us who do youtube and bring you content whether it's big channels or little channels Unless you have like five million subscribers You don't make anything And so I have a patreon and if you would love to have Um ready access to me to get questions ideas Free downloads and stuff once a month Um, come join my patreon. It's only a couple bucks a month And I sure would appreciate that they also have their private conversation with me and their own private youtube channel With lots of content that you guys don't have over here and they have never been on youtube except for that channel So, yeah Anyway, all right That's it for the moment. We are going to finish up our evening and watch the news and Hope we don't get any more storms on the west coast But I hope those of you on the east coast that are getting them Are done with that soon Anyway, have a good week. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay creative Don't forget to go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll see you later. Bye guys