Snowed in: week 2

Ok, enough already. . .

I do so love the snow, and I do so love how it makes everything look so pretty. 

  I love walking in the woods and watching the pups play. 

I love having the time to knit and sew, and I do so love being cosy & snug in our lovely warm home.  I'm safe and well fed, and I am very grateful for this.

  BUT . . . I have to admit to being just a tad fed up with it all now.
I'm fed up having to don my wellies  e.v.e.r.y. s.i.n.g.l.e  time I go outside because everything is slushy and wet and slippery.  I'm fed up shovelling and gritting, and I'm fed up not being able to get to all my usual weekly activities and excursions.  

Yesterday I spent ages digging the car out and clearing all the snow, and then last night we had another big dumping and woke up this morning to find it covered again.  Ggggrrrr . . .

{I am sounding like a real moaning minnie, aren't I}

Right - enough whining. 
This too shall pass, and Spring will be here before we know it : - )

Tirade over.

Our little Ben-dog {seen here, looking ever so adorable, before her accident} has sprained her elbow
 { she has a penchant for batting around the back garden at high speed, and the vet suspects she probably skidded on the ice and fell awkwardly on it }, so as she can't currently climb stairs, I've been spending time downstairs with her.  A perfect excuse to curl up on the sofa, catch up on some recorded telly, and knit. 

On the needles at the moment: 2 things.
 One, a shawl/poncho that I'm kind of basing on a pattern I have and kind of making up as I go along.  It was just going to be a little something to use up the wool I had leftover from my cosy charcoal cabled jumper, but I'm only half way through and am now out of said wool. Gggrrrr . . . So until I can get out and get to the shops again, that project's on hold.

Number Two is another pair of cabled wristwarmers - these ones, a pressie for a friend.

 

 I also have a pile of lovely mags, and my current book club read to get through.  This month we're reading "It's all about Treo" by Dave Heyhoe, about the work of the K9 unit in the war in Afghanistan. It's quite interesting and Treo the dog is amazing.

Linking up today with Ginny's Small Things Yarn Along - it's always fun hopping around to see what everyone else is reading & creating.

Thanks for indulging my Wednesday whine.  Hmm . .  {she ponders} . . . whine?  Wine?  Aah, now there's an idea . . . hic . . .

Happy middle of the week,
xoxo