Feels Like Spring in February!

This is the mildest least snowy winter I can remember in my life time.  It is such a treat after last winter, but I do feel bad for the Winter Carnival events that had to be cancelled.

Yesterday the hoar frost was breathtaking.  The sun reflected off the top of the trees at  3 PM yesterday.  The St. Paul Pioneer Press published a photo of a woman taking a photo of it!  It is striking for her all blue clothing against the white and gray.

It says more photos can be found at photos.twincities.com

I've been broke.  My dog has chewed up many pairs of shoes.  My old glasses broke and the pair I 've been wearing was from 6 years ago and are scratched.  Maybe it's the mild weather.  Maybe it's the sun we've enjoyed for several days.  Maybe it's because that crud I've had is almost completely gone..... but I want to spend money and spruce up both me and the house! 

I listed a ton of stuff on ebay for two days and was rewarded with immediate sales of some of those items. So I bought two for one pairs of new glasses.  I  needed them desperately.  I could have gotten the very cheapest frames, but went up $50 for each pair.  I'm tantalized by the photos of Liz Claiborne purses in the new jcp circular with the newspaper.  Tuesday Morning has gorgeous vintage print fabric closet organizers and beautiful bedding.   I want them! 

Time to clean out the closet,  sew for myself , and buy a few key pieces for my wardrobe such as shoes and purse.  I'm sick of out of style purses.  poof!  out of here!  I have too many pieces in my wardrobe that don't really fit and don't go with anything else.   I need to go through everything!  I have nylons in a drawer that probably haven't been worn in over 5 years and have no elasticity again. 

J. D. Lewis & sons featured in Parade Magazine

I had to read more!  This man adopted two boys.  They wanted to make a difference in the world.  The Dad homeschooled the boys,  and took out loans so they could travel around the world for one year. 
Their web site is twelveintwelve.org

Both Dad JD and son Jackson have blogs. 
This is the link to Jackson's blog.

http://www.globalteenblogger.com/