Catching Up On #NewYear Celebrations, #Snow Reports, #Dog Photos, And #Crafting Creations

Mostly we don’t bother much about doing anything to see in the new year, but there were fireworks around here (which we didn’t get photos or videos of) and I spent new year’s eve participating in the ACB communityathon.

 

I hosted for it during one of the hours, spoke to highlight some of the events I’m involved with that happen in the community during a couple of the other hours, and just listened to what others had to say during other hours.  It was a long night for me, but it was fun.  Plus, there’s a fundraiser that's held during it, and we raised a good chunk of money to help keep the ACB community going, so that’s definitely a good thing.

 

Yes.  Yes.  I know we’re already basically half way through January.  But I figured, since I hadn't done so, I’d go ahead and tell you about my new year’s eve celebrations anyhow.  Better late than never, right?

Hope you enjoyed whatever you did - if anything - to see in the new year.

 

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Speaking of being slow to share things:

 

 I’m slow posting these, because I had a load of other things I wanted to post first.  But we’ve had a little snow a couple of times since the start of December, and I wanted to show you the photos.  I know it’s nothing compared to what some people have had, but I’ll take what I can get when it comes to snow, as those who know me well already know.

 

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The first time we got snow was on December 10th.  It was a light dusting, which was only just enough to frost the ground, and which later turned in to slush and then ice.  But here are some photos we took of it while it was still snow anyhow:

 

 

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Then there was an even lighter dusting of snow on December 16th, which didn’t last long.  But at least it lasted long enough for us to notice it, as well as to get a photo of it…

 

 

And for me to take Lilie and Logan out to see it…

        

 

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They keep predicting more snow.  I’m crossing my fingers the predictions come true.  I always keep hoping.

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I also have a couple of photos of Lilie I had yet to show you.

 

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We took these photos of Lilie by the coffee table on December 30th 2022, while we were playing with her in the living room that morning, but I didn't get a chance to share them before now.  So, here they are:

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Also, last week we got the dogs some new beds, because Lilie's leg issue makes it tricky for her to jump on to the metal framed ones we had (which kind of resembled camping beds for dogs, in my opinion).

 

We'd brought the other ones because we were having trouble finding baskets big enough that they could share if they wanted to, but when I was looking for baskets to make it easier on Lilie, I found the large dog baskets I'd been looking for in the first place, so I grabbed a couple to replace their old beds.

 

Here's a photo of Lilie trying one of them out:

 

Since I never get the cushion things for the baskets (due to not being sure if Lilie has outgrown her puppy habit of shredding those, them not being easy to wash, and them costing almost as much as the basket itself) they usually have a pile of blankets in their beds, so there should have been more of them in that basket.  But I was washing the pet blankets before letting them go in the new beds, and those were all I'd managed to get washed and dried in time to have them in that basket before bed time.  Lilie seemed to consider it enough for the time being, so that's the main thing.  The rest of the blankets for that basket will have been added by the time you're reading this though.
 

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Lastly, I have a couple of completed craft projects to show you.

The first is this little loom knitted drawstring bag:

And the other is this crocheted snowman hat toilet roll cover:

The holly leaves weren't officially part of the pattern, but I'd learned to do them for the dogs' holiday collars, thought they'd be a cute addition, so added them because I felt like making and adding them.