Snow snow everywhere I look

Well fall has turned into winter here in the lovely state of Minnesota. For those of you that know me, snow is a 4 letter word in my vocabulary. Ok, So I'll agree that it looks pretty right after it falls and everything is quiet around here, but then it turns to snirt (snow mixed with black soil/dirt) and you get stuck driving in it, it bogs down the drive to work and sometimes prevents the drive home. As it turns out Pepper absolutely loves the snow! It was so fun watching her play in it for the first time. She would jump, prance, sit, roll it and smile all the while doing so. Even now it is hard to get her to come in from playing outside.

I was thankful back in November during our first big snow fall and we had lost power for more than 24 hours. So happy that the tank was still empty and I didn't need to figure out how to handle the livestock when I was snowed in and had to be rescued. With the snow came lots of time for knitting projects. I finally, seriously took it up after being tired of knitting dishclothes and have found a huge fiber addiction. I'm in love with things like merino wool, double point needles and heel turns.

I received the safety award from the County Commissioners this past week. I know safety..big whop right...well as it turned out my boss nominated me after being with the county for 3 years (short time frame for them) and it was for all the work I've done above and beyond what is required. Things like grant writing to get radios for all the firefighters and EMS/EMT in our county, assisting with the transition to ARMER (state's narrowband, digital radio system that we will be changing over to before 1/2013 due to FCC requirements), etc. It was a great night and made even better when he got the distinguished service award (giving me the look of death in the process and giggling when they read his nomination). So it turned out 2 of the 4 people in our office took away 2 of the 4 big awards given out that night!

Thankfully spring is just around the corner!