A Lazy Snowy Day

 It's snowing buckets outside right now and has been all day.  The snowplow has just gone through and it doesn't even look like it 10 minutes later.   I've been in my rug hooking room most of the day not doing much but watching TV and at different times have had a different kitty in my lap.  My husband is holed up in his bunker watching the Flyers game.  I took the camera around at different times today and as you can see from the pics - no one is doing much!

This was taken right after 'breakfast' - Looks like someone needs a nap...

This was right after breakfast - someone is settling in for his long winter's nap...

Another one down for a long winter's nap...

Later this afternoon...

And this picture truly amazed me - You have to remember Miles grumbles and growls and hisses and spits anytime Riley or Jonesy comes near him...

And this one about 1/2 hour later - because I just didn't believe what I saw earlier - I truly almost dropped the camera...

Maybe Miles is lightening up - or maybe they are doing it out of necessity - do I keep it too cold in the house and they are snuggling for body heat?  I don't know but I do hope it lasts - I love when all my guys are buddies.  

Okay - what do all these items have in common?  A bag of snippets, my hartman hook, my miller hook, my wool bag that holds my hooks, and my snippet dish????

Sure they are all rug hooking items but that's not it! What they have in common is that they all helped solve a part of a mystery.

A few weeks ago I went into my little wool bag (where I keep my rug hooking scissors, my two hartman hooks, the little white miller hook, a sharpie, my whipping needles, and whatever else lands in there.   I opened it and no hartman hooks - neither one were in there - these are my favorite hooks to hook with - I really don't care for this little white hook but keep it using it now and then - you never know - eventually I may like it - Anyway - I start looking all over the place - in my worm pile, in my bags I take to hook-in's, I then started looking everywhere in the hooking room - under the bed, down the side of the daybed, under the tv cabinet (remember I have those guys with little paws), everywhere - I spent two hours looking and was totally frustrated.  So I ended up finishing an item with the little hook.

Then for the next week I got busy with other things and didn't think about it. 

Well last weekend I went into my closet to pull out my bag of snippets to use to stuff the pin cushions.  I'm stuffing away and put my hand in the bag and hit something hard! OH WOW IT'S MY HARTMAN HOOK!  Oh my goodness, I could not stop laughing at myself - yes i was so happy to find my hook, but i'm just such a bonehead sometimes.  What I must have done was layed the hook down in my snippet dish  and then dumped it in the big bag without even realizing the hook was in the dish! 

Now to find my spare hook.... and no it's not in the bag of snippets - I checked!  Maybe one of the guys with the 4 paws knows, but they aren't telling!

Hoping everyone is safe and warm and enjoying their day.  I'm off to find something to hook...