The Bright Eyed Brunette

 Happy Monday, friends!  What a week!  We had tornados, snow, freezing temperatures, and now lots of rain all within a week's time.  Like the weather, things have been on crazy around here as well.  Let me just start off with a few snow pictures first. Our house. I took this from inside the truck, and didn't take the time to edit it. The snow looks pretty, but I hate it! Our church. Looks so pure :) And the river. We stayed at the top of the hill 😊 It's funny how the snow makes the river look especially brown 😒 Being stuck inside for two or three days definitely made the month of January seem longer than it actually is. It's like that Energizer battery that keeps going, and going, and going...! After a couple of days most people went back to work but the schools remained closed, so on Thursday and Friday, Wrenley came to visit us! We bundled up and went to feed the chickens, which she calls "Bok Boks". She found this hat in Carl's truck and put it on her...

 Happy New Year, friends!  NYE was pretty quiet here on the homestead.  I wasn't feeling the best (thankfully it only lasted a couple of days) and it was cold and windy.  We did stay up, but that was only because we were watching a movie!  Carlie and Caleb invited all of us (and Caleb's parents) to their house for lunch on New Year's Day. We had ham, potatoes, cabbage, black eyed peas, green beans, rolls, banana pudding and pecan pie.  It was delish!   If you have been around here for very long, you probably know what I am most excited about: new planners!  And, you probably know that I have more than one.  This is my planner stack! This year I went with something completely different. I did stick with the Happy Planner, but I did hard-back and no disc system and I chose the big size.  It is the beige leopard one pictured above. I use this one as my catch-all.  It has a little bit of everything.  My second choice was the g...