Snow? On May 11th? Seriously?!

Yes, you read that correctly! All of you from Kansas reading this and experiencing 90 degree weather today...REJOICE! It's not snowing where you are!

I know Colorado is colder, mainly do to the elevation. But snow in May....really? It just...doesn't seem...right. I'm seeing it out my window and I'm not seeming to grasp that we're really in the month of May. Although the busyness of this month should be giving me a clue.

When we left for church it was cold, but no snow yet. I was determined to still wear open sandals and spring clothing; I don't care how cold it is, it still is spring and I'm done with winter apparel (my boots were packed up several weeks ago!). By 9:30 or 10, the snow started coming down. And by the time we were out of church, a couple inches on snow was dressing all the vehicles.

I was hoping for a mistake in the weather forecast and the snow wouldn't appear. But, nope, the snow is coming. The huge wet flakes that fell to the ground were beautiful...in December only. ;) So, this is the really nasty part. It's only 33 degrees outside. But you know the wind chill factor? THAT makes is 20 degrees. 20 DEGREES in the MIDDLE of May! Can I say it again.....REALLY?? SERIOUSLY????

If you haven't noticed, you should be able to tell by now that I'm not too happy with this cold front this time of year....;)

This is the time for planting in my garden instead of seeing them filled with snow. Those little sticks you see sticking up are my asparagus plants. There's seven spears coming up this year. Hopefully they'll survive the cold. The good thing is the snow will add moisture to the dirt before I plant. However, a garden serves that purpose just fine.

So for now, until the weather warms up for good (or at least for a month or two), I'll keep my garden and flowers indoors.

And turn up the heat.

But....I'm still wearing flip flops....

How to remove sharpie marker? Pinterest to the rescue!

I have this ongoing love/hate relationship with pinterest. I will admit that I fell in LOVE with that website the very first time I joined. The ideas are endless. And if I'm not careful, the time I spend on there is endless as well.

But for this project, it was a lifesaver. I had used a sharpie marker on several Cubbies books that needed to come off. Searched pinterest and their suggestion was rubbing alcohol.

Worked like a charm. Hardly had to rub at all for that black ink to disappear. It took off a teeny bit of the blue in the background, but hardly noticeable and for this, not an issue.

Thanks pinterest! And I only spent 20 seconds on your site to find the answer! Score!! :)