What a nice winter storm! So far, our highest wind gust was 45 MPH - that's a lot of wind for us! We've gotten almost 3 inches of rain with this storm - and almost an inch since midnight. I'm ready for summer!

Since it was such a blustery day yesterday, after shopping and cleaning, I made a cute little lamb toy. I already have some changes in mind for the next one I make - a lighter face color (so you can see the eyes!) and a little less stuffing.

Isn't he cute!

Friday was a 'celebration' day at work - the bank brought in lunch for us, and had raffles during the day, and other fun stuff. Here's what happens when one of the balloons being used as decorations escapes:

We shoot it out of the sky! Okay, it took a while, but we managed to get a pin to stick to the Nerf dart, and then managed to actually hit the balloon with the dart - not nearly as easy as it sounds! We only had one dart set up with a pin, so after every shot that missed, the dart had to be thrown back up to us on the second floor. We also had to make sure there were no customers in the bank lobby during this time. (The bank has an open ceiling between floors - a beautiful look!)

But we did it! (Which is a good thing - our motion detectors would go off when it ran out of helium, setting off the alarms. The security company already told us they charge extra for 'sinking balloon' calls, not to mention it usually happens in the middle of the night, and someone from the bank gets a call and has to go in and check it out!) The last time, it was a bunch of balloons, and we were able to thrown a ball of yarn between the strings to bring them down.. A solo balloon was a bit tougher.