Talking About it Tuesday #105

I hope you all had a lovely weekend; I know much of the US was forecasted to get some unusual weather & I hope my fellow Americans made out okay in the storm. We were supposed to get between 13 & 19 inches of snow, which while rather extreme is not completely unheard of here. In 2013 our state got over 36 inches of snow over one 24 hour period but of course no two storms are alike and wind, ice, etc. can vary from one to the next. We were just hopeful to keep our power going and we did for the most part (we had an hour where a car accident took ours down but an hour is nothing). We did get lots and lots of snow but thankfully the super cold temps made it a nice light, fluffy snow and not a wet, heavy snow which is much easier to deal with.  
 
We had lots of great links at last week's party. It's always so fun to see what is shared and oh so hard to pick just a few to feature. 
 
 


 
Most Popular Posts from Last Week:
 
 I Am Resistant by Alfazema
 

 
Some Others that Caught My Eye: 
 
 

 Italian Herb Shrimp by Homemade on a Weeknight
 
 

 
 

This party will remain open until the weekend.  My hope is that everyone will share all sorts of wonderful posts: travel, recipes, how to's, crafting ideas, and more-- up to 3 posts per blog.  Anything that is family friendly is welcome; even old posts that you'd like to get some new views.


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