SNOW DAY: FORCING SPRING TO COME TO MICHIGAN

Imagine my face Saturday morning when I looked out the window expecting spring and saw the horror in the above photo. Michigan loves to taunt its inhabitants. One day it's so glorious and sunny that we almost begin to believe that winter is over. Then, bam, winter is back with a vengeance. Since there was no way I was leaving my house this weekend, I did everything I could to force spring to come to Michigan. Elmer's glue was involved. And food. Here's a peek at how I tried to abolish winter this weekend.

I tried to brighten up the corners of our house with what pretty much amounted to kindergarten craft projects. I can't remember the last time I crafted with construction paper and Elmer's glue but it was well worth it. I made the paper flowers for a dinner I organized a few days ago (more on that to come) and used a gorgeous paper flower tutorial by The House that Lars Built. 

I started a little crochet project that has been calling my name. Anything that involves orange ruffles is okay in my book. 

To cheer me up, Warren agreed to make about a billion mini pies using the awesome mini pie maker we got at CVS for ten dollars. I love after Christmas sales. He made strawberry, blueberry, and apple. Don't they look scrumptious?

If there is anything I like about winter it is the fact that you can pretty much eat comfort food for three months straight and no one will question it. We made a delectable pasta sauce from Table for Two and it seriously hit the spot. I daresay that it made me just the teeniest glad to hibernate the weekend away. We used ground turkey and sweet Italian turkey sausage instead of beef and served it over spaghetti squash. Talk about comfort food to the max. What about you? How did you spend this weekend--with or without snow?

*If you haven't entered the cozy cowl crochet giveaway, you have until 5 PM EST today to do so! The winner will be announced on Wednesday.