Shoveling, Days Off and Furry Friends

Hello, All!

Just sitting at the computer, at the end of a lovely day. It LOOKED lovely, from the inside, at least, ha. The sun was shining and it was so bright all around. Probably still right around 30 degrees.

We're supposed to get just a little bit of snow tonight. Little bits are okay :)

This is the beginning of our "February Break," in the public schools. I think it's mostly for people to get away if they want to, AND it's a time to let all those cold and flu germs in the school buildings die. There are LOTS of them! Bleh.

COUNTING DOWN. What did I do this week? Well I made it through another week of winter. And THAT is HUGE. No, really. We're down to 31 days until spring! No matter the weather on that day (March 20), I will be calling it Spring.

This week: Merlin

FLUFFY ENTERTAINMENT. This week Kara has another dog-sitting gig, and we have Merlin here. He's a little fluffy dog; I think Kara said he's 9 lbs. Very cute! I don't know what kind he is, but he likes to play indoor fetch with a little squeaky bone toy. And, if you're just sitting on the couch not petting him, he will move his nose over to your hand and remind you that you need to do that.

I just snapped this pic of Merlin with my phone.

Last week: Chrissy

BOATLOADS OF SNOW. Oh I just remembered that Wednesday's exercise was shoveling. Wow. A LOT of shoveling, like 2 1/2 hours worth, since the storm coincided exactly with Frank's trip to New York and he missed it :0 Kara did do the driveway. I tackled the porch, sidewalk to the mailbox, clearing off 2 cars, and the deck. (Thinking our next abode may be an apartment where somebody ELSE does the outside cleanup!)

this is us!

Then, the temperatures stayed in the 40s and even (gasp) 50s a couple of days, and it's almost all melted now. Kind of weird for February.

FAB CHRISTMAS GIFT. I don't think I mentioned our Christmas present from the kids, either. Waaaay cool! They know I don't want to get more "stuff," to fill our already overflowing house. I am constantly donating things, and asking them to go through their stuff whenever they are home. So they went in together, and got Frank and I tickets to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical! I didn't even know it was a musical, so that was a great surprise. It was so much fun. We went about 4 weeks ago, to a theater in downtown Boston. Fantastic date night :)

the stage before it started

I hope your week has gone well. David and Teresa have very few 'breaks' at BYU. This weekend happens to be one of their few 3-day weekends, getting off for President's Day tomorrow.

Teresa is camping, so hopefully we'll hear about that later. I have heard that southern Utah has had some beautiful weather, and the hiking and camping has been good :)

This Wednesday I head for Tucson for a few days. Looking forward to seeing some family members :) :) :)

Time for bed! Have a wonderful week.
Kari