Birthday / Valentine's Day

This is me with my 2 cousins from Cochranton, Pa.

Happy Birthday to my cousin, Katy! She's the cute one on the right :) Anita is the "young" one on the left. We have been meeting in Cincinnatti at my brother and sister-in-law's home during the summer, and hope to be able to do it again this year. (Jim & Jo, can we come?!)

I found 2 old pictures from Valentine's Day past - but couldn't get them to upload! One was a cute one of Michael and Brian in 1993; the other was Rob and I in 1998. I had too much hair anyway, so maybe it's better it didn't upload :)

This year we went to the Packinghouse restaurant - famous for it's cinnamon rolls. The shrimp was delicious - Megan will want to go there with us some time.

I have tomorrow off from school so will probably start working on our income taxes.

A day off from school is NOT a day off from work!

Sandy

February Thaw !

Lucky Illinois - we have had some southerly winds that brought the temperature up to almost 60 degrees on Saturday! The birds were tweeting like crazy - but only til Wed/Thurs when the temps go back to the 30's. But I took a walk in just a sweatshirt and took the Christmas lights down and cleaned up the garage a little and it felt so good to be outside :)

Hope you all have a good week and a Happy Valentine's Day!

No YMCA for me!

Nope, I don't need to exercise at the YMCA - all I do is haul wood from the back yard to the house! When a tree falls in the Village of Henderson, Rob helps cut it up, puts it in the truck, and puts it in the back yard. Then it's my job.
I was watching a news clip from an area hit by the latest ice storm and a family was chopping down their wooden fence to burn in the fireplace for heat! We are in good shape here with our own fuel, food, and water storage. It's a good feeling :)