A Week in February

When your husband is out of town for the week these things are not supposed to happen especially if you have to be some where later in the day. However, it will happen if you leave the air compressor hooked up to your van after it finishes pumping up your tire and you fall asleep in the house. There could be many lessons learned here but at least I knew how to pump up my tire to the correct psi! Thankfully our nice neighbor Steve helped me out and had a good laugh for his afternoon enjoyment. On the other hand this also happened six minutes before I was to drive down to the neighbors and get the girls off the bus. So I hoofed it (really walk/run) down to their stop and almost threw up because I am not a runner and never will be. I got there just in time to get the girls off the bus and be asked 20 questions. In my attempts to regulate my oxygen levels I managed to squeak out that my battery was dead in the van and we would be walking home!
Today Anna and I do our usual Thursday visit to see Grandma Joyce. Anna likes to go back to her room and play in her box and line up whatever she can find to make a train (and why do we spend a lot of money of toys?). Mom mentioned that she was trying to watch a video but wasn't able to work the t.v. anymore. Well, that was easy to figure out because she lost her remote. I looked all over for that remote but my guess is she threw it away with the many other things that have mysteriously gone missing the last few months. While trying to look for her remote mom gets out her church hymnal and starts belting out songs. Anna and I heard a good rendition of How Great Thou Art and Rock of Ages. After the concert mom shuts the hymnal and says, "I guess I better not quit my day job." I would have to agree.

Pretzel art anyone? Anna likes to eat stick pretzels and write words and names with them before she devours her snack. Usually she starts out with her sister's name and then goes onto her own. Today she was trying a whole bunch of words and names until there were no more pretzels left. I guess we can chalk this one up as a spelling lesson or edible art.

Special Note: we received more than six inches of snow today!