Catching up

February started quietly which is always good in my book.  

On Thursday, the first, B took a large donation to St. Vincent DePaul store and 2 bags of groceries to their food bank.  I am constantly decluttering and usually have a bag or two to be donated.  I also look at sale items in the grocery store which not only we can use at home but I can also add to the bag for the food bank.

On Friday, Ground hog Day, we definitely got a laugh over the groundhog predicting an early spring for two reasons...one, the UP has never had a winter with springtime temperatures in decades like we are going thru now and two, our calendar on the four seasons and when they happen are usually just looking outside to see what it is doing.  Our weather never matches the calendar (or the groundhog).

On Saturday, we went to an antique show where the only thing we saw we liked was way overpriced. Then to the Hallmark store for Valentine cards for friends and family.  Craft Store was next to purchase some thread for some needlepoint projects I am working on.  Then B suggested we try the new Panera restaurant that just opened.  B had a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a bacon turkey sandwich. I had a bowl of tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich.  Both were very good and we plan to go again.  We talked about the Texas Roadhouse restaurant which is supposed to be open in the spring and we will try that out.

Sunday was a sit around the house, watch movies and do nothing day (which is something we are quite good at).  Heard from our oldest son who lives in Nevada.  They got almost a foot of snow because of that storm moving into California and then into Nevada.  Since they never get that kind of weather, he did not have a snowblower so he was shoveling most of the day.  The only one really enjoying it was our grandpuppy Buster who likes to play in the snow.  I told my son that all the snow was so he wouldn't be homesick this time of year.  He told me he would rather be homesick for dad and me and not the snow.

Monday, we spent a good portion of the day on the computer trying to figure out when we could go to Nevada to visit our oldest son and dil.  What we found was more expensive than we thought and layovers in airports that were ridiculously long.  We will keep working on it.

Tuesday, the national and state news were full of good news which brightened our day.