February, the short month with big happenings...

 

I tried a new recipe in the slo cooker (I love the slo cooker)...sweet and sour meatballs.  I wasn't too sure that B would like it because he prefers the old standbys and new recipes he's a little leery of.  I don't like to eat the same thing all the time so I am constantly trying to change up the menu.  I have not always had good luck with that so I was a little nervous making this but B liked it.  So now we have a new dish on the menu.

We did the online order for 2026 license plate tabs for the new car and since B's driver's license renewal is renewal coming up, we did that as well.

Groundhog day is no big deal in the UP.  We have more winter no matter Phil's prediction. However, we do have Perch Pete who says we have 6 more weeks of ice fishing.

We ran errands on Tuesday since the weather was tolerable. While B went to the post office to mail the telephone bill and the car insurance bill, I went to the library.  I get anxious when my reading pile gets low so I need to always stock up.  I picked up two from the library and 2 from the book sale inside the library.  My reading pile at home is safe for a few weeks.  After the library, we went to Applebees for lunch.  Delicious as always.  Then it was off to the grocery store to pick up some bananas and oranges.  On the way home, we stopped at the hardware store to pick up some salt for the deck and walkways.  B said there wasn't much left.  The clerk told him that with the way winter has been this year, the salt supply is getting low for everyone.

I was supposed to go in yesterday to get my B12 shot but I had to call and reschedule, the weather became very dangerous to drive in.  I will go on Monday instead.

B and I watched the opening ceremonies of Olympics. We especially loved Andrea Bocelli singing and the views of Italy. We also watched the beginning of team competition in figure skating - Madison  and Chock did it again...Perfection!  The Olympics is what we will be watching from now on.  We are not SuperBowl fans so the Olympic competitions will be better.

Groundhog Day

 

Friday Funny

 

Friday Funny

 

And The Beat Goes On...

Our oldest dil's birthday was on the 8th.  Since they live in Nevada, we don't get to celebrate it with her.  I wish we could.

Monday and Tuesday of this week were quiet days.  We spent time getting things prepared as another storm was being predicted for later in the week.  It seems this January, the U.P. is getting more snow than it has in a number of years.  There is so much that there is no place to put it all after shoveling it off roads and sidewalks.  School children, I suspect, are the happiest of us all because they have been getting no school days quite often because of the weather.

Wednesday was our oldest son & dil's 20th wedding anniversary.  Time goes by so quickly.  Hard to believe it has been 20 years already.

The storm came in on Wednesday where we got a foot of snow w/high winds.  On the good side, we didn't lose power which is what I worry about the most.

Thursday there was a lull in the weather so B and I took advantage of it by getting haircuts.  Then we went out to lunch and picked up a few groceries at the local supermarket.  We don't know what happened but by the time we got home, we were both "sick as dogs".  The only thing we figure is that something we ate at lunch definitely did not agree with us.  We are fine now but Thursday afternoon at home was not fun.

B was waiting for one of his medication to get refilled last week.  The doctor said he would have to have labs done before she could give him the renewal.  He did that last week and we got the report in the mail Wednesday.  Yesterday, the doctor's office called and said that she was very pleased at what she saw in the report and therefore, was not going to give him the renewal for Lovastatin as she felt he didn't need it at this time. He was happy...one less pill to take.

The weather channel is predicting below zero temps for next week. Oh Joy!  I so love winter in the U.P.  NOT!!