Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Spring....Maybe.....

Yesterday was cold and snowing. But, the good news was that the ground is warm so the snow didn't pile up. You don't have to shovel it- just walk around the puddles. A lot of people are taking the blame for this one- a neighbor said it was her fault, she washed her windows. A friend's roommate packed away her heavy sweaters over the weekend. One of my husband's co-worker's got out the motorcycle and fired it up ....so it wasn't just my fault this time around...
Moral to this story is that the calendar says it's Spring but in Utah there are many seasons but Spring usually isn't one of them.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Day After "the" Birthday Weekend

I realized it's been awhile since I've posted anything and today seemed as good a day as any. Yesterday was my birthday but I've literally been celebrating since last Friday. My co-workers have given me wonderful gifts of dinner gift certificates (accompanied by Boston Creme Pie, no less), Bath and Body Works, and knic-nacs. On Saturday Dewey and I took our nephew Tyler down to Odgen where we got on the "Frontrunner" train and went to Salt Lake City. It was Ty's first big train ride. I loved seeing how excited he got! He saw freight trains, experienced the rocking motins and all the bumps, and was even brave enough to ride sitting backwards coming home. We visited the planeterium at the Gateway in Salt Lake and had a great time.

On Sunday the Loney family had Dewey and I over for cake and ice cream- I got a number of cool gifts including a money tree...but sadly it doesn't reproduce when you pluck the fruit...I tried it out. Erika did a really cool job of writing "NINI" on a cake adorned with balloons (the only ones at the party) in blue icing. And yes, I did eat blue frosting, just this one time.

Monday we both had the day off so we hung out and did house chores. I had to take a break and go see my dentist, Dr. May. Luckily they made room for me on their schedule and he was able to get me some relief from a sore in my mouth that threatened to ruin a pretty good birthday. Duane fixed dinner for me and we again enjoyed cake and ice cream. Du gave me a dozen yellow roses amd I got a card from my sister Genie in Oregon.....what a good day.