More on my Mind

It's 1:30 am on Saturday the 13th...I'm working a graveyard shift to help out at work. I came in at 6 am this morning and went home around 10 am. I had lunch with my sister Ann at Angie's here in Logan. We live only minutes away from each other but seems we hardly have time to just and talk, it was really nice....

They've been showing Ann and Brian's quite a bit lately...Dewey and I aren't looking forward to the idea of moving but we sure would like them to get a sale. I can't imagine what it must be like to have 2 mortgages. The house around the corner that has almost the same layout as ours just put up a "contract pending"sign....bummer.....keep your fingers crossed that things will get moving, literally, very soon....

We had a great anniversary. We won the daily contest on KVNU (our local radio station) so we get a free rose and vase and a portrait sitting. (We were the only couple called in for the day so there wasn't any competition...) We had talked about going out for dinner but Du got hung up at work so he picked up Sizzler to Go and we had an awesome steak and shrimp dinner and watched Grey's Anatomy...now if that doesn't say romance I don't know what does...

I'm excited for the Winter Olympics to be getting under way in Vancouver. The Opening Ceremonies didn't seem nearly as impressive as Salt Lake's but I might be just a little prejudiced. I love the skiing, boarding and figure skating...and any day that has Apollo Ohno in it...

This Wednesday is the beginning of Lent...the 40 Holy Days leading up to Easter and the remembrance of Christ's suffering, cruxifiction and resurrection. I haven't made many sacrifices of my own for Lent in recent years so this year I decided I'm going to give up chocolate and donate the money saved to the local food pantry. No Hershey bars, chocolate chip cookies (or M&M ones), no Hershey Easter eggs, etc. It will be good both for my soul and the diabetes.... I want to be a lot more spiritual and this seems like a good time for renewal and faith. Many people around me are facing trials and I want my prayers to really count.

I really scaled back my Valentine's greetings this year...didn't even mail a single card (sorry Hallmark!!). I guess I just didn't figure I needed a holiday to tell those close to me I love em'...you know who you are...