Let's Have a Look-See

Wes had the Friday off before Presidents Day so I thought itvwould be great to get out of town. We planned all this about 3 weeks before hand when it was so cold and we had snow on the ground. I really wanted to fly to North Carolona and see the grands, but the airfare was more than double the last time we went. We need to go to California and help out my parents but the Covid numbers were really high here (and still are) which means I was probably being exposed.  It's just not safe. So I saw on Facebook that Barry Manilow had just scheduled shows for that weekend. Vegas is a days drive, so we booked a couple of seats and made a plan.  There were  gifts. Sunshine And a very fun show This guy is 78 and can still sing.  We also visited Red Rock Park. Here's the thing. Wes hates Vegas. He grew up with his parents teaching him that gambling was the worst thing you ...

Wes gave me these flowers with a note about Spring coming.  I know it will come. I just want it to be a little warmer while I wait for it. I'm happy to say that we have had a few afternoon highs over freezing. Things are starting to melt. It's messy, but we have to get through the messy to get rid of the snow.  We had Hawaiian Day at school. I love how happy these little people were to get a lei and say Aloha all day. Oh that we could all enjoy the little things in life.  Aloha

We had sun this week with means we had cold mornings.  Still haven't got up to 32 degrees but I know it will happen. It always does. We gave our kids Jazz tickets for Christmas. We meet up with them in Salt Lake on Friday.  The boys love basket ball and Callie and I love to yell, so it is a win-win.  Scott always represents his love of the Warriors. I'll bet that this jersey is 15 years old. It was good to see him relax and he looked happy. It's been a journey for him.  The big bonus was thar there was no snow on the ground in Salt Lake. It was good for my soul not to see snow for a few hours.  Bring on the sun!  

Well, the sun peaked out Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, but quickly went back behind the clouds.   I was thrilled to wake up to sun on Friday.  Of course it was cold...like 4 degrees, but just lovely. With those cold temperatures there is no snow melting...but it's good to see the blue sky. You gotra love the kids playing soccer in the snow.   Hoping for a no snow or ice week. 

We have had a week. First came the frozen fog and hoar frost. It was pretty, but sooooo cold. Then the roads ices up. Not my thing. And I don't think the sun has been seen for a week. Oh yeah, it snowed making yet another mess of the roads.  I never had to put my own kids in snowcloths, but I have put my kiddos in school in snow cloths everyday this week. Zip them up, find them gloves, put their hoods on over their hats. It's  getting old.  On top of all of that fun we have an outbreak of the Coronas at school. It really looks like we will shut down this week.  So I dream of sun. Literally.  I dream of warm sunny days and then wake in the seventh level of Hell and chant: I will be a snowbird.  I will be a snowbird.  One week ago we had sun. My mom turned 88 this week. This picture was taken on a hot sunny day.  Warm sunny day.

We went back to work this week. There is plenty of snow on the ground but the roads are clear. It is cold, so not much melting.  Our school has not been amune to staffing shortages. It was a tough week. There are not enough subs and even though we do not have a Covid outbreak, there are other bugs out there causing illness.  The other big stress factor comes from the copy machines.  They have been down since November.  The company who we contract through sends us a young guy who watches YouTube videos to try and fix them. It has gone from bad, to crazy,  to worse. As in all the copiers were down , to they all worked, but only if you used tray 2, to the new one works- sometimes and only with tray 2- one has parts sitting on top of it and the other two are jammed up. It is extremely frustrating and when you add that to lack of staff for interventions and rotation classes it gets to be not fun.  I'm not complaining, just explaining.  We are happy to be in...

Are you tired of snow pictures?   Me too. We had more snow and blowing snow this week. I ended up staying home for the week.  I left the house on Thursday for lunch with my buddies.  The roads were still a mess and I was happy that the plow came down our street late Thrusday afternoon.  We went to see the Eagle Tree yesterday.  There are six of them.  Always amazing to see a bald eagle.  I'm looking forward to going to work tomorrow.  It'll be cold and there is still plenty of snow on the ground, but it will be good to see the littles and get them back on the road to learning how to read.