NEW CAR!

For the past several years we've been looking for an old car to use on the weekends....an ice cream go getter! Well finally, after a LOT of looking we found one! It's a 1965 Thunderbird! Can't wait for that first ice cream cone!

PROM TIME

Prom day was a bit drizzly and chilly, so it was decided to have the Grand March inside. Great idea on every one's part, as it was really yucky until the actual March time arrived. My wonderful cousin said he would LOVE to take Erica and her friends in this awesome pink Buick! So glad the girls didn't have to try to stuff themselves into a regular sized car with those pouffy dresses! The theme was A Summer's Night in Paris and was just beautiful! So much time and effort went into transforming the gym into a trip around the world! They also celebrated Kelsey's birthday (the girl on the left) at midnight! Erica baked a cake and took it along so they could party at the stroke of midnight!

MARCH IS ALMOST GONE!

It's been quite a long time since I've posted....but life got in the way. There have been LOTS of trips to Cleveland, high school basketball tourney trail, kids and their "stuff", getting ready to send one to college and now I'm trying to plan a summer trip to Maine!!! But other than that, life has been great. We finally got the rest of the tree mess cleaned up and the front of the house looks even more bare than it did before! We still need to get the stump ground up and see about planting another tree, but at least the brush pile is gone...thanks to some friends from church! As for the trips to Cleveland, Scott needed to have his kidney function tested, and I'm happy to report that all tests came back great! So thankful to have that out of the way. Now we are seeing a Dr. on Wednesday about his SEVERE reflux and heartburn trouble. We also saw a Dr. in Cleveland about his hernia issue and that can be put on the back burner for now! Whew! Sure hope we can get some relief for the heartburn troubles. On another note, Scott is back in his workshop a lot right now...trying to get some new stuff made and keep up on the best sellers! Spring is here and the birds need attention and so his feeders tend to move quickly. I found some other goodies for him to make, so that should keep him occupied for awhile!

THE ICE WON!

Top picture is the first half that crashed, middle pic is the 2nd half and the third pic is my view of the mess from under our deck!

ICE AND A CRASHED DOWN TREE!

The first week of February brought quite the change in weather! The weather report was for LOTS of snow and a possibility of freezing rain and sleet. I set my alarm and got up every couple hours to see the snow arrive! Much to my dismay....around 2 am, I heard rain...looked at the thermometer and it was only 26 degrees! NOT GOOD!!! Rain....what a rip off....just could not believe we were not getting all this snow! I went to work in the morning and not very many people made it in....the van drivers just couldn't get all the people picked up, but we muddled thru the day with who showed up. That night a little after 8pm, we were snuggled down watching NICS when we heard this roar and a crash! What on earth...hubby said, 'I think we just lost our tree!' Yup, but only 1/2 of it crashed. Looked like some of it was on the road, and then I saw our wonderful neighbor headed down the hill with his chainsaw. So we went out to try and get the branches that were on the road cut back....good luck standing up on this junk! Erica stayed on the deck with her dad, the dogs and the neighbor boys while Chris and I tried to stay standing while the neighbor started cutting....great combo...chainsaw and ice!!! Got the stuff off the road that was a hazard and then tried to get back into the house! I was whooped and ended up crashing on the couch...setting the alarm for every couple hours so once again I could see this snow! Never happened, but more ice did! At 10:30, Erica woke me and said we had another crash and she thinks the rest of the tree fell....looked out the window at the same time the neighbor did...yup, we sure did! Waved at the neighbor, closed the window and decided if anyone was out driving on this ice, they could just hit anything that was on the road! So early the next morning, I found out Weaver Leather was closed! The neighbor and I headed out once again to try to clear branches from the road while standing in an upright position. Mission accomplished and back to the house we went. The next hoot was all the ice in the driveway! When it's slick on the drive, we usually slide down, then quickly slide into the grass at the bottom to stop! Not this time, there was a tree in the way. So on Thursday, after quite a few phone calls, I was able to finally locate some salt. Dad picked it up and was able to back into the bottom of the drive. The kids and I spread 150 pounds of salt on the drive and let it and the sunshine do their work! Wow, what a week!
Really gonna miss that tree, but soooo thankful it didn't fall onto the house! Only thing damaged was the top rail of my split rail fence by the mailbox. 2 families have been nice enough to come and collect the wood and brush that evil Mr. Icehole tore down!

B.....is for BeeBops!

We made it to letter A....which was Angello's in Canton a couple weeks ago....Italian Californian cuisine! Delicious!!! Mom and Dad went along and when we pulled up, the first thing Dad said was, "looks like an old funeral parlor!!!" Yup, we think it was, but it was still wonderful. I had mushroom stuffed ravioli which I loved. The bread was amazing, but then, what Italian place doesn't have awesome bread.

Last night we headed to BeeBops Grill in Wilmot for the letter B! Great food, and very large servings! Scott loved the deep fried pickles! Check out the picture I've included! Looking forward to continuing our journey thru the alphabet. Several people at church have indicated they would like to go along! Sounds like a plan to me!

EATING FROM A TO Z!

My crazy brain came up with the idea of eating from A to Z this year! Gonna try to hit a lot of different places and use as many coupons as I can! Tonight we are trying Angello's in Canton. Heard it from some friends that it's excellent! Taking Mom and Dad along on the adventure tonight. I'll fill you in later about how great it was! ;)