Day Sixteen

Wood Pile Blues

Little by little, hubby Neil is starting to make a dent in our pile of wood for the wood stove. The wood cutters dumped six ricks of wood in our yard sometime before Christmas. Trouble is--the wood shed is on the other side of the yard. The wood cutter guys' truck was too high to drive it under this big, low hanging Mulberry tree limb. So Neil loads up his wheelbarrow, carts the wood over to the wood shed, stacks it, then starts all over again. He just might have it done by Spring.

Day Fifteen

"Ices"

We've been into the chest of board games upstairs lately. Elijah discovered the Yahtzee dice and has been intrigued with them ever since. He's lost them; I've found them; he's rolled them and thrown them down the stairs and put them inside whatever container he can find. He calls them "ices" (eye-sees). "Granny, I don't have any ices at my house," he told me today, which usually means he intends to take them home with him at the end of the day. But he forgot about them. They're back inside the Yahtzee box to play with another day.

Day Fourteen

Three O'clock! Shelby Heads To Granny's House

The kids went back to school today after a week of "snow days". They didn't have to go in until ten o'clock this morning which made for a short day. And tomorrow is Friday already, which makes for a short week. Life is good.

Day Thirteen

All Good Things ....

The temperature reached the high forties today. The sun came out. The snow is starting to melt. It seems the "snow days" have come to an end for now. Back to school tomorrow--two hours late. Enjoy that little extra sleep, students and teachers!

Day Twelve

The Better To See You .....

Elijah had fun wearing his grandpa's safety glasses (which have no lenses for now). I'm surprised he let me take his picture. He even smiled. Sort of.