OUR LITTLE CLOWN

If there is ever any doubt in my mind that Katherine is SILLY, here's a picture to prove it. Her favorite dinnertime activity is to make Elizabeth laugh!

A few things...

-I'm in the middle of organizing our entire photo collection. Both printed photos to digital ones. I'm getting them all into one place and documenting all of the things we did year by year. It is actually fun to go through years and years of photos and to reminisce. And just a warning to my family - I have found many funny, potential blackmail photos, so be NICE to me or else! Extra warning to my sisters because I have LOTS of funny photos of you two!

-I also found my journal from junior high & high school. I laughed so hard at some of the things I wrote. It is so funny how you think your life is so hard as a teenager. I'll have to pull out my journal when MY girls are teenagers for more sympathy for them. I did get a kick out of an entry in the spring of 1992 when I was first dating Kurt. I said, "I hope this relationship last for a long time."

-I haven't been watching much television at all, and I don't miss it. Basically everything that is on right now is so crappy. Sometimes I work on my laptop in front of the television and I can't even find anything on for background noise. I am, however, looking forward to LOST starting back up again. I'll maybe have to watch the last episode to get a refresher.

-Kurt just bought a new strategy game called Cathedral World. We tried it out this weekend and it is really fun. A quick (under 30 min.) strategy game for two players.

-On Friday night I was thumbing through my running magazine and saw a review for several treadmills. I asked Kurt, "How long do you think our treadmill will last? It sure has lasted a long time." Can you guess how this story ends? Well, Sat. morning I jump on the treadmill and with 10 more min. to run it just completely stops dead. Jinxed! (I'm hoping it's just the fuse that needs to be replaced.)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

OK, so I'm a little belated, but better later then never! Hope the year is off to a great start for everyone. It always seems like a challenge to get back into the work routine after the 1st of the year, but I think I'm about there.

We had a very restful and fun vacation. Kurt's mom visited for 10 days and it just flew by. It is always so great to have an extra set of hands to help and Jane is always so great to help in any way. Kurt and I got to go out one evening on a date to a favorite restaurant, it was so wonderful to chat about the things we never seem to have enough time to talk about.

I wanted to update you on the goal I made before Christmas. I exercised EVERY DAY from Thanksgiving until Christmas! Yes, I'm quite proud of myself. Some days it was so easy, and others it was tough. A few evenings I had to drag myself down to the treadmill at 11:00 pm, but once I got going it felt really good. But, boy, when Christmas day came around is was so GREAT to not have to work out! I've set several goals for this New Year and so far, so good! I'll keep you posted...

Last weekened, I did get to go outside for a run - the first time in a month! All the snow was melted and it was in the 30's. Glad I got that run in because the next day we got snow, and after several big storms, right now we've got about 9 inches of the white stuff.


Here's some photos of our winter wonderland: