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January 20
Brrrr...it sure is cold here in PA. The
thermometer says 7 degrees and with the breeze that's blowing the
windchill must be around 20 below. I guess it's about time.
We've had a pretty mild winter up until now with just a few inches of
snow here and there and no terribly cold temperatures. Still,
it's getting easier to imagine spending the winters in a warmer
climate. I just don't like the cold like I used to.
This weather has us slowed down and not much
has been going on. The big news is that Tim got a
"new" truck this week. The old truck, Black Beauty,
was a 1998 Ford F-150 with 300,000 miles on it. It still runs,
but with that many miles on it we knew we were sitting on a time bomb.
The new truck is actually two years older than BB. It's a 1996
Ford F-250. It was owned by an older man and only has 60,000
miles on it! The body is in great condition and the interior
looks like new. With a price tag under $8000 we couldn't pass it
up.
I joined Weight Watchers again this past Monday. It's a
different group than I went to before. It's very large, which is
a good thing, I guess. You get more people talking and sharing
ideas. I came home from the meeting with several new ideas to
try. Tim isn't exactly doing the program, but he is being more
actively supportive than he ever was before. He's asking
questions, encouraging me and he is trying to eat at least a little
bit healthier himself. I'm not sure, but I might switch
meetings. There is one at the same location with the same
leader, on the same day, but at a time just before I go back to work
in the afternoons. I could go to it and then straight to work.
The evening meeting isn't until 6:00 so it's 7:00 until I get out of
there, which makes it 7:30 or 8:00 before I get to have dinner and sit
down with Tim and Megan. I don't really like that.
Yesterday we drove to Pittsburgh and had
dinner at Matt and Ashlei's. They made pork, sourkraut, and
apples seasoned with parsley and dill. It was delicious!
For dessert, Ashlei made homemade apple dumplings and served them with
ice cream, caramel sauce, and almonds. Wow. The two of
them are getting to be gourmet cooks! The best part is that
Ashlei talked to us. She wasn't what you'd call chatty, but she
at least participated in the conversations and opened up a lot more
when we talked about the wedding. It's been hard. I don't
want to come off as interfering or controlling, but with Ashlei not
speaking to her mom I'm trying to let her know that I'm available to
fill a little bit of that void if she needs me. I keep hoping
they will make up at least enough for her mom to come to the wedding.
In the meantime, I'm thrilled that Ashlei jumped on my offer to take
her to get her hair done the morning of the wedding. I wasn't
sure she'd go for it.
We made a trip to Wal-Mart this morning for a
few groceries, my prescription and the Sunday paper, but since then
we've spent the day at home staying warm and watching football.
Darn those Patriots! I suppose they deserve to go to the Super
Bowl, but I just don't like them and was cheering for the Chargers.
Oh well, nothing left to do but cheer for the Packers.
Have a great week and stay warm!
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