My Valentine!

Saturday morning I woke up to roses on the computer desk next to my bed. I really couldn't ask for anything more. Lynn also brought balloons and Symphony candy bars to the kids. Before getting all mushy you should know he calls these sorts of days, "Stupid pagan holidays!" He thinks he should be able to give his wife roses without being compelled to do so because somebody somewhere says he should. Sorry to break it to him... this one's a Catholic holiday. :)

I'm soooo glad he is my Valentine and rides to my rescue more often than not. My washing machine gave up the ghost and wouldn't drain. Lynn took it apart and got it to drain. THEN it was leaking water... he stopped the leaks. THEN the motor seized up and I began to cry. I had piles of dirty laundry and no tax return with which to buy a new washer. Lynn took it apart again, tinkered with the motor, put it back together and now it works like new. I now have 8 loads of laundry sorted and waiting for their turn and a washer that works.

THANKS! I LOVE YOU LYNNY! We've been together 16 years... Here's to many more!

Financial Stability

We're working on financial stability. Learning to live on a teacher's salary has been a challenge for us this last year and a half. Our income was cut by more than half. Luckily I finished my Master's degree and "came into the money". If you can call it that... We've been liquidating Lynn's "assets". We sold our '76 rusty, baby blue horse trailer and are onto the tool trailer next. I'm sad about the tool trailer because I was hoping to make it into my camping supply trailer. I guess I'll get over it. Lynn tells me we can get a camp trailer after vet school. I'm getting too old to sleep on the ground anyway. I hear Lynn all the way from Logan yelling, "I didn't say THAT!" I take liberties with what he says. Being that I've never gotten to quit teaching school after birthing twins and all... :)


I'm also working on financing the house under my name and my salary. It's amazing to me I finally make enough money to qualify all by myself. The appraiser came on Monday to look at the house for the new mortgage. Lynn was teasing him we needed it to come in at half a million. hee hee


They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Man I must be almost as tough as Wonder Woman these days!

btw these are old pictures I had on my computer I thought you might enjoy. Lynn in his typical pose. Elise reading and the first snow of the season.

I am not having the best of camera luck!!

So I took a bunch of pictures and my camera card crashed! So you only get to read what we have been up to... no pictures!

Our Mr. B has been one busy boy. He was in the Spelling Bee at school. He placed in the top 3 in his class and got to be in the school wide Spelling Bee. He finished 3 rounds before misspelling a word he knows. He says his nerves finally got to him. Never mind that all his former teachers, the principal, Mrs. K and his mom were all in tears at this momentous occasion. Speaking publicly is ONE HUMONGOUS step for Brayden, let alone in a competition. None of us could believe he did it. Usually he throws the competition in his class or refuses to participate.

He earned his Tenderfoot in Scouts...and the Cub Scouts finally got around to awarding him his Arrow of Light...7 months late. He was a bit of a stinker about it. He let everyone know he already had his Tenderfoot. The leaders had to hold his ceremony too...I was at parent teacher conferences and just couldn't get the chatty parents out of my room. I made it in the nick of time. Both sets of grandparents were there to cheer him on. I tell him all the time what a spoiled boy he is. Growing up, I only had a grandma on one side who always seemed to be on shift at the hospital and a cranky old grandpa on the other side. He gets smothered in love on all sides. Honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have a "friend" or I guess you could say "computer fix it guy", or "techno slave" at school who will be playing with my camera card. All of my photos of my students reading with our adopted grandmas and grandpas at the retirement home are on my card. If we get it fixed, pictures will come your way.