School visit

Tomorrow I'm off to Brandon Elementary School to do four programs. Three will be about the Fur Trade era for the younger students. The fourth program will be for the upper grades about writing and imagination. Looks like it's going to be a full day. I expect to come home tired, but satisfied.
Right now I'm printing off the beginning of two of my novels so I can show what a manuscript looks like when a writer is finished with it before being sent to a publisher.
I have other exciting stories to share with my students. One story involves the time a horse fell on my when I was a kid. Should hold their attention.

Packing up the car today.

Have to leave home by 7.
Fingers crossed.

Mid February

If you love winter and snow, this winter is not for you. It's extremely nice, which allows me to head down the road for a walk most days.

This morning I'm working my way through my google blog and trying to update my settings. So if it is all mixed up, it's all my fault.

I haven't posted a photo here in a long, long time, so here goes.

Oh, my it worked! That's Eli and Arianna, now two and a half and still cute as buttons. Photo is courtesy their mother, our daughter Rachel. She told them to go to their bedroom for a nap, but instead they cuddled on the couch the way Mommy and Daddy do for naps. Oh so cute.

a treat to eat

I didn't think I'd do much for Valentine's Day. We're trying to stay from sweets/chocolate. If we bring flowers into the house, the cats want to attack them. The flowers end up high on the refrigerator or on a shelf in the dining room. They're not too visible there, which takes away the fun of having flowers in the winter.

I decided I would do something for V-Day after all. I bought fresh strawberries. Tomorrow I'll slice some up and we'll dip them in Hershey's Syrup. That's almost a healthy treat.

Happy Valentine's Day