Looks like our winter is mostly a rainy, cold one. Very different from last year with scattered, big snowstorms. Although we're not out of the woods yet. We spent another wet weekend inside doing housework and homework. However, it was warm enough for Tom to set up my new squirrel proof bird feeder mounted on a pole that I got for Christmas. The old bird feeder was too small(we have very hungry birds!) And when I hang it off a tree or a shepherds hook, the squirrels get into it. We'll see how this works.
On Sunday, Tom and Allison took time out and headed to Pennsylvania to catch a Hershey Bear Hockey game. Tom owed her one since he went with Matt W the previous weekend. They had a great time stopping into the candy factory before the game. And Scott and I enjoyed the goodies they brought back! Meanwhile, Scott had to work at the roller rink. He also had to finish writing a paper for the end of the semester. I decided to have Mom B over for dinner on Sunday. We also sent out some cards-a Sympathy card for the loss of Mom's cousin which we just discovered passed away last Spring. Also a Birthday card to celebrate Gerry Dugan's Birthday, mom's best friend back in Michigan. Plus we caught the Packers football game-sadly it looks like we won't have any of our favorite teams to cheer for on Super Bowl Sunday.
I also spent Thursday evening with Mom B, at the dentist. She needs quite a bit of work done, so we are getting an early start at the beginning of the year. She needed a root canal-what a way to start the year! She was a trooper though, and we joined the entire family afterwards for dinner at the Outback steakhouse.
Allison has certainly been enjoying her Winter break. This is her first year where she had the whole month off. In the past she has taken classes. She has had lots of time to schedule medical appointments, work on her resume for summer internships and her application for Grad School. But she has taken some time out for fun including visiting with boyfriend Tyler and spending time with Scott. Cookie has certainly enjoyed her time at home since she gets a walk everyday. She has also been staying active by attending my pool aerobics class with me every week and working out on our treadmill at home. Soon she will be back into her Ultimate Frisbee season.
Tom has also been very busy with his recent online class. He is enjoying this class the most, but it also seems to be the most challenging. Lots of papers, exams and group projects. All online. On top of going to work. I even finished up an online test as a follow up for a Training program in Dementia Care I attended in the Fall. Since I passed the exam with flying colors, I can add a new title to my resume, Dementia Care Specialist.
Lots of studying going on around here. Scott spent a very busy week readying for midterms. He had Martin Luther King Day off, but still had to work. I put Allison to good use to give him a ride. And then when he got home he was busy writing up his last English paper on the Literary Merit of "The Lord of the Flies". He did take a break with Allison and they both went to see the Monster Truck movie over the weekend. They had a great time. He also had a Boy Scout Patrol meeting to attend, robotics meetings and his Video club-all on top of recovering from a cold that he got on his camping weekend in the cold rain.
The following week he was busy with midterms at school. He had tests for 4 days in a row. Tests were scheduled for 2 a day with Friday off, so he was very busy studying and squeezing in a boy scout meeting and robotics. He capped off his week with lots of work hours at the roller rink. I decided he needed a break and took both Scott and Allison to the World of Pets Expo on Friday morning. Cookie has been getting spoiled with walks from Allison every day. Since the weather had been extra rainy and cold, we decided to take her to the Pet Expo to get in her walk while checking out free tasty dog treats(Cookie, not us). Cookie was especially fascinated with the non dog pets-ducks, llamas, sheep, a baby baboon, and her absolute favorite, loud, squaky Love Birds. On Thursday night, Allison and Scott joined their friends for an evening of Laser Tag. And on Saturday morning, our family headed out to see the movie, A Dog's Purpose. Definitely a kleenex film. I was going to scream if they killed off one more dog! But we thought it would be fun to all do something together before Allison left for school. We stopped to have lunch and then headed home to help Allison load her car. In the meantime, Scott headed to his robotics meeting.
Scott has developed a new role on the Robotics team. The freshmen help build the robot chassis, the Seniors take over the design(also their Dad is the coach). But Scott has taken over the CAD system-measuring the robot and putting the design on the computer which he discovered he is very good at and he likes doing it. Also, the adult in charge of that activity is too busy to finish, so Scott has stepped into that role.
And he was not the only one to spend most of his weekend at the roller rink. I volunteered again to help out with the Girl Scout roller rink event this past weekend on Saturday and Sunday night. Since I am the only trained ex leader in this event, the coordinator loves to have me help run the evening activity while she monitors the check in -out process. I am a sucker for difficult projects. Usually we have no issues with the girls-but the parents on the other hand can be miserable. It is a fund raiser event, so everyone that comes in has to pay whether they skate or not. That seems to cause quite a commotion even though the Troops have been fore warned. Also no boys allowed. There always seems to be one family that brings all the siblings. Oh well. I get to practice my poker face and look like I don't care when they start complaining. It is worth the abuse though when I get a few compliments, hugs and thank yous from the previous scout leaders that recognize me and appreciate my time. Then I get to load my entire van up with donated cleaning supplies we've collected at the event to go to Habitat for Humanity programs. This year I counted 42 large buckets of supplies! Boy did my car smell good.
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