Here is our update from last week.

Another weekend filled with scouting activities. EAch year the cub scouts attend a Klondike Derby event where they visit different stations at a local park and work on scout skills. Each year the skills get more difficult and longer. Some years the event has been cancelled due to interfering snow storms or even rain storms(too much snow to keep the roads open or too muddy to hike through the parks). Tom and SCott have signed up for every year for the past 4 years, so this year was my turn. Since we had a big snow storm with a foot of snow, it certainly made for the feeling of hiking the Alaskan Klondike. The boys were pretty exhausted hiking through the snow since they had to push a wheeled sled along with them and the trails were blocked by a lot of downed trees due to the snow/ice storm and a foot of snow and mostly uphill. But we made it(I think their favorite stations involved lighting fires and eating chicken soup). I just can't believe how exhausted I was when I got home. We were gone from 830-3pm.

We certainly had a rough week getting to school and work. On Weds another big snow and ice storm blew in around 5 pm. It actually snowed a bit in the morning, so schools were closed. Then it rained all day-we even had a thunder snow storm in the evening, until it switched to a blizzard. Of course I left work right when it started at 5pm. I barely made it home-lots of cars sliding off the road or just stopping in their lanes. We had a white out and you really could not see the streets anymore, so people just stopped. Most of us kept going single file, even down the freeway. Before I left work, our boss told us if we did not come to work the next day due to snow we would be written up. This is the caring health field. They did offer to let us stay the night in the nursing home, but no one had come prepared with a change of clothes or even a toothbrush. Instead we all took our chances. Our boss is still upset that she had to spend several nights at the facility last year in the monster 2 foot and blizzard snow storm. When you spend the night you work during the day doing therapy, and usually are asked to assist at night as a nurses aid. Not much rest, and no extra pay. They did buy them lunch! Or last year someone offered to come pick you up and bring you into work in their SUVs, but not necessarily take you home again! I opted to take a chance on getting home. When I did arrive home, I noticed Tom had not yet made it home. It took me over an hour and usually only takes about 25 mins tops. I called Tom and he was still working. I warned him not to come home so he thought he would do some more work and then travel across the street to the Embassy suites hotel for the night. Instead, he worked until 1130 that night and thought the roads should be clear enough by then to drive home. He checked the road conditions on the computer and of course it said everything was "green"(that was because there were no moving or running cars on the freeway. Considering there were 50+ jacknifed trucks on the I-70 and over 800 cars stranded on the beltway, I would say the roads were not better. He found that out when he took about 2 hours to drive home and then had to snow plow a trail on the road in front of our house to park in the driveway. The next morning he complained about how poor the handling was of his little car. When I went out to shovel the massive snow pile at the end of the driveway in order to get my car out to go to work, I noticed he had a flat. Apparently he drove over a large piece of metal. I was just happy that Allison had shoveled the driveway and that I shoveled the driveway when I got home even though it was coming down faster than I could shovel. At least it wasn't quite as deep in the morning. I tried to start the snow blower but Tom did not tell me that you have to plug it in to use the electric start. I was trying to pull start it(Tom tells me that doesn't work). It is still a lot of work moving snow even with a snow blower!

So we had our share of nasty weather. The kids had two snow days after that storm, and Scott got a third since the power went out at school. All of the trees and power lines were heavy with snow and ice, and tree branches and whole trees were down everywhere so a lot of homes and businesses were out of power in MD and VA. I guess DC was really a mess(more than usual).

Allison had last MOnday off so teachers could grade midterms and fill out report cards. We also heard back from one of her applications for girl scouts for a shadow day. She tried to schedule a day where she would follow around a woman CEO/principal/senator, etc for a day at work and then give a speech at a dinner in April. She was not chosen for the shadow day program, but was asked to fill in at the banquet as a hostess. Tom and I also got tickets for the dinner that evening. It is a very nice banquet at an old country club just outside Baltimore. Allison and I have sang there with the GS choir for many of those events but never were invited to eat dinner. Finally we get to eat the dinner! It should be nice. It is right after EAster.

So I managed to get to work and did not get written up(this week). How lovely. And we did not lose power or any trees. All good things.

While I was busy playing in the snow with Scott at the klondike derby on Saturday morning, Tom was off getting his tire repaired. When he had it fixed, he and Allison and our friend John headed to Hershey PA to watch a hockey game. I pretty much slept the rest of the day when I got home.

On Sunday I took the kids out to the Pet Expo along with Cookie. It was incredibly crowded and some lady stepped on poor Cookies tail. Boy did she cry. We enjoyed seeing all the reptiles, exotic animals and parrots, plenty of dogs and cats too. We also enjoyed watching the dog agility courses(we would love to have Cookie try that). And we also enjoyed listening to a dog handler from Texas. He was very funny, and he taught us a new trick to work on with Cookie walking between our legs. Just like at the Seaworld pet shows.

So we will see what the rest of the winter season has in store! I sent a photo of the last snow storm. Many of the tree branches were actually touching the ground as they were so heavy from the ice and snow. Kathleen

As you can see, my blog is a few weeks late. My husband felt that I needed a new computer. He upgraded me from a laptop to a desktop. So he spent the weekend downloading everything from the laptop to the desktop. That's great for the extra memory. He was concerned that I might lose my photos and files and it seemed my laptop was straining. The only issue I have is that he bought me a 20 inch computer screen for a 10 inch sized desk. I practically need to sit half way across the family room to type a note because it is so big and hard to read! I compromised by shrinking everything in half. He also neglected to transfer my blog so when I sat down to type I couldn't locate the program. But I am back on line now and readjusting(kinda). This computer actually has the touch screen but I am not as excited about it as the rest of the family.

Anyhow, we have certainly had a few busy weeks and weekends(of course). As you may recall, Tom went out of town to LA two weeks agoe but he did not get a chance to see my brother Mike. I was on my own with the kids. Not a problem on the holiday(MLK day) as the kids were out of school. I was happy to go to work since I get paid double time for working a holiday. On that Tuesday we had an ice/snow storm so the kids again were out of school-this time for a snow day. No problem-they stayed home together. On that Weds though the kids had a 2 hour delay. I was the only one available to drop off. And now that my company has decided I am a salaried worker, I had to figure out how to balance my work hours to get paid for the most productive amount of work time. After a few phone calls to Human Resources and my boss it was decided that I could work 4 hours Weds and 4 hours Friday. I can't wait to see my yearly review. I was told that as a professional, it was my responsibility to make arrangements for these events. I told them that my arrangement was in LA. They don't care. My boss and the HR girl said so. As my boss said, the reason I was switched to salaried is mainly so they can ask me to work late without paying me extra if needed. How special. So I made it through work that week. I even got out a bit early to take SCott to gymnastics on Thursday night.

The biggest problem with the school schedule was that we were right in the middle of Allison's midterms. School had to do a lot of reconfiguring the schedule in able to get all the tests in. On the day the kids went in late they had them stay through lunch. Normally the kids are home before lunch. They didn't bother to tell the kids if they were going to feed them though! I sent an email to school and a school wide revised schedule was sent out including a new lunch schedule. Of course, the kids would not have known since they sent it out after they had already gone to school! Allison said it was a zoo, squeezing the entire school into 5 separate 1/2hr lunch breaks. Somehow they managed to feed the kids tacos and chicken nuggets. I wonder if they sent out to Taco bell and Chick Fil A? The kids still did not get all their midterms in-Allison had to take a 2 hour spanish midterm the following week! Thank goodness she is only taking regular Spanish 2! I don't think they spend this much time teaching the kids English! Tom wants to know when Allison will have to know the spanish word for "jumpsuit"(it was on the test). I guess at an Elvis Presley convention in Tijuana or maybe in LA or Las Vegas. I think the spanish teacher takes her class a bit too seriously.

Anyhow, Allison managed to get another semester of all A's. And we are busy with the next quarter. We were also very busy with scouts that week. I was going to take Scott to a boy scout meeting but he really needs to go with his DAd. Scott will be bridging from cub scouts to boy scouts in Feb and they need to visit a scout meeting. I am letting Tom and Scott decide which troop they want to join since they will be the ones spending the most time at them. We missed a few meetings and a few were rescheduled. Scott had too much homework and tests to study for and wasn't feeling too well on the night of the meeting. There will be other chances. Instead, at the end of the week, Tom and Scott were busy making the final adjustments to the Pinewood Derby car for the races held on Saturday. Scott was not interested in winning a trophy for speed this year-instead he was going for the "Cool Car" trophy. He designed and built a lego racecar that Tom attached to the wheel base after they painted it red. Unfortunately, SCott's design was too heavy so Tom had a lot of readjustments to do before race day. He got home from LA Thursday night and spent all day Friday working on the right weight and dimensions(it also has a length and width requirement). They were one of the first races on SAturday morning, so they both rushed up to the school for the weigh in since they missed Friday nights schedule. I arrived shortly before the race to help out. Sure enough, Scott only took 5th place for speed. We had to wait all day until after the last race for the judging on coolest car, most scariest, most original design, and most colorful. Sure enough, Scott won for "coolest car". He also won for most original design and had many votes for all the other categories too! However, he could only take home one trophy so he opted for Coolest. Congrats SCott! And many thanks Dad! I heard about Scott's car all day-all the way to my Girl Scout rollerblading/rollerskating event held the same weekend. I volunteered my Troop to run the event(we skated for free) and to get some experience in case we run an event for the boy scouts. We have this skating event every year on SAturday and Sunday evening. We registered 300 girls on Saturday and 175 girls on Sunday. I had extra help from a freshman HS troop and a lead scout who took care of the registration. All in all I think it went well.

And on top of that, Allison was offered a job at the roller rink as a rink guard! WE spent Sunday filling out her application. She is only 15 and can't work more than 4 hours or past 7pm, but I think if she actually gets hired that she will enjoy the job. It pays minimum wage-no taxes and she gets a free membership to the Columbia Association which means free access to all the gyms and pools and discount prices for bday parties, etc. Sounds great! Now we just have to wait for them to call her and get her a work permit.

We also spent the weekend filling out more applications-one specifically for school. Allison had to make out her class list for next year(Junior already!). She would like to do an internship at her old elementary school as one of her classes, so she had to fill out a lengthy application which included a resume, current class list, two teacher recommendations and answering 6 essay questions of why she wants to do this. She is really hoping to get accepted. They usually don't choose juniors but wait until the kids are seniors. She may actually want to do it for two years in a row if she could.

And Tom had to pick Allison up early from skating on Sunday night for their field hockey games. ONce again Allison was recruited to play on a traveling team, but Tom did not feel like driving to Delaware!

Plus on Friday since I had to go into work I decided to take Cookie in for a yearly check up when I got home. Her appointment involved a lot of shots. Boy did she cry. The vet said she was quite the drama queen! And she cried all week when someone touched her. At least she is a healthy girl -all of 2 years now. Not so sure about one of our gerbils. Gwen wasn't looking too well. The gerbils are about 3 yrs old, but they don't last too long(Tom says that is good news). He considers them to be just like the two mice we caught in the attic(rats!).

A very special Happy Birthday to Grandpa Joe Borg(my mom's dad) who turned 98 on Friday January 21st. I hope we got his longevity genes!

I included a picture of Scott's car and his Lego pit stop he made to go along with it for the judging.
Kathleen

Well we just got through watching the Ravens again, but this time we did not get a win. Too sad. And we invited Matt and Di and family over again. This time Tom and Matt had a chili off. Last weekend it was brats and burgers, but this weekend we compared chili recipes. We decided we liked it best when we mixed both chilis together. So the chili was good, but the game was disappointing for us Ravens fans. We did enjoy wearing all our purple colors last week. Guess it is back to hockey games for now on.
I spent Saturday morning at the grocery store, pet store and bank while Tom studied with the kids. Allison has a week full of midterm tests next week, but she actually started with a few exams and essays last week. She wants to get Tom's help with math and science review before he heads off to LA next week. Mike can you visit with Tom for dinner Monday night?
I couldn't get all my errands done on Friday since I was hanging around the house hoping to hear back from the dishwasher repair company. Guess they never got in the new part since they never called me back. I also spent 3 hours at the allergist with Scott. His pediatrician has decided he has allergies and wanted him retested. So once again I let them poke him with all sorts of tree, cat, dog, mold, grass and cockroach venom which all came up negative. Then they had him do a computerized breathing test looking for asthma and decided his breathing was terrific. So after 3 hours we all agreed the poor kid gets post nasal drip and has sinus trouble and it is primarily seasonal and they put him on Flonase and his Qvar inhaler as a preventative. They want us to come back in 3 months to see if there is any improvement. I just wish his pediatrician would just give it a rest. She is bound and determined to diagnose Scott as having allergies. We went through all this testing 3 years ago, but I had to hear how kids change and that they have better tests nowadays(they don't). So far everyone is just trying to avoid getting the flu that is going around.
And we seem to be avoiding the big snowstorms(thank goodness). We had a bit more snow last week and another 2 hour morning delay. Once again Tom was able to drop off the kids. Thank goodness since I have been going round and round with my Human Resources dept at work. They changed my employee status and now wish to pay me a salary rather than pay me hourly. It is great in the sense that no matter how many hours I work a week, I will always be paid for 32 hours. It is bad because if I don't actually treat patients consistently then my productivity goes down, based on the hours I work, and it could have a negative effect on my weekly and yearly reviews. And I am not allowed to use my time off on an hourly basis, only 4 or 8 hour increments. The company actually is offering to pay me more and I am fighting it! After one week of having my say in meetings and emails I have decided to let them pay me more. Because Tom travels so much and the kids have such crazy schedules, or get sick or have snow day delays, it just worked better if I was paid hourly. Apparently corporate knows better than I do(the same company that went bankrupt last year). They certainly don't care about my personal life. I was most excited that I seem to have reclaimed my yearly bonus. They said I should have not received a bonus these past 6 years, and that I would be eligible for a bonus next year. I did not think that was quite fair so I said so. And they seemed to have changed their minds(I will wait until I see the check though). Work was a little crazy with Hollywood this past week too. It seems that Jada Pinkett Smith's grandmother lived at Charlestown and passed away last week. The family had the funeral at Charlestown last week. Jada Pinkett Smith(the actress/singer) is married to Will Smith the actor. We did not get to see any of them though since we hang out in the clinic in the basement. We just lost our parking spots. They had the ceremony and the reception at Charlestown so the dining room wait staff would have had the chance to see them all, and a few choice administrators. Never a dull moment at work.
And speaking of work, Tom will once again be heading out to California on Monday. And I was asked to work since the other 3 OT s all took off the MLK holiday. (See, I am a team player). Of course I don't mind-I get paid double time.
But with Tom gone, that means I am the only one home helping out with the midterm studying next week, not to mention a couple of big tests for Scotty, transportation and meals. Scott has a social studies test that is so big they have to schedule it over two days! That is just crazy. Tom also spent some of his time at Scott's school this week as he has been asked to run the after school Science Fair again this year. Tom has been putting in on for several years on his own through Northrop, but last year he just did not have the time. We have been hoping the school would take over. Instead, they just asked Tom to come back and run it again. He introduced the science fair to the 6th grade this past week, but with his traveling and the kid's school schedule he won't be able to cover all the other classes one week at a time. So the next time he talks to the school, they will put all the rest of the classes together. I am sure that will be fun. They decided to run the science fair before Easter break which seems a bit rushed to me. Oh well-not my project.
Allison and I also spent several hours on Friday meeting with a buddy GS troop to discuss the check in procedures and make posters for next weekends' rollerblading event. We will probably be helping on both Saturday and Sunday. Poor Allison was falling asleep during the meeting. So was I since I had spent the 3 hours at the allergists office and sat through Allison's piano lesson before our meeting. And Allison has not been feeling well(not a good time to get sick).
Plus she and Tom will be back to playing Indoor Field Hockey this Sunday night. At least she can sleep in on Monday.
Tom and Scott also spent most of the day working on Scott's Cub Scout Pinewood derby car. Scott really wanted a lego car, so Tom had Scott build a Lego car and glue it all together today. He had to use some pretty nasty glue, so Tom had him all covered up and kept an eye on him while he worked. On Friday they will attach it to the wheel base and check the weight. Tom doesn't think this car will win for speed, but Scott wanted to go for a "cool car" award. Who knows, it has a great design so they might win for speed!
And can you believe I already started signing the kids up for summer camp? Allison is scheduled for Drivers Ed and a Field Hockey camp in Philly. I put Scott in a few YMCA camps that are hosting the Legos club where they make robots and cars run by computer programs and all made out of Legos. He is also going to attend an Environmental Club at the Y. When you sign up early you get big discounts. Plus your kid actually gets in the camp! Most summer camps fill up right away out here.
I could use a few warm summer days right now. I just spotted a mouse in our attic. I don't know why we have a cat. Pika let the thing walk right by her. Tom is off to get mouse traps tonight. They love to sneak in when it is cold outside.
I'll let you know how I survive the week and how many mice I catch. Kathleen

Here is my catch up for the past two weeks!It is certainly hard to get back to the regular work and school week after vacation. We all had a hard time getting up in the morning after those late Michigan mornings. The sun did not get up until 8am there!
But we had to get back to studying and meetings. Except for Tom. Northrop decided to give everyone an extra day off on Monday! Lucky him. He took himself out to the movies since he had wanted to see the new "True Grit" movie all holiday week and he couldn't get anyone to go with him. He also had to stay home an extra day when our furnace blew up! The motor died one night and Tom said it made a huge noise! Scott heard it too. I was completely out of it and sleeping like a a baby and never heard a thing. Anyway, once again we were supporting the economy with our aging appliances. We had to have the motor replaced for $700. We were happy that we were under a contract with the furnace/AC company. We signed up when the air conditioner died last summer. We were due for a bi- yearly check up so they were able to come out the same day Tom called. Thank goodness and thank goodness they also had the part! Not only did the furnace need attention, but our new dishwasher decided to fail as well. Tom was trying to reset the controls to turn off the annoying beeping that it makes when the cycle is done. Next thing we knew, the control panel wasn't working at all. I had to have a repair guy come out on Friday, but he did not have the new mother board. So we are busy waiting for the part! At least the dishwasher still works so I can do the dishes.
Besides sitting around waiting for repairmen, I was busy attending meetings. I had a PTA meeting at Allison's high school on Tuesday night. I am on the Honor roll committee and we had certificates printed up for all the kids that made honor roll. They didn't have any recognition last year(the school is a bit preoccupied with remodeling). They used to have a small ceremony with cookies and punch for the honor roll students, but they have changed the grade points now and there are so many different levels, with so many more kids they just can't afford to host that big event with our small budget. We decided all kids would get certificates and the ones that make 4.0s for three quarters would get car magnets. And there went our budget. But we thought the kids should get something for all their hard work.
On Weds night I had a Girl Scout leader meeting. I signed up a few girls for a swim weekend at Splashdown. I spent two hours swimming laps in the pool while my 15 yr old girls hung on me(just like when they were little). We all took a few turns tubing down the indoor slide too. I was surprised that more moms were not in the pool with their girls. Only one other leader got in. I always try to participate in the events with the girls(no matter how big they are or how old I am!). I am also planning for our troop to assist with a rollerblading event coming up in a few weekends. And Allison and I were busy working on paperwork and forms for a few upcoming Girl Scout events that we had to apply for-one being a trip to Houston in Nov to the National Convention. Girl Scouts are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. Another event involves high school students shadowing a female CEO for a day and then providing a presentation at our Distinguished Women's Award dinner.
Scott was busy writing an essay for a college scholarship on "What I want to be When I Grow Up". There were 17 entrants from Grade 4-8 at his school and they could only pick one. The principal went with an 8th grader. But Scott's essay on "I want to be an Engineer When I Grow Up" was very good. He did earn himself some free ice cream though for participating.
He also found out that he will be graduating to the next level in his gymnastics program. Finally.
And the kids got out of school early and had a late start the next day when a few inches of snow fell. Tom was able to do the pick up and drop off(this time).
We also spent our first full weekend at home undecorating our Christmas tree. The kids took down the decorations and Tom took down the lights and angel and hauled it out to the curb. I was surprised there did not seem to be too many live trees in our neighborhood this year. Tom figured we were very late in taking down our tree-I told him we were actually the first! I saw a few more go out on the curbs when I was taking Cookie for a walk. I did not think most people took down their trees the day after Christmas. there are actually still some trees up and lit in people's windows(artificial I'm sure).
We spent last weekend visiting with Matt and Di(our MSU buddies) while cheering on the Ravens football team to victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. We hadn't seen Matt and Di since last summer so we had some catching up to do. Diana has started running and has participated in a few races already. She is really enjoying it. We also found out that they spent Christmas in Michigan too in Canton visiting Di's sister. I don't think we would have had time to visit them there either since we were so busy.
I was wondering why we hadn't heard from Tom's brother Mark concerning the Raven's win. Especially since their team, the Indianapolis Colts lost last weekend. Turns out Mark and Linda were down in Orlando where Mark was busy running the Disney Marathon. Way to go Mark!
And a very Happy Birthday goes out to Grandma Seitz who celebrated on Jan. 6th.

Well the storm was heading our way and Tom almost pulled the plug on our trip to Michigan. The day after Christmas a huge snow storm was traveling up the coast, but as I pointed out to Tom, we were heading northwest away from the storm. So he decided to take my suggestion and we piled in the van and headed out. First the kids both served the 9am mass. I thought it was a very wonderful homily as our Deacon spoke about the holy family, and how important it is to spend time doing things together as a family.
We had no problem spending time together during our holiday week. After I convinced Tom and Mom Bozyk that travel was possible, we headed to Mich. We even took a brief stopover at our local outlets for a few gift exchanges and to pick up some snow boots for Scott. We arrived at my parents house that night.
On Monday we visited my Uncle Joe and Aunt Kathy(Mom Bozyk's younger brother). We haven't seen them in a few years, and not since Joe had his open heart surgery. We were also surprised to see my two cousins, Eric and Ryan, both MSU grads. Eric is currently living in Charlotte NC and was in town for the holidays. Ryan had to run back up to MSU to move out of his house and was heading for his new job in Chicago. We enjoyed visiting and Joe pulled Scott around the house on a snow tube behind their ATV. Allison on the other hand got to drive the ATV around in the snow. Scott also enjoyed sledding down onto their frozen pond. It was great to visit. We were sorry to hear that their chocolate lab Mattie is recuperating from surgery from cancer. They have taken quite a few trips up to the vet school at MSU.
On Tuesday we attempted to take the kids skiing with my OT buddy Laura, her husband Dan and their two kids, Brandon and Katelyn. Sadly, it was extremely cold and there was an unbelievable line so we decided to try for another day. Needless to say, the kids weren't too happy.
Instead, we all went bowling and had dinner at Dave and Busters while the kids played video games. We headed back to Laura and Dan's house on WEds evening as Laura bought Allison and myself tickets to see the Broadway play, Mary Poppins at the Detroit Opera House. I included a picture of Allison at the Opera House(incredible chandeliers, and they change the colors of the bulbs on the main light to match the theme of the holiday). We loved the musical-especially when Mary Poppins flew over the audience, and it was fun to head to downtown Detroit. I loved seeing the skating rink in downtown Detroit. We also enjoyed a traditional polish dinner in Hamtramack before the play. I loved the dill soup-the kids were not too fond of the sauerkraut though. And Scott can't figure out where the chicken went in the City Chicken(it is actually just pork and beef on a stick).
In trying to keep Scott in the snow spirit I took him to a sledding hill behind the local library and we took a few runs down the hill together Weds morning. Allison and Tom opted to hang out in the library and catch up on the internet and reading.
We spent the night at Laura and Dan's on Weds since it looked as if Thursday was the day to hit the slopes. Surprisingly they were calling for rain on Friday but drizzle starting on Thursday, so we took a chance. Turns out it was a lot better at the slopes. We headed to Mount Holly in Grand Blanc(Tom's old ski haunt). We skied last New Years Eve and had hoped to repeat the event, but the weather did not cooperate. No matter, Thursday worked well and we all had a great time skiing, although the slopes were a bit slippery and icy. After a full day we ended up having Coney dogs in Grand Blanc, Flint style.
Friday we spent the day shopping and had dinner at home with Mom and Dad Bozyk. Tom and Scott were fighting colds all week, so sadly Tom was in bed by 8pm. The rest of us stayed up watching movies and rang in the New Year's with sparkling cider. We will have to save the champagne for another night.
We decided to head back to MD on New Year's Day since the weather was good. We even stopped off at Buffalo Wild Wings in Ohio to catch the football games. I think we could have kept going. All the midwest teams looked sad-MSU, UofM and Wisconsin all lost their bowl games. I guess Ohio came out on the top.
It was good to get home and have a day before we started back to school and work. It gave me time to (yes that's right) do the laundry! I also had the kids busy working on reports. Scott had to write an essay for a school scholarship on "What I want to be When I Grow Up". Allison is busy working on some GS essays for upcoming events. She also had homework though that she was given over the holiday that she was working on. Tom meanwhile took advantage of the mild weather to take down all the outdoor Christmas lights. Looks like next weekend we will have to tackle the inside decorations.
So we'll be back to a busy week on Monday! Kathleen