Where Does The Time Go???

I can't believe it's Friday tomorrow, the days fly by. Remember when you were a kid and you wished your life away? It seemed like you couldn't wait for kindergarten, middle school and then high school. Wow, to be 16 and be able to drive, and then 18, going off to college or on your own, finding your own way.

Live and love each day, life is short. I went to a wake this week for one of my former students. She was one of those "peach" students, straight A and just a honey. I guess God likes a few of those around him too. She was far too young, 37, stage 4 cancer, that insidious disease.
I shall never get over being robbed of my mom at the ripe old age of 20. She was only 46 and Penny was a pre-schooler. It was hard to never have a mom to confide in and share in my children's lives.

It is so uplifting to read about CJ. What a cutie, I love the way mom is teaching him to measure pretzels. It brings us joy to see all the pictures of the grandkids on the blog sites-way to go Margaret and Carol.

I Could Get Used to This

Another day off! I can't remember the last time we had two days off for cold weather but I am enjoying every minute of it.(the time off, not the bitter cold) It was -17 with a wind chill of 32-40 below. I am trying to remember why I like Wisconsin. Tonight it is supposed to be -25 and on Saturday 3-6 inches of snow.

Girl scouts started selling cookies today so spring must be just around the corner.


When it's still dark on the drive to work and dark when one leaves work, it is definitely woodworking season in the toasty warm basement. This is the start of our new desk, total disaster. (wife's opinion) She could not imagine the finished project.
Never judge a project until it's completed. The desk was the the final touch on the remodel of our rec. room. We needed a place to put the computer other than the dining room table.

My winter hobby starts in the fall and goes through the end of May. It moves from furniture building to home improvements. I look at woodworking and home improvement projects as entertainment, not work. It sure beats looking at the "tube" every night even if it's only for an hour or so.

The desk was a brain child after we remodeled our kitchen. We liked the granite counter top in the kitchen and decided to use it on the desk top.
Thus the finished product, almost, the next step will be adding some type of book shelves above the desk. The final design hasn't been determined yet, still in the planning stages.

Pat admits that the desk did turn out classy! One needs much patience, putting it together was like figuring out a large jigsaw puzzle.

Cold Weather Day

Today was a pleasant surprise!

There was no school due to a -44 degree wind chill. I slept in, late, 6:30 A.M. It was a treat, putzed around and finally went to the fitness center for a workout. I just can't seem to lose weight unless I work out. We are diligently working out three times a week. Once you get into the routine, it's not bad but I had muscles I didn't know existed the first week.

This is my first post ever and I'm not sure of what I am doing. My daughter-in-law said with my computer expertise this would be easy, yeah right!

We are living in the cold and surviving, hardly. We have broken the record for the most snow in December since 1887, over 46 inches! Temperatures forecast for next week are supposed to be well below zero, yippee! I keep reminding myself that I love the four seasons and that I love each season equally, winter is beginning to lose favoritism especially after the ice storm last week.

Since I teach in Green Bay,WI, students will be in for the entire week at school. I'll let you know about my survival next Friday.

It will be a day of football playoffs but that's OK because it's tooooooooooooo cold outside to consider any other activity than couch potato.