Just Catching Up

Ok, I'm back. I was all motivated to blog fairly often and then the motivation just disappeared. I don't know why, but I'll try again. So here's a quick rundown of what's happened since I last posted.
December: Very busy with Christmas and all. It was a good Christmas. My parents came down to stay with us for a few days over the holidays, and we made a very quick trip to Idaho Falls one weekend (in a snowstorm so it really was 2 hours longer than the normal drive, so actually not so quick come to think of it). I did get a SWEET sewing machine for Christmas and have done a little sewing with it. Made a pillow for the sofa and some rice bags, that's all. But it sews so nice and smooth and quiet. Makes it seem so easy--I should have gotten a new one years ago I think.
January: Snow, snow, snow and more snow. Jan. 14th Rick and I made a trip to Riverside, CA for a cousin's funeral on the 16th (Danny Cloutier). It was nice to spend some time with family, mainly Rick's brother, Randy, and his cousin Debi and her husband Mark. The weather was warm and beautiful and we loved it! It was hard to come back home knowing it was so very cold here, plus we were in an inversion here that week so it was foggy and ugly too. We also spent one night with my brother David in Henderson, NV on our way back home. Got to see all his kids and his cute grand-daughter Brooke too. I started having some problems with my left foot and have decided it is plantar fasciitis (a heel spur). It's still there but is better with exercises to stretch the tendon, lots of ice, and rest (haha). I also got a new pair of boots with better support to wear to work.
February: More snow, some rain, then more snow... Early in the month we had a problem with the freezer in the garage and thought it had gone kaput, but alas it was just that the breaker had tripped. But since it was about halfway defrosted by then I went ahead and got it all defrosted and cleaned out. Hooray! It really needed it. But it's never a fun job to do, especially when it's so cold out there already. My foot is improving, the new boots have helped a lot! I don't moan and groan and walk all gimpy until the end of the day now usually.