It's been TOO LONG w/o a post.

I have more pics but have not had time to download. I will get to it this weekend. I hope!

Day 35

Tonite began the Mississippi Valley Invitational Tournament. While Mississippi Valley Christian school is our arch-rival, we started out the tourney playing Pana. Pana is our newest rival. In VB, we kicked their butts. In BB, they kicked ours. Literally. They are a very aggressive, in your face but in a Christian kind of way (like that's possible???) I'm sure they thought they'd walk all over us but, at the end of the first half, we were only down by one.

During the 3rd quarter, they pulled away and, at one point, led by more than 10. As the fourth quarter wound down, we pulled closer & with less than a minute left, we were only down by one point. Pana played the clock & just passed the ball around, never trying to shoot, just wanting to run time out. I finally understood the ploy of fouling the other team when this happens. We'd foul, they'd inbound & pass the ball but not shoot, we'd foul and it would repeat.

Finally, we go to the point that they had to shoot free throws once we'd foul. The guy missed, we got the ball, drove it down the court & we SCORED!!!! We are now leading by 1 point w/less than 8 seconds to go. It appears the clock runs out & we won!!! We're screaming & yelling & jumping up and down when the other team says they called time out! It is determined & they put 2 seconds on the clock. Yikes, that's enough time for them to maybe get a shot off. But wait, the officials are mistaken. It's .2 seconds. They inbound, the clock runs out & WE WIN THE GAME!!!! You have never seen 8 boys so excited. The rest of the tourney is going to be tough but, at least we beat Pana!!!!

Day 34

Sometimes, you just need grease & salt. I worked today. I'm filling in while the kids' lunch lady is recovering from shoulder surgery. It may be for a couple weeks, maybe a couple months. But, i was tired, I needed a drink (42oz coke for $1.19) and, while I was waiting in the drive thru, the fries "spoke" to me. Yum!!

Day 33

This is Becca's Kindle (actually, it's her kindle case, the kindle is INSIDE, she should have taken a picture of THAT). A Kindle is basically an iPod for Books. She can go online, download books (from amazon, for a price) and read it anywhere. Or, she can read 2, 3, 4 books at a time. She can even get on Facebook! She loves it and loves the color of the case in contrast w/the color of her pants. That was the point of this pic.

Day 32

Sunset, taken while driving home from school. The days are getting longer. not warmer but longer. LOL

Day 31

We still have towels we got when we got married 20 years ago. They are NOT good. The towels we bought when Becca was born 15 years ago are not good. We went to Macy's & bought 2 sets of NEW TOWELS!!! They are so soft & fluffy. Can't wait to use them. I wonder if they'll even FIT in my linen closet. They are alot bigger & fluffier than the old towels.

Day 30

Sat down to watch Batman (the original w/Michael Keaton) with Scott & Nick. I had my bowl of popcorn all ready to go. Flipped my blanket and knocked the whole bowl onto the floor. Made me VERY SAD!!!

Day 29

This pic comes courtesy of Nick. We went to Taco Bell for dinner tonite. But, Nick wanted Mickey Ds. So we drove thru, picked him up a dollar double cheese burger & took it to TB and he got tacos there too. In looking at the McDs bag, I questioned WHY there was a pig (mad of potatoes???) on the bag. Nick suggested it for pic of the day. Viola', POD.

Day 28

Yesterday's snow is still around. And, here is someone's (probably mine) footprint in it. Yes, I'm wearing crocs in the snow. Love my crocs!!!

Day 27

No, this is NOT the pic from Monday. This is a "new" dusting of snow from our flurries last night. They were really pretty & I would have SWORN we were going to get more than this. Oh well. Scott's in Witchita & they are predicting 8" overnight. This storm is going to miss us & go south, probably :(

Day 26

Something we haven't seen in WEEKS. Literally!! We have had rain or overcast skies since our "big" snowstorm 2 weeks ago. Today the sun actually rose & shone for alot of the day. More snow flurries predicted for tomorrow. Hoping for inches, not a dusting!!!

Day 25

A little more snow but not enough! We may get some more later this week. Keeping my fingers crossed!!!

Day 24

More goofy cat (& Nick) acts. We're sitting around the table eating lunch. Jack has taken to jumping onto the empty chair and watching us eat. As long as he doesn't jump up on the table, I'm ok with this. Well, today, even though there were 2 empty places (Scott has already finished his lunch), Jack decided he had to sit in Nick's chair. How he found enough room to sit (Nick, not Jack, LOL) I don't know. Crazy cat; he KNOWS he's one of the family!

Day 23

"Scott's" Hibiscus blooms in the dead of winter w/NO leaves on the plant. It looks funny, w/o any leaves. I say it's Scott's 'cause he's the one who picked it out 2 years ago. I told him this year, HE has to take care of it if he wants to keep it for the summer. It's in his office and he's responsible for remembering to water it. AND keeping Jack out of it!!