Welcome March

I saw that I hadn't posted since last Monday. 

Last week was a busy week.

I worked all day Tuesday and Wednesday! Tuesday was a beautiful day and we had a steady stream of guests at MP. Wednesday was a really yucky day, cold and rainy and so we didn't have quite as many people visiting. When I got home on Tuesday night I was exhausted... and for a minute I thought "how do women do this everyday and take care of a family?" And then I remembered that it was not that long ago that I did exactly that! And you know what? You do it. It's hard work but someone's gotta do it and it normally falls on you! Man, I am so fortunate that I don't have to do that anymore and it really makes me want to reach out and do something for some of my young working mom friends! 

We didn't head to the lake this past week because it was such a dreary day and because I didn't leave work until 5:00 and I didn't want to have to drive the hour to the lake house!

Saturday I had to work again. The weather was still a little on the cool side but the number of guests really picked up! 

Sunday was beautiful! We went to Mass and then after lunch went to the movies to see "Son of God". 

Yesterday afternoon I made these wonderful cookies... and they are gluten free!

Friday I got a text from teen daughter telling me that it was Carnival in Dunkirk and they were going and that there was a Ball that her french sisters were attending and could she go too? She was asking because she needed money for a ticket. We made sure she had the money. Yesterday I got a photo of her before she and the sisters headed out for the festivities in the town:

The older sister is very good at doing makeup and apparently this is the look they were going for! She said it was so much fun and they are going again today and tomorrow. I asked about school and she said they don't have it. I saw a live feed from the town square in a link her host mom posted and let me just say I have to put that scene out of my head to keep from worrying myself crazy! I keep telling myself it's the experience of a lifetime and she told me that her host mother wouldn't let her go if she didn't think it was safe! 

Since I did finally get a smart phone I finally got on Instagram! Ha, I feel so old trying to figure the whole thing out! ;)   But if you are on too you can find me and my piddly four photos, I think, at nancybinsc. I am kind of hooked and spend way too much time checking it so don't know how long I will keep it up! 

So to wrap this up, today it is 74 degrees. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 40's! I really hate this time of year!