Winter again

On December 30, I said that winter must be over. I should have known better. Last Saturday, it snowed. We had about 8 inches by afternoon. Ben came to pick up Joel from college. Joel had been here for a week taking an intensive class during the winter break. It ended on Friday and Ben was picking up Joel. We talked Ben into staying in Salem for the weekend and so they came over Saturday night for pizza and games.

We had snow every day this week, I think, but we didn't get out of school for the snow (why did the 8 inches come on Saturday?). Thursday we had a two-hour delay and Friday we cancelled school because of the cold. It wasn't as bad as it was farther west, but we still recorded temperatures of -10F or so, so it was cold. I was fighting a sore throat so I took Nyquil and slept most of Friday.

Now it has warmed up, but it started snowing again. I think this is one of the snowiest January's since we moved to Salem.

Another Ice Age is coming! Better get ready.

Sewing

I'm so glad that Abby finally has something that she really enjoys to do apart from Stevie. It seemed that she was always following him and doing what he liked to do. They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery but it was not flattering to Stevie. We tried so many things with Abby and nothing seemed to click. Recently, we helped her start saving money to buy a sewing machine and we did alot of research on what model and brand would be a good choice. She saved up her part (we helped her with it) and we got the machine right before Thanksgiving. Since then, she has made a number of small projects--several Christmas gifts for family and friends. One thing that she enjoys--as long as it doesn't take too long-- is to applique letters on shirts. She first made one for herself with SWA on it. It had its problems so we did some research and found out how to do it better. She did an SWA sweatshirt for her teacher and an ICRGS (ICR Graduate School) one for her dad. Then, on New Year's Eve she did these hoodies for herself and her friend Rachel. We were keeping our annual tradition of bringing in the new year with our co-workers. I think she did a really nice job. Someone said that she should start taking orders. I put in an order but she hasn't delivered yet.