Saturday, February 19, 2011

Into the Weather-Wonderful Weekend

Weather Report
The past few days we've enjoyed TREMENDOUS weather! It's been over 60 degrees, blue sky, sunny, a bit windy, but we'll take that over subzero temps and ice and snow (more typical for this winter and the month of February). After such a hard winter this short pause is most refreshing and encouraging. There's more winter weather to come, you can be sure of it...but right now we're rejoicing in what we have. Actually, we're heading back into the cooler weather today with highs in the low 40's and snow/rain predicted for tomorrow.

But that's tomorrow! Today the sun is out and there's not a cloud in the sky!

MMS Aviation
I was pretty much tied to my computer up at MMS this past week. I was either staring at the monitor punctuated with intense moments keyboard activity or roaming around the facility and grounds shooting video. I have some shop footage I'll put together for you next week. It's amazing how much time it takes to put a two minute clip together. I hope you enjoyed the RTS flight video in the previous post.

Friends in Town
We have some friends in town from PA! Duane, Cindy, Josiah, and Joanna are in for the weekend. They arrived yesterday afternoon and we're headed out to Amish Country for the day today. Last night (after a meal of Karen's World Famous Taco Bake) we spent the evening in a rousing session of SCUM. It's a card game that is well known in this region of the world. During the course of the game I worked my way down from Vice President to Scum in rather short fashion but came back and finished as Vice President to Karen's President. We laughed, we cried, we ate a pound bag of peanut M&M's...

This morning we'll be off to Charm, OH for stops at: Miller's Quilt Shop, Keim Lumber, Charm Boot & Harness Shop, the Polish Pottery Niche, and Miller's Bakery. Then to Walnut Creek for a few minutes at Walnut Creek Cheese; and then up the road to Berlin, for stops at: Zinc's Fabrics, the Amish Flea Market, and Cindy's Diner. It's always a fun day and the weather just makes it better.

Tucker and Tanner Get Ready For Guests
When Tucker and Tanner heard we had guests coming they begged for a bath so they would look, smell, and feel Cocker Clean. We, of course, obliged their wish.

Tucker-wash cycle

Tucker between cycles

Tanner-wash cycle

Tanner-rinse cycle

Tanner-dry cycle

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Glad you are having good weather! We can relate to your tour and can visulize everything. Have a great time. Thanks agin for the card. Love Dad