When Jerry opened the garage door to blow out the driveway I think the snow blower might have been a little intimidated. :) 
He did have a bit of trouble cause the snow was so high. Josh had to help in some places with the shovel. I know Jerry wishes he had a bigger snow blower but even here in WI, this much snow all at once is kinda unusual. 
We decided to use out tax refund (what was left after property taxes) to finally get a new tv. The one we were using had a lined bar about 4 inches wide slowing moving down from the top. It was an old tv anyway (one of the big old boxy things!) and it was time to move up in the world. :) We got the tv and then needed a shelf to put it on. The opening on the old shelf wasn't wide enough. Since the Packers were in the Super Bowl we wanted to get it set up before that day. Jerry ended up working the Saturday before so we went in the morning to get the shelf and then Amy came over after work to help me put it together.
It took us several hours but here's the finished shelf. I think we did a pretty good job. :) 
When Jerry came home from work that night we moved the shelves around and finally got the tv set up about 3 or 4 in the morning. :p It sure looked nice though, even through blurry eyes! :) 
We slept most of the morning so it was a good thing the Super Bowl wasn't on till evening. Amy, Louie & Little Louie came over to watch it with us. We had subs, chips etc. Here's our goodie table. We even had Packer cupcakes. :)
The Packers WON the Super Bowl beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. 
Of course I had to take a pic of my man, Aaron Rodgers. It just happened that Jerry's guy, Clay Matthews was there too. :) 
Something that is funny now, but wasn't funny when it happened...never leave a case of pop where it can freeze! We had a case of diet 7up in the breezeway. I thought since it's connected to the house it wouldn't get THAT cold in there. Apparently I was wrong. :p I went out to get something and saw this mess.
I had to bring it in and put it in the sink. When the pop started thawing, it sprung leaks everywhere there was a pin hole!! I had it spraying everywhere (getting a visual on this? Lol) I had to throw a towel over it! I finally got it under control and realized the lid to one of the cans was missing. The one that had completely split open. I found it on the other side of the breezeway. Good thing nothing shot through the windows since most of the breezeway is windows! Btw, that's not ice you see in there, it's the 7up. I was really glad it was a clear pop and diet so there was no sticky sugar everywhere!On Valentine's Day I woke up to the sound of mine & Jerry's song. He was coming into the bedroom with it playing on his laptop and carrying these things. (the balloon was on a long string. I just pulled it down for the picture)
Our song is 'Keeper of the Stars' by Tracy Byrd. It's been our song ever since it came out. :) If you've never heard it, click on the name & it will take you to You Tube to hear it. Great song! I didn't think Jerry had a romantic bone in his body. Even after almost 31 years of marriage I'm still learning new things! Three days after Valentine's Day it was Jerry's 50th birthday. I wanted to do something special but wasn't sure what to do that wouldn't cost a lot of money. On his birthday the kids all gave him cards and Amber brought him a sugar-free pie she made. It was so yummy! I had made a cake the night before but there were major problems frosting it (don't ask! we did eventually eat it cause it still tasted good). I had candles for the cake that said "Oh No the Big 50!" I put them in Amber's pie instead.
Thursday was Jerry's birthday. On Friday we went to a WI Badger hockey game. This was my first time at one. Not a hockey game, but a Badger game. Even though they lost, we had a lot of fun.
On Saturday I had made plans with all the kids for a dinner out for Jerry's birthday. Since they had all come on his birthday, he didn't suspect anything. He knew me and Josh were taking him out in Madison. But he was surprised when we walked to our table and he saw Amber, Nate, Amy, Louie & Little Louie sitting there!
I had been texting with Amy & Amber all day about last minute things. I thought for sure Jerry would figure out something was up but he didn't. We took him to Cheeseburger in Paradise. :) 
These are the balloons & decorations the kids had on the table, the blinking '50' pin they made him wear and the name tags we were all wearing. 
Since both my mom and Jerry's mom have passed, I was thinking of what to do with the only picture I have that has both of them in it. It's from our wedding in 1980. I saw these frames at Michaels and thought it would be perfect. They are layered like a scrapbook page. The pearls and flowers are 3D. It's much prettier than this picture shows.
A couple of days ago we decided to give my sister-in-law a break. We took 4 of the 5 girls she still has at home (3 are grown and Mercy is the other one at home) to Chuck E Cheese for a few hours. Not sure how much pizza they ate but they had a really good time. We live about 30 minutes from them and don't see them as often as we would like so it was nice to spend some time with them. Here are a few pics from that day.
Last but certainly not least, my stitching updates. I've finished stitching the February & March ornaments for the SAL I am doing with Lainey in Scotland. They are all going to be from the Just Cross Stitch ornament issues. We take turns choosing. I chose February & she chose March. Now I need to choose for April. This was the Feb one:
And this was the March one: 
I decided to stitch something for Ground Hogs Day. It's a freebie that I've had for a while. I think he turned out pretty cute. :)
Here's an update on my Monopoly board. One side done!
And here's an update on Willow. I haven't been working on either one lately cause I've been working on Amber & Nate's wedding piece and also on a surprise for a friend.
I joined a Yahoo group, Oakhaven Designs, that is doing a monthly OWL SAL. They are on March. I haven't had a chance to get any stitched yet but they're small so I shouldn't have too much trouble catching up. I'm anxious to start them though. :)
Well, I've been here way too long and it's time to get dinner ready. Hope everyone has a good weekend. If you stopped by and actually made it this far, (I know, really long!) leave a comment. I love knowing you were here. :)
