Wednesday

Not happy about this tree limb on our new roof!

i talked to my cousin Marie-Helene yesterday
she lives in Mishawaka, Indiana
everything is closed and locked down due to the polar vortex
she keeps her house at 70 degrees
no warmer
 as
otherwise the heat never shuts off

Early this morning (7) driving Gary to his Urology doctor's appointment my bright red battery light came on!

per Chris...yellow light warning
red lights problem!
Gary said it was my alternator
so he had me drive all the way to the shop
without
my lights, radio and to turn off anything we could
we made it to the shop
with the plan to drive his Oldsmobile to his appointment
but the Olds had a dead battery!
we did make it to his appointment just a tad bit late

Sometimes when you replace a fan...

it's a Volkswagen 

...you have to remove the bumper.

Dinner...

Salad

Gary - half a baked potato, little piece of baked chicken and spinach

Me - brown rice, mushrooms and chick peas

2 1/4 inches of rain yesterday
more coming

New Glasses for my boy...

looking good Connor...looking good!

Lemons from our Dixie family...

in real life they are orange in color...
weird

added much flavor in my green drink

Chris waiting in the waiting room

SUNDAY

it has rained all day!

Our Dixie family drove down to celebrate mom's birthday...

mom with her Dixie great grand-children

Xavier and Beth...

Family of origin...

we have lived in four different countries
France
Germany
USA
Puerto Rico
and four different states
California
Texas
Georgia
Florida

Jessica and her children...Layla, Judson and Neva.

Brandon and Andrea and their children...Meghan and Ian.

My nephew Brandon and his wife Andrea...

And our Jessica.

Meghan, Layla, Ian and Judson agreed to pose for this photo...

...as long as I also took a photo with them making silly faces...

...and then there is Neva...

I was gifted home grown Dixie grapefruits...

Dinner...

spinach, avocado and Dixie grapefruit salad 

leftover spaghetti 

Saturday

big rain storm coming tomorrow

Made Gary cream of wheat for breakfast...

i haven't made this since the kids were little
Gary added some brown sugar😬
my favorite breakfast as a kid

Made some egg muffins...

got the idea of using a measuring cup to pour the eggs from Instagram😁
worked great...didn't spill a bit

so pretty

Did some paperwork at the shop (W-2's, W-3, 941 etc...) so glad I don't do that for a living anymore...unlike my friend Barbara...she is just starting "tax season"! 😵

Devin stopped by to work on his 4-wheeler
he and his fiance got their marriage license yesterday!

FRIDAY

 Photo from Stacy...

my favorite two ladies
cookbook signing event

When life gives you oranges...make orange juice...

naval oranges from our neighbor
Gary's favorite drink
his grandmother had a orange stand back in the day

don't believe everything you read

Currently reading...

 "you & a bike & a road is an graphic autobiography
 i'm really enjoying them
makes me want to draw😁

It was Jeep day at the shop...

we hung out at the shop in between doctor's appointments
the bay doors are closed cause the guys were cold😣

Doctor's waiting room art...

My favorite...

Dinner...

salad

eggs and toast
Gary's mouth is getting better
still can't chew anything hard
his dentist is hopeful
he is on a wait and see period
waiting to heal and then assess the damage

view after the big storm
it's much better today