Hello, everyone. I can't believe we are in February! One thing good, is our snow is melting and warmer temps. We have a ways to go yet before all the snow is gone, but I can feel it in the air. I am so excited to have some warmer weather, and start walking around the field at work again during recess. I have to big field trips yet to go on with my class; one ski trip and one ice fishing, but after that it is all down hill from there.

We did have the flu bug hit our house. Tony came home with it, and then Harry got it. Harry is never sick, much less stays home from work sick, but this time he did. He had a fever, the chills, and ached all over. The poor guy is still coughing and sick from it. I am knocking on wood that nobody else gets it.

Other news, the economy is starting to hit home. At Harry's job, they are laying off some 40 people for a few days here and there. What is so bad about that is those 40 people can't collect unemployment when they do that, so they either take their vacation time, or loss the pay. We are going to start tightening our belts around here and start to building up the emergency fund money for the "just in case."  Like a lot of people, we think it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. I see a lot more people being laid off, and jobs are getting harder to find. Let’s hope our new president can pull us out of all this mess.

Valentine’s Day is this weekend! We are just going to go see a movie this weekend. I heard “Taken” is a very good show, and it actually looks like something we both would enjoy. I hope you all have a very nice Valentine’s Day, and until next time… bye, bye.