I have also taken on the challenge of Project 365 which is one picture that captures each day, and it's barely February, and I found that I have already missed a day because I was having too much fun!
Valentine's Day was here. The girls couldn't wait for Ken to get out of bed so they could give him his gift. They got Ken a travel size of his cologne for his new travel bag. Ken made a big deal out of the pretty box that he got, and then he was really happy to see the gift itself. (You can see that Mandy was having a difficult morning, and she was not wanting to participate in happiness again.)
But then, I handed the girls their Valentine's from Ken and myself, and they were all smiles! I used Heritage Makers to create a unique card for each of the girls, and I created square flip books for each of them. The sentiment for each book was overall the same, but I made changes to match each of the girls' abilities and talents. Of course, they loved seeing themselves in a book that reminded them that I love them and why.
Each of the girls took the books to school with them along with their own HM made Valentine's to share in school. Jordan and Mandy came home with a ton of Valentine's that they got from their classroom shares, but Taylor was disappointed that she only got a couple. I tried to explain to Taylor that once the classroom exchange is over, that we only start getting cards from those who are truly our friends. She is having such a difficult time transitioning from a child to a teenager. Ken and I have worked with her a lot trying to help her to understand the social changes that have happened and will happen and our hopes is that she won't get caught up in the drama that is already occurring.
Ken and I made sure to pay the PTO to deliver the girls an added Valentine that day, so they were excited to get an extra card and candy.
During the day, Ken and I went to see a movie, "Safe House" with Denzel Washington. It was a great movie that kept us on the edge of our seats, and I found myself exhausted at the end of the movie from being tense. We enjoyed getting out and into the movie theatre rather than waiting for the movie to come out on DVD to see it. We also laughed to notice that we were the youngest people in the theatre that morning for the Tuesday Discounted day. Ha!
After the movie, we enjoyed going out to lunch - Red Robin as usual. It was nice for us to have some added time together, and despite the fact that it was "Valentine's Day", I was completed absorbed in the fact that Ken makes it Valentine's Day for me every day.
Interestingly enough, Addie apparently did not feel loved at all this week. She has been pawing at us to remove our hands from our computers or to get our attention, but she has started taking to sitting on her haunches and putting both paws on us to get our attention and make us take notice of her. I managed to get a picture of her doing the two-paw attention manner.
Surprisingly, we suddenly had snow! It's mid-February and we got snow. I was just wearing shorts and flip-flops last week, but I looked out my window and saw it snowing. I tried to get a good picture, but I couldn't capture the snow actually falling. The picture I did get only shows what it looked like at the beginning. We only got 1/2 an inch of snow and it was gone before nightfall. Thankfully, the girls had school the next day.
On Friday, Ken wanted to go to the Club to shoot and meet up with some friends. He kept inviting me, but my sense of responsibility kept winning, and I kept trying to get my work done. I was no closer to getting my Transition reports done than I was on Monday.
However, after having more arguments with some of my co-workers who insist on making my life hell, I gave in and went to the range to literally blow off steam.
I used both of my autos that I had at home. Ken had altered the grips on the Sig .40 for me, so I finally got to use them, and then I practiced with my Kahr. My Smith is still at the manufacturer's, so I'm without it, but it was great to get some range time in. I worked on dominant and non-dominant hand, single shooting at steel. There was nothing better than hearing the "Ding!" when I hit.
Ken noticed that I was doing much better with my left hand than my right, and he kept trying to see if I would suddenly shoot better with my dominant hand, but it didn't work out that way. Apparently, single handed was better with the Left.
I had fun with the picture and posted it on Facebook. An old high-school friend of mine saw the picture and started messaging me to get some information for his wife. They live in Florida, which is gun-friendly, and I offered some advice. Scott used some funny names for me, and I joked around that they should be on a business card for me. So, Scott made this card with the names he gave me and some of the information from my Facebook page and sent it to me. I thought it was so awesome that I posted it on my Facebook page and giggled.
Unfortunately, my pathological picture-taking problem did not occur that night, and I did not take one picture with anyone. Ugh!!! I found this picture of the Grumpy Golfer - which is where the banquet is held - and that is the picture to commemorate the Banquet. Ken teased me at the end of the night when I remembered that I had my small Nikon in my purse and did not use it once. What good is paying for the cameras if I'm not going to use them??
Oh well. Ken and I had a great time visiting and enjoying the company of our friends. We were disappointed in some of the election results, but all in all, we have hopes that the Club will prosper during the next year. I only had to buy one drink during the night - the rest were purchased by others, and I just enjoyed myself.
Sunday, I spent the day on the couch finishing Jordan's stocking holder. I cannot believe that this little thing took me so long to stitch. Of course, working all of the hours that I had, reading 7 books, and dealing with the family have taken more time from me than I want to admit. I love the feeling of completing a project - it's really nice. Jordan loved seeing her stocking holder and now cannot WAIT until Christmas so she can use it!
Now, I have to get ready for a whole new work week. I'm hoping to get some relaxation in while dealing with the crazy schedule that I have and the orneriness of the girls to contend with. I swear sometimes that they plot and plan how to drive me insane, and they do a very good job.
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