grandchildren...

 Last evening two of my grandsons came over to spend the night.  We had some dill pickle popcorn (Aldi, and it's so good!), Tenny had some other snacks too, Wulf was helping me sort through some change, I divided it up and gave them each a baggie.  He thinks it's cool to check the dates on the pennies, then I google to see if they're worth anything.  Mostly we talked about things (Pokemon!).  They went to bed like champs.    

This fine morning started with waffles.  I have two waffle makers, one makes bowl-shaped waffles, and one round heart shaped, if that makes sense, the waffle breaks into little heart shapes.  They like me to make both kinds.  They don't eat syrup, just whipped cream, so I made sure to buy some.  I pretended not t notice when they were squirting it into their mouths from the can.:).   

Kathryn came over with her three small children, and the fun really began.  The boys ran around shooting each other, Rhys ran around too, but Jamison mostly played with Bluey and pet the dogs.  

Adrian came and picked up the three older boys and took them to the farm show, so Kathryn and I headed out and about with just Rhys and Jamie.  We stopped to pick up my freshly roasted coffee beans, and honked and gave the thumbs up to the prison guards on strike for better working conditions.  We live near the only city in the whole United States of America with a maximum security prison within city limits, and the conditions there have worsened in recent years with laws passed that seem to protect the convicts more than the guards.  Of course our governor is no help, she said, "Do your jobs, get back to work."  

We went to the warehouse club store BJ's, mostly to get the big huge bags of Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs, which are pretty much all the kids like for Easter.  I also got the giant bag of Cadbury milk chocolate candy coated eggs, they really like those. It's so much cheaper than getting little bags, but now we have to hide them for Easter...shh, I got two bags of the Reeses so I can put some out when the grandkids visit.  Their parents love them too.  

Anyway.  I'm home again, and it's so cold in here.  The wall thermometer says 64, brr.  We got even more snow last night, it's snowing again now.  

This is our red car, and behind it is my camper.  

This is our redneck cooler, with some Diet Coke and seltzer...not the alcoholic kind, just the fizzy water.  You put the cooler out there in the 16 degree weather, then bring it in a few hours later, and your drinks are nice and cold. 

The snow keeps getting deeper.

Tenny with a toy gun...see our deck table out there, with the umbrella still on it?  oops.

So it's quiet in here now, Paul is working, Camille is in her room, Jon is in Germany, I am just sitting here decompressing...ha, being lazy.  I am thinking to make some taco salad for dinner, last night we had burgers....smash burgers made with the Waygu beef from Aldi, in the iron frying pan with lots of onions.  We also had salads, I like the packaged  Asian salads from Aldi, then I add a few craisins...I don't eat salad dressing, just like the shredded cabbages and lettuces with salt and pepper.  

I haven't eaten anything yet today, so I am very hungry, dinner will be good no matter what I end up making.  You all have a really good day, and a nice weekend, and stay warmer than I probably will....