Check out Judd's Handlebar!!!

I am quite proud of Judd for continuing with this process. He started back around Thanksgiving of 2007. I admit there was a few growing pains, but it has paid off in the end. I know not everyone likes the facial hair on their man (or anyone for that matter), but I love it! You just need to get past that 3 or 4 day prickly stage.

I'm dreaming of a white Easter???

Yesterday - virtually no snow left, roads were clear, my gardens were showing, and the grass almost looked like it wanted to be green.

Today:

Five Inches!! (At least we didn't get the 12 inches that Sisseton, SD, received!?!)

O.K. It is only March. But it is not nice for Mother Nature to tease us like that. I guess the Easter Bunny will need to cancel the outdoor Easter Egg Hunt this year....

Hanna's Ice Show

Hanna has taken skating lessons this year (passing level 1 & 2) and decided she wanted to be in the Moorhead Ice Show. I don't know the final count, but there had to be over 125 skaters involved, with 59 of them in the advanced levels. The guest skaters were Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig. He is originally from Moorhead and they are ranked 5th in the nation - very fun to watch. The theme was "Shop Till You Drop" and she was a Bubble from Bed Bath & Beyond. Unfortunately, from where we were sitting, she started out behind the older girl in the red dress. From there on out we were able to see her whole performance. They combined her group with one of the advanced level skaters - you'll see her at the end.

The sound of cold?

There is a sound that cold makes. O.K. - there are many sounds that cold makes. The way your vehicle door creaks when you open it so you can start it and get it warmed up. The loud popping and cracking that the frame of your house makes as the temperature outside drops out the bottom. The way sounds travel on the extremely crisp air. The lack of sound because it is too cold for much of anything to function. I don't think that I have ever heard noises from heat that are so depressing for some people. For me, the sounds are just an indication that I need to turn up the thermostat or put on another layer...