indiana trip

here is the latest picture of dave and i, taken last sunday at his parent's house in Indiana just before we left to come home. i just noticed how tired i look...guess it was the anticipation of the 10 hour drive ahead of us. we had a good time. it was very relaxing and a much needed break. we left last wednesday night, drove all night and got there around 8:30 am. we had to stop a few times and sleep at the rest areas, but we made it! we just relaxed and slept alot and enjoyed the time spent with his family. jon, dave's older brother, was able to make it in from columbus, OH to spend the weekend with us. dave, bob (his dad), and jon taught me how to play monopoly. yes, i'm sorry to say, i've never played before!! but they taught me, and wouldn't you know, i killed them all! i was feeling pretty good about myself i have to say! i got my hair trimmed by deb, dave's younger sister, on saturday. she graduated from beauty school last year and has landed a very good job at a local salon called Clippers. of the 3 siblings, anna was the one who had the most time to spend with us. she and her husband josh just bought a puppy a month ago. millie is a beagle and german short haired pointer mix. very cute! anna and i are the two eligible grandchildren givers, so of course, all week we got the not so subtle hints from sandy (dave's mom)! she'd love a couple of grandbabies to play with, but so far, neither of us are seeing any soon! we left sunday afternoon for the long drive back and pulled in around 3 am. we were pooped! good thing we intentionally didn't plan anything for the morning, so we were able to sleep in and rest. this week has gone by pretty quick. nothing very exciting to report...just the daily grind again. waiting not so patiently for spring. soon enough i guess. well, have a great weekend all!

st. patrick's day

i know st. patrick's day isn't officially until this friday, but the parade in scranton, which hosts the nation's 4th largest st. patty's parade, was yesterday. which is also the busiest, most profitable day for us at the cafe, since the parade goes by our front door. apparently there was supposed to be about 8,000 people in the parade, and tens of thousands of spectators. i heard it was the busiest parade yet in scranton. so all that meant for me was a long tiring week of preparation making dozens and dozens of cookies. i think overall, i must've made about 25-30 dozen. lets just say i don't want to see or make another cookie in my entire life! i was exhausted, but i know the paycheck will be worth it! saturday was a good day. thankfully, this year i didn't have to work during the parade hours, but i did get stuck with the clean up at night! it wasn't that bad. since we were a bit short-staffed, my dad had to work as well, so that was nice to work with him. it was alot slower than we anticipated, and we only saw a couple of drunks (they opened the bars at 7:30 am!!!) so we were able to clean up pretty easily. i'm just glad it's over! this well we are looking forward to a surprise trip out to indiana. well, really only a surprise for dave's mom. she has no idea we're coming! we haven't been there since thanksgiving, so we thought we'd make a long weekend trip. we're going to leave wednesday night, drive all night and hopefully pull in around 6 or 7 in the morning. we kindof like driving through the night. it cuts the time alot and there's just not that much traffic. we'll be back next sunday night. i'll try and get a post on while we're there. hope you have a good week! gotta run...