FEBRUARY

 

Hello, friends!  As promised, here is what was going on in February.  It was a cold month.  The first winter in the new house was interesting.  We found this is a cold house, even with the heat on.  Definitely a "wear your sweater" type of place.  I thought having an enclosed front porch would help, but that porch has no heat and so it's like being outside.

Joe was very sweet for Valentine's Day.  When I came downstairs, there was a silk rose laying by my breakfast plate.  So nice!  And I can keep it forever.

Money has been very tight.  At one point I had 16 cents to my name for two weeks.  Church has been very kind in helping us out with some gift cards for food.  I don't know what we would have done without that.

I found some of my outdoor flags and put the holder up in the flower pot on my front stoop.  It looked so cute.

I love that I can look at the Delaware River from my front stoop.

There is a lot of businesses around here and those pipes are caring fuel to load on ships.  But there is the river with New Jersey in the background.  We are just one block from the water.

Back in February was when we had that terrible plane crash in Northeast Philly.  It was just a couple of blocks from the library I used to work at.  Such a tragedy!  It really hit me that plane crashes can happen anywhere.

Well, that's about it for February.  On to March next time.

JANUARY

 

Hello, friends.  I bet you didn't expect to hear from me.  I have been very into my YouTube channel along with still trying to get the house in order.  I think that is a never-ending job.  We are still going through boxes and bags.  The good thing is that things I thought I had left behind are showing up.  Like my Betty Crocker cookbook that I thought was gone forever.  I found it this morning and I am so happy!

I thought I would just go through my pictures and catch you up on some of the happenings.  Let's start with January since I seem to have left off in December.

The beginning of the month Joe and I went to visit my brother Larry for his (and my) birthday.  It was a very uneventful trip, which is a good thing!  I got just a little lost this time, but the GPS helped a lot. 

Larry has a new cat named Isa.  She is so cute and so sweet.

We went to the Collegeville Dinner for lunch.  Larry and I had burgers and fries that were so good.  Joe opted for lunch:  eggs, scrapple and pancakes.

I tried lots of new recipes in January.  I see so many good recipes on facebook and that inspired me.  Everything I tried turned out so good.  And I got tons of use out of my slow cooker.

And that's about it for January.  I'll come back soon with February.

DECEMBER 23

 Hello, friends!  Welcome back.  Thanks for all your great comments.

For those of you who asked about my YouTube channel, go to youtube.com and search for either Kathy's Happy Home (my old name and easier to find) or This is Kathy's Life (my new name).  You will see my picture next to the title and it's pretty far down on the page.

Here is a link to my latest video.

This is going to be a quick post.  I am sitting by the kitchen window and it is COLD.  It is 18*F (-8*C) outside right now.  That is up from -2*F (-19*C) this morning.  I am planning on having grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner tonight.  I hope that will warm us up.

So let me continue on with my story about the holidays.  Because my sister works in a hospital and had to work on Christmas Day, we celebrated early.  We went to her house on the 23rd so we could sleep over and celebrate on the 24th before we returned to our own home.  It was a long drive.  There was lots of traffic and instead of the usual 2 to 2 1/2 hours, it took us 3 hours to get there.  We were trying to get to her area before dark and we just made it.

There was snow in the mountains where she lives.  And we saw beautiful Christmas lights along the way.

We got settled and hung around for a bit before we got in her new car to go to dinner at a local diner.  Her car is so nice!

We met our friend Frank there and the four of us got seated in a booth.  Both of the men had burgers.  Elaine and I had the homemade chicken pot pie.  The guys said their burgers weren't that good, but the pot pie was wonderful.  We both finished the entire thing, which we rarely do.  When we were checking out, the owner was telling Elaine that it was his grandmother's recipe.  The crust was puff pastry which I had never seen before.

When we got back to my sister's house it was dark and her lights were on.  They looked so pretty.

I tried to take a picture of her neighbor's house which was beautiful too, but it didn't turn out.

Frank came back to the house too and we sat around talking for about an hour and then he left to go home.  We played with her dog, Ace, for awhile.  But it wasn't long before we headed to bed too.

And that is where I'll end for today.  I'm just too cold to sit here and type anymore.  I will be back soon with another post.

Kathy