Why I hate February!!

I am often asked why I hate February - and the answer is simple - it is ugly!!!! February is a three color month - gray - brown - and what I call a greenbrown. The greenbrown is the color I give to the evergreens of North Idaho. They really don't stay that pretty green they are in May or June - they turn a dirty brown green in February. You have to take my word on this cause I forgot to take a picture of it. Now I will prove my point with pictures.

Here is the gray - or part of the gray. Most mornings you wake up to fog. Fog that lingers all day till about 3 in the afternoon. Lets us not forget that sunset is at 5 this time of year. Wow - two whole hours to look at brown.

Actually , I don't know if this is brown or gray - but it isn't white. Our pretty snow is no longer - pretty. Just more ugly!!! Then there is the MUD!!

This is the road I drive on in my bus. Lovely MUD. :(

This is how my bus looks. It used to be yellow - now it is brown!!!

What is this you ask? The back of my black pants after I walk through the mud to get to my brown bus that I drive through the mud to get all the little angels that track that mud into my bus. You would not believe what I sweep everyday.

This is just one of the lovely potholes that I have to drive around in both my car and bus. Lovely February condition of our roads. Note the color - gray!!!

And if you are lucky enough to find a garden - this is what you find. Different shades of brown with a little gray mixed in. You will note I say if you are lucky enough to find a garden - because this snow is NOT GOING AWAY!!!

Note the date - yes - if these berms are this high now can you guess how tall they where in January?
Here is my house - brown - gray with a little greenbrown on the side. I find myself looking at the crayons that I have here for my grand kids - just to remember what color is. I so look forward to March - March brings hope - March just takes over and brings in Spring. March is great because it isn't February.

Results and more

So number three won on my picture contest and big smiles for me cause I took that picture of morning dew. And no I didn't take the picture of the duck. Matt thought that every one would think I took it and would vote for it just because...well, he was half right. Matt took the sunset picture and it is a very awesome picture allot bigger. The leaves on the right side are all glistening with rays of sunlight and I think it is cool. The ice picture was mine and well, I guess was the least favorite one cause it didn't get one vote. Doesn't matter cause I get the quarter. Yea for me :)

This week was rather boring and nerve racking because I spoke in church today. I get very nervous when I have to speak in church and it was high council week. I was suppose to talk until 15 past the hour and I made to about 3 minutes past. I talked about 12 whole minutes. I really tried to make the talk longer but I was stuck on the subject. I was given President Eyring talk - "Our heart knit as one" as my topic. Great talk to teach in Relief Society but how can you improve on President Eyring? Can't just read the talk either - Oh well, its over and went OK. Matt even came and sat out in the hall the listen to me. Nice of him to give me support but not to make me more nervous by being in the room. Note to Matt : the building is still standing :)

Mom and Dad are doing just fine. Cabin fever has struck, but we all have that. We still have a good foot and a half of snow everywhere. And the berms are even higher.

So I have allot to learn - that is on how to scan something into my computer - so that it isn't super small!!! I'll figure it out - then we will go down memory lane!! Till then stay safe!!

Photo Contest !!

So - I got Matt a camera for Christmas - and we have had a couple of days that the two of us have just gone out and taken pictures of this beautiful state of Idaho. We went up to Bayview and around the lake and then today we went to the Post Falls Dam. Winter can be sooo pretty! We got into a conversation and we only have our little cameras to work with ,and we have no training ,but we think these photos are not tooo bad - and we want to know who took the best picture.

Now we want you to tell us who is better - You will find that there are four photos to choose from - two are Matts and two are mine. We know that Brady would be laughing hysterically right now and we agree - but we are old and so you should humor us - right? So just vote for the one photo you like the best - that's it - get your friends to take a look and vote too - just a silly thing that could make me 25 cents richer :)

This is number one

This is number two

This is number 3

Last but not least - number four

Thank - you all for helping out!!