Interesting month

Our daughter, Dawn and Vince took Bethany, Colby and Krista to Disneyland for the first week of January to celebrate Dawn’s 50th birthday and we got to take care of their three cats while they were gone.  They had a fun time but unfortunately Colby got sick the last day and still is suffering a cough.  January 10 we met at Sweet Tomatoes so we could celebrate Dawn’s birthday.

Dawn's birthday cake at Sweet Tomatoes

Dawn was pleased with this gift, saying it would be great for her new living room

January 13 I did another burger shop at one of the best burger places in town and we enjoyed the evening meal with leftovers, always a nice thing.

We rarely go to the movies but Larry received movie passes for Christmas so we went to see “13 Hours” opening day.  It is a movie everyone of voting age in America should see!

January 19 Larry went to the VA to pick up his new hearing aids.  They are very cool as he can dial what he wants to hear, (cut out wind noise while driving, restaurants, and each ear is independently controlled by his cell phone), they work on bluetooth and he can hook up the TV to his hearing aids.  He is quite thrilled with them and said this is the best he has heard in many years.

On my birthday we met Cathy and Daryl Devers at Village Inn for brunch and had a great visit.  They are from our home town in IN and Cathy and I were next door neighbors.  Since it was Wednesday we all had free pie.  That evening I used my coupon from Dairy Queen for a free Blizzard so it was a good birthday.

Daryl and Cathy at Village Inn

The house is coming along nicely and the cabinets and countertops are in.  Vince enlisted the help of some friends and cleaned up the front yard.  It looks like an entirely different place!

Cleaned up front yard

What it looked like before clean up

Kitchen cabinets with the counter tops installed and the floor in place

Neat 'rug look' in the dining room

Sunday January 31 we again met at Sweet Tomatoes to celebrate, this time my birthday and Colby and Krista were able to attend.  We had a good evening and closed the place down, being just about the last patrons to leave.  We hadn’t been home long before a big front came in with 30 mph wind gusts and rain.  The temperature dropped 15º in an hour and the MH did some 'rocking and rolling'.  Fortunately Larry had had the foresight to bring all the awnings in as well as our flags before the 'big event' hit when our weather radio along with both cell phones went off warning of a severe thunderstorm with thunder and lightning and possible wind gusts of 60 mph and hail.

My birthday celebration at Sweet Tomatoes