These Sweet People

This is Pat and Jim Holland, who came all the way from Las Cruces, New Mexico to share some time with us in the frozen tundra of Branson to quote another dear friend.  This was the last day as they were getting ready to leave to head for Albuquerque, where they were planning a super bowl party with their son and friends.  That hat and jacket are Jim's Bronco attire.  I know they hated the game and it's turnout, but I'm sure they had a great time with their son and friends, anyway.  We sure had a great time with them and appreciate their coming so far to join us for a great week.  My two sisters were there, too, so we had so much fun playing cards and puzzling.  I talked to Pat on FB today and it's 83 in Las Cruces; and they came clear here to freeze with us!  We're so honored and thank God for their friendship and their safe travels

Today was a COLD day, again.  The temperature was in the high 30's, but the wind was like an Oklahoma wind:  BRUTAL.  So, we elected to hang inside the condo and we'll go out and celebrate Valentine's day tomorrow . . . or not, but we sure didn't want to go out today!  Plus our heat in the condo stopped TWICE and we had to have the maintenance people here to get it going.  Interesting, but I'm so glad it wasn't our problem to fix.  We spent the day relaxing and reading; really a nice day and I thank God for the opportunity to relax.  We'd stayed up past midnight last night watching the Thunder play and beat the Lakers.  It was a tough game; the Lakers led the whole game and the Thunder pulled it into a win at the last minute.  I guess they love to do that because it seems to be their comfort zone, but it sure is hard on the fans!  Sleeping late was a nice, nice thing.  Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines' Day!