Hot time in the old town tonight

So as the rest of the country is freezing, it's like 80 degrees here today. Sorry guys - you'll be laughing at me when June rolls around, I promise!

Speaking of laughing, here's what our tomatoes looked like BEFORE the freeze a few weeks ago. Beauty, huh? The plants looked like crap after the couple days of hard freeze. Lots of our landscape plants don't look so hot, either. Oh well - it's getting to be planting season again. We'll probably put in a new vegetable garden when the "Seniors" are here. Travis' grandparents and great aunt and uncle are coming to visit on the 16th.

So I better go do something important - like clean the kitchen, and make dinner. I need to try and read my finance homework tonight, too. If anybody out there has tips for making a financial accounting text more engaging - please pass them along!

Have a good week and stay warm. Keep in touch if you get a minute!

Jenny

Another day, another... wait. What was the question?

So, inexplicably, it's February. And that happened...when?

Classes go marching on...the recruiting blitz goes marching on. At least it's warm and in the upper 60s here - unlike the expected high of ZERO for Sunday in Iowa. I get to hear a weather report from my classmates each time I dial in for a teleconference class.

I think I'm the only distance master's student in Foodservice and Lodging management at ISU right now. At least they didn't kick met out! Instead, I get called by the professor every week for two classes. And I get to guess what my classmates look like. I know their names and voices, so it's kind of like listening to the radio.

Work at MCC is progressing - I'm teaching one course, with 6 students. I am also trying to get as many students enrolled for next semester as possible. Here's hoping!

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping warm. Things are pretty quiet around here!

I'll write again soon - we finally got some pictures developed that show what our tomatoes looked like BEFORE the freeze. Now the plants look like crap - but the tomatoes themselves are ripening on my counter OK.

Happy weekend - time to sleep in!

Jenny