Visit with Klugs, and other stuff....

Heather, Peter and Tyler are back in the States for a short visit so Peter could interview for jobs in Milwaukee (!! Yipee!). We've only been able to see them once due to weather and illness, but we made the most of that visit...

Breakfast at Fiddlesticks, where my kids favorite trick of Tyler's was "muscles!"

Hanging out back at "The Reg-li-ar Ya's"

The guys have early release once a month, and instead of just watching TV those afternoons, I've been trying to do some sort of activity. Will's concussion is better, so we did ice skating today!

We had the WHOLE rink to ourselves. It was 16 degrees, and that felt warm.

Other weather-related developments: We have now passed the all-time record for total snowfall. We've had 77 inches, and it's still coming! Our snowblower broke (again) last night as Ted worked on trying to clear the sidewalk to the bus stop. It's full of all the the ice snow that the plow shoots up. A neighbor with a John Deere tractor with snowblower attachment came by this morning and kindly offered to clear it. He got stuck. I had an opportunity to drive my first John Deere as he and another neighbor tried to push it backwards up the hill to get it un-stuck. After several attempts, we got it out. He got back on and said, "I'm taking my John Deere and going home. Good luck with your sidewalk"

And, perhaps the saddest weather-related news, Ted's beloved Passat is probably totaled. It was parked in his work lot early yesterday morning, and the contracted plowing company backed straight into it at full speed. I'm calling his boss and asking for car/workers comp since it happened on work grounds. What? You've never heard of car/workers comp??