Still Not Too Old, A Note From Jack, Surprise!

 

I was relaxing in the living room when a quick movement out the window caught my eye. I got up to investigate thinking maybe an animal had run through the yard. But, there was nothing there. A few minutes later I got up and went to the kitchen window and I saw Steve walking back up the field pulling the sled he made. So that was him flashing by the window! I had no idea he was outside. He sledded all the way back at the top of the little hill and went all the way to the road! Those slippery skis on the bottom of the sled glide along on top of the frozen snow so nicely. He made a couple more runs before he crashed into the Viburnum shrubs with his head. What a goof. I told him he should not be riding head first. 

We got a note in the mail from grandson Jack to thank us for his birthday and Christmas gifts. We so rarely receive handwritten mail any more. I loved seeing Jack's handwriting and our address written out in his own hand. Handwriting is so personal and unique. It was almost like having a little visit from Jack himself.

We went to granddaughter Violet's basketball game. It is really fun to watch her little self play on the team. So cute! On the way home, we popped into Kroger for bread and happened to see fresh  rhubarb in the produce department! I was so excited that we had to buy some...and strawberries. The young man checking us out did not know what rhubarb was. I told him of all the delights of strawberry rhubarb pie or rhubarb compote and Steve warned him not to bite into it raw or it would be like a Warhead. He asked us if there was more for sale over there and that he might have to go and get some for himself. I made a pie as soon as we got home. Lucky for us we had vanilla ice cream in the freezer to go with it. We shared that pie with Tim and Kay and then I made another one on Sunday to share with Tess and Blake. That rhubarb made a lot of us happy.