Strange, but typical, weather

Missouri weather is always a mystery these days, especially in winter.  You can see from the photo below that we have had enough warm days throughout the month to prompt the daffodils to start coming out of the ground.  And, yet, we won't get out of the 30's today.  

We had a "Major Snowstorm" predicted for last Wednesday but only about three inches fell and everything was melted by the end of the day.  It was nice to take our morning walk while the snow was falling down.  I'm not sure you can tell by the photos but it was a heavy, wet snow.

It was a fairly normal week.  Orchestra rehearsal was on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, I wrote thank you letters to the high donors to the orchestra and emailed thank you's to the low-end donors.  Thursday night was a two hour orchestra board meeting.  Plus, I am practicing the February 25th concert music every day so I have done due diligence to the civic orchestra this week.  

I sewed up the rest of the zippered bags that I had cut out so I can deliver them this week at Happy Hookers.  I also sewed up a pair of pajama pants for Steve.  We hauled another round of mulch to the back flower garden when temperatures were in the high 50's.  We visited Menards to get some lumber for a clothes closet project and Micro Center to finally solve the missing power cord problem to a thermoelectric ice cream maker that we inherited.  I am very excited to try the recipes that came with the machine.  We had Herb and Judy Pyne from the ward over for dinner on Friday.  She and I are co-Primary teachers and they both work in the baptistry on the shift right after ours.  But, because of our duties, we never get a chance to visit so it was nice to get to know them better over dinner.  

The Primary workers were treated to brunch yesterday (Saturday) morning and they even had some gluten-free donuts from Britts Bakehouse!  I felt loved.  When I returned home, I started a new adult cello student.  Actually, she was a former cello student who moved to Utah in 2017 but is now back in Moberly.  She and her family had come to the temple and then she came by for a lesson which was mostly getting her cello back in tune, bridge straightened, new string put on.  Then, as they were getting into their van, Steven and Jason Bell pulled up.  Steven had been to the temple earlier in the day and had met Jason for lunch.  It was great to see Jason again and catch up on his life and to have Steven here.  

I saw three movies this week - Steve only saw one because he is not a fan of George Clooney and Julia Roberts OR Jane Austin.  So, I watched "Ticket to Paradise" Wednesday night while he was at youth activities.  I loved it.  I also watched "Love and Friendship" which was based upon a short story by Jane Austin.  Aside from the annoying main character who was just so wicked, I liked it and I loved the soundtrack of period music.  Finally, Steve and I both watched "Top Gun Maverick" Friday night and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.  It is hard to believe that Tom Cruise is sixty years old!