I have come to the conclusion that I have an addiction. I love chocolate and cannot go a day without it. I like my chocolate dark and high quality for the most part, but will bow to eating M&M's or a snicker bar. (or about anything else that is placed in front of me) My favorite candy bar is a Bing. The only place I can get them in Utah is at the Maverick gas station and then they are not always fresh. The center is a mild cherry fondant that's surrounded by chocolate with crushed peanuts all through it. This is not dark chocolate but the peanuts take away the too sweet flavor. I love dark chocolate truffles, and dark chocolate mints. I have not hit bottom yet and I may need an intervention to get me off of it. Until then, I think I will just enjoy.

Wayne's Aunt Betty Ostler from Billings, MT died a few weeks ago. Before she died she was getting rid of some stuff that she had accumulated. This is a photo of Wayne and me (the year before we got married) that she had. I had not seen it before and Colett owns it now, but I scanned it for my blog. You know back then I had to work hard to get my hair to flip just right and to wear my skirts above my knees but not too short. It's funny, but I don't even remember that dress. We wore a lot of shifts back then.....straight down, not much shape.

I got a new haircut today. It's amazing how good chopping off just two inches can feel. I am getting so many gray roots that I told my hairdresser that I may go blonde so I don't have to keep touching them up. Oh well, so glad for her expertise. She is the cutest little hairdresser (as young as my daughters but doesn't treat me like an old lady). She keeps me up with the trends.

It's almost Valentine's Day and I am finishing up making all my Valentines this year....so far up to 17. I love to scrapbook, an this is just another mini form of it. I try to make each Valentine

fit the person's personality. Here is a sample that I made for Wayne.

We are headed to Disneyland with all the kids and grandkids at the end of February. We are all trying to stay well but right now Alex is sick with a staff infection in his intestine and has lost 23 pounds, Joey and Toby are home for the week with asthma, and I am trying not to fall down from the slick sidewalks everywhere. Since my fall, my knee and ankle still don't seem to want to work together. We have a snow blower for which we are grateful and Wayne has had to use it several times a week. Last Sunday we had a snow day from church. Very few could even get out of their driveways and Wayne spent several hours helping the neighbors dig out too.