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.

It's a new year with lots of possibilities. I decided not to make resolutions this year. I will set some goals and post them in front of the computer as a reminder, so they will be worked on and not just broken. One of them is to keep in touch a little better with those we love. Help me will you?