Dogwood Acres, 01/24/11

DOGWOOD ACRES, 01/24/11, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. We have survived another snow storm. I stayed home one day but still had internet and phone service so was not really a day off. Seems that kind of weather puts me in the mood to bake and I did find time to bake a batch of oatmeal-raisin cookies.
I had a client who flew from Chicago into the Branson Airport two days before the snow came. Of course, she didn’t think our little snow amounted to much, but was a good sport and stayed in her motel on the snow day. We made up for it the rest of the week with several trips to Galena, Cape Fair and Rockaway Beach.

While I had long days, Rick was a good sport and ate canned soup, frozen burritos and Braunschweiger sandwiches. I didn’t feel too bad about it as those are some of his favorite foods. Little Fox and Zoey kept him busy as he let them in and out about 20 times a day trying to avoid any accidents from the puppy.

Jeff Dalton got out to take Janet to work on the snow day and then came to visit Rick. It reminded me of how Daddy liked to get out in the snow just to see if he could.

Daddy’s birthday is tomorrow. It hardly seems possible that he has been gone almost 4 years. We always had a birthday party but his favorite birthday tradition was to go hunting; he called it his “Birthday Hunt”. He would spend all day in the woods, either on or near the day of his birthday. Whether or not the hunt was successful, it was still his special day. Happy Birthday Daddy. Bye for now.