Year 3 - Day 60 - February 29

The calendar is already turned to tomorrow. Screw you, February. Good Riddance. Bring it on, March!

Year 3 - Day 59 - February 28

These things used to fascinate me on TV commercials. They were so beautiful. The one time I had one was so sad, because I wanted it to taste as good as it looked! Sadly, they're just not my thing. Mike likes them though, so I grabbed one in line at the checkout. I'd much rather have a mini Hershey bar!

Year 3 - Day 58 - February 27

Since our summer vacation may include a trip to our great neighbor to the north, I am in need of a new passport. My old one expired a year or two ago and I never got around to renewing it. There are a lot of (PITA!) steps involved. The actual application is no big deal. The changing my name thing added a whole new layer. I needed a marriage certificate, certified of course. They don't take cash or personal checks. Just cashier's checks and money orders. When Mike went to the bank today to take care of that, he found out it was a lot more money just to get either one of those things than the $5.50 he needed to put in that format. Luckily the bank took pity on him and sent him to 7-11 where they have cheap(er but not cheap) money orders. So what was supposed to be a 20 minute errand took significantly longer than that. Oops. We have an extra now just in case another reason pops up to need one. But this one is getting sent away so that I can go visit America North.

Year 3 - Day 57 - February 26

After a birthday brunch at the golf course this morning (cause we are apparently all true suburbanites now!) I headed down to AACo for a meeting. I was really excited about this one because it was in the media center of my childhood elementary school. The school opened when I was in 4th grade so I never really spent time down in the little kid wing, but I was familiar with half of the building and all the specials areas. I was surprised that it didn't really seem bigger or smaller than I remembered it. Maybe because I was already 4th grade size when it opened? I don't know. But it was a nice afternoon and fun memories!

Year 3 - Day 56 - February 25

After almost 2 years of hemming and hawing, we decided to take the plunge and get new sliding glass doors. We desperately need them but didn't really want to spend the money. They're ordered now and will come in March. I will greatly appreciate the one in the kitchen because it will make grilling SO much easier. Right now the door only easily opens about a foot and we turn sideways to go in and out. It's a pain. Downstairs there will be just a whole nicer situation because the old door is pretty much rotting out of the house! We decided not to do the 3rd one in the living room because we aren't sure what is going to happen there in the future. No point in spending money on a door we never open anyway. It's so silly to have 2 sliding doors at right angles!

Year 3 - Day 55 - February 24

This morning at the early hour of 9:04am, Harford County called to let us know that the mysterious gas smell floating around is being carried by the winds across the land and sea from somewhere in NJ. I guess they were getting a lot of calls about a gas smell? I didn't smell it, I did get the call on my cell while at work but just ignored it. Are we the only county that puts out these info calls regularly? Sometimes I appreciate it like with severe weather or something that we really need to know, but sometimes it's annoying and just another message to delete. At least I was at work - Mike was sound asleep on his day off for this one! :)

Year 3 - Day 54 - February 23

Unlike most stores that ask for your input via surveys & promise you the chance to win something, Bonefish actually gave us a coupon for free Bang Bang Shrimp (worth more than $9!) for filling it out. I don't eat shrimp, but Mike sure does. I appreciate the actual reward rather than the chance for one.