Friday Favorites: Goodbye January

 We had a fabulous week and managed to squeeze in a couple of hikes despite some freezing cold temperatures and a few days of snow flurries. 

I planned a short day of schooling on Friday for Evan and Ian since we were meeting friends for a hike just before lunch. Alec worked on his schooling but with the marking period winding down he didn't have much going on.  We had beautiful weather for a hike but I was busy talking and only snapped a few quick photos. It was so great to see our friends after such a long break; I don't think we have seen them since my surgery in September!!

Once we returned home Alec and I worked on schooling until 2 when his day ends.  We cooked dinner and enjoyed a quiet night at home.  

Saturday morning my husband dragged Evan and Ian to work with him while I took Alec to karate. 

We made plans to all meet up at Pub 99 for a late lunch.  Alec and I stopped at home so he could shower and then at the library to pick up books before arriving at the restaurant.  I was so pleased to see real menus, shared ketchup bottles, real salt & pepper shakers, etc. It made eating lunch out feel so normal! 

Sunday morning I got up at 7 to work on making our sourdough bread.  We had used our starter to begin making the dough the night before and after letting it rest for 12 hours I still had no idea if it was ready or not!  It took most of the day to get the bread prepped and finished and we were all less than thrilled with our final product.  We all unanimously agreed that sourdough is not worth the work.  If I'm going to put that much time into bread it has got to  be better than croissants or our favorite no-knead bread. 

I ended my day with a long Ranger ride with my husband through the woods.  I am so thankful that the guy we bought our Ranger from installed a heater in it as it would have been freezing without the heater! 

Monday was a busy day of me running between all three boys and their schooling.  Some days it just seems like they all need my help at the exact same time!  We got lots done though and by early afternoon we were finished with school. I went to get a hair cut and got a call that we finally have Evan's CAT scan appointment scheduled for February! 

Ian headed off to work on Tuesday and Evan and I started in on schooling around 9.  We were all finished up in an hour and then I hung out with Alec listening in with his classes; most teachers were just wrapping up work for the semester and Alec was all caught up so he had another long study hall feeling sort of day. 

After school Evan and I headed out for a walk despite the snow that began falling.  In no time at all it was really coming down and covering the ground. 

Ian headed off early in the morning to go plow then came home in time to start school on Wednesday.  Alec had a half-day and rather than cancel or delay for the snow the school decided to have them all virtual.  He had a pretty light day of schooling and everyone was done by lunch.  

I headed out to meet up with my husband and our lawyer to go over our will and revamp a few things.  Ian headed out to work on his jet ski.  The younger two boys spent an hour out in the snow.  I venture out a bit to take just a few photos but I had the wrong lens on for taking great snow captures. 

I mixed up a new ham and potato chowder recipe while Alec made some fresh bread for dinner. 

Ian was headed to work on Thursday and Alec was heading into school so it was just Evan and I at home.  We flew through his work and then headed out hiking despite the occasional snow flurries.  We hiked for an hour and 20 or so minutes.  It was rough going in a few places because of the snow but the views from the top were well worth it!

After hiking we quickly returned a few Amazon things at Kohl's and then had lunch at Subway before picking Alec up from school.  He had a great day in the building catching up with friends.  

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