Birthday Boy!!

Darrin's birthday is 2 days after Valentine's Day. I thought that I would surprise him and take the afternoon off from work. I left school about 4:00 and drove home. I rang the bell to get into our apartment building and then  knocked on our door and he opened it expecting to see UPS delivering a package. I wish I had my camera. His face was priceless!
It was nice to have a few extra hours with him for his birthday. I made his mom's chicken enchilada's (I am sure hers were much better but I tried!) and then we had some friends over for dessert. It was a great evening.

He wanted so Vibram Toe Shoes for running so that is what he got!! He also got some slippers and a scout shirt. He has a few more presents that have not come yet.

Valentine's Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day! It started off at 5:15 in the morning with pink pancakes and heart shaped napkins!

I came home from work to find 11 red roses on the kitchen table and one more "white" rose in a box. Valentine's Day marked 2 years since Darrin proposed to me. The morning  he proposed he gave me 11 red roses (I just assumed there were 12) and that night he gave me the last rose that was dipped in platinum with my ring tied to it. Last year he gave me a rose dipped in white. So he is carrying on the tradition or 11 red roses and one white rose!

We enjoyed a delicious dinner of steak that Darrin made and then had a nice relaxing evening together!

The Ice Storm Aftermath

Last night we had huge gusts of wind. We were up most of the night listening to ice hit our windows and tree limbs break off. A power substation went out just down the street from us and lit up the sky  half of our apartment complex lost power for the night. We talked to a maintenance person this morning and he told us that he has never seen the power go out like it did. He said usually it is our building that looses the power (I think we are living right).

 This is what was hitting our window all night (frozen branches)




A tree outside our building

ICE STORM!

Another adventure in Ohio: ICE STORM!

Darrin's Motorcycle cover: FROZEN

The windshield of the car

  

A quarter on the windshield next to the ice.







 The tree outside our apartment

Barrister's Ball

On Saturday night the Law School had their Barrister's Ball. We enjoyed a nice dinner of chicken and seafood. We sat at a table with several people that Darrin studies with. It was nice to be able to put faces with names that I hear all of the time. We talked to professors and listened to a presentation honoring the Dean of the Law School that is stepping down in June to become a Professor.

We left shortly after the "Ball" began. We decided that we didn't need to be in the environment any longer. We did have an enjoyable evening. It was fun to get all dressed up and spend the night with my prince charming!