Back and Forth

It's Wednesday night.  We just had two days in a row over freezing!  The snow is still here but it looks a little smaller.  Speaking of snow, this was my view of Atlantic City early last Wednesday at 6:30 or so in the morning.  

I drove home.  They are taking down the toll booths on the Atlantic City Expressway.  

I went to the funeral of my parent's dear friend Rhona.  She was aunt Rhona to my sister and I.  We spent so much time with them when we were growing up so we have great memories.  

I drove back to Atlantic City.  These cookies mean it was time for our party.  

That's some piece of meat.  

Party time!

Happy 70th birthday Ricky!

I get to see Kevin from Chicago a couple of times a year.  

Dav emet me back at the Borgata and we had a fun night!

 

Partying with Dierks Bentley

Last Tuesday, I got my tooth fixed early then headed to the shore.  The snow everywhere was solid and shiny.  Totally frozen.  It was a quick hour and a half drive to Atlantic City.  

It was pool convention time.  

I walked around to check things out.  A robot sprinkler.  

Robot pool cleaners.  

I can't believe they brought this giant pool with them.  

Tiny saunas.  

Nice outdoor kitchens.  

The view from my room at the Borgata.  

Atlantic City was frozen.  

Heading out to dinner.  

Our annual trip the awesome Cafe 2825.  Making burrata tableside.  

Because I wasn't supposed to eat that day as my crown dried I ended up getting a huge piece of lasagna that I could swallow without chewing.  

We had fun with our Japanese vendors.  

Then we went to a party at the Hard Rock.  

A party with Dierks Bentley playing.  

This was quite a party.  Unlimited food and drink.  

I don't love country music but I like live music with great musicians.  

There's hope for Eli and his violin!

That was fun.  I then headed back to the Borgata.  

I was up late wandering the casino.  

Fun night!

 

Winter Storm Fern

Last Sunday we had the biggest storm we've had in decades.  We went shopping like everyone else and had tons of food in case we got stuck in for a few days.  We made fun off all the people getting 3 dozen eggs until we realized we only had 4 eggs left!  It was miserable outside so we stayed in all day.  I looked out the front door in the morning.  

Our guy came to plow at 4 inches.  

But then it came right back!

I had the brilliant idea of car covers for Amy and Aden's cars.  They worked really well.  The snow didn't really stick.

This was our deck.

It was around 9 inches by that point. 

My crown popped off!  Oh no!  I had so much trouble eating and we were stuck in the house and the dentist was closed.  

I had to go outside to make sure the faucet was open.  

It was miserable out.  It turned into sleet which was painful.

They came the second time.  

The beef stew came out well.  Ariel slept at Tessa's house with a bunch of the girls.  

They came a third time!

Here were the totals. We got between 10 and 12 inches.  

Last Monday, the kids were off.  The sun returned and it looked kind of pretty.  

I drove to get Ariel.  

Look how deep the snow was!

I saw this.  A robot plow!

Here's a closeup.  

More indoor activities.  

I took Ariel to the market.  

Then Aden played some tennis matches.