The saying is true: Time does really fly when you are having fun.

(updated later on in the day)

As noted by B in the Comments Section:

We celebrated 29 Years together.

I love my husband very much.

Thank you; it has been a wonderful ride.

I am looking forward to many more years together!

Our neighbors will celebrate 58 years together on February 14.

Congratulations to the Behnings!

This past month has been busy, hectic, delightful, and of course, fun.

We've been to the San Francisco area and ate some great seafood,

walked along the ocean and saw a crow playing in flight,

visited with family and ate more great food,

went to the Sacramento Temple,

B rode 125 miles from Davis to Calistoga and back,

sewed three table toppers,

and watched some fun basketball games.

We've watched some more ballgames here in town,

been to Phoenix to another game,

driven to Beaver via Beryl (now that was interesting),

and had a bunch of doggie mishaps.

The dogs went to Doggie Disneyland

(thanks AJ for watching them)

and have been on some incredible walks

(just ask DB about what it was like down by the river),

they've had at least 4 baths in a week

(the last one with tomato juice as a result of being skunked),

and Buster broke a nail

(lots of blood -- not with too much damage)

and got his winter trim.

We've gotten the yard ready for spring

(pre-emergent, fertilizer, aerated, clean up, roses trimmed, etc),

and have finally cleaned the garage

and now all the vehicles can park inside of it!

And those are the things I can remember.

Because I forget a lot of things, too. (Sorry Bear Cubs)

Books I read this month:

Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Born Naked by Farley Mowat

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Infidel by Ayann Hirsi Ali

To The Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson

by Heidi S. Swinton

I am currently reading

At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman

In the spirit of creativity,

I designed a table topper

by using combined methods from other quilts I have previously made.

Picture will be posted soon.