February

February has been and up and down month. It started out with us finding out that Chris did not get the job in Pullman. That was a big disappointment and we are trying to figure out plan B now. Hopefully, Plan B includes us living in Pullman because we would really like to stay for a little while.
The first up of February is that the snow has FINALLY started to do a little melting which is so nice to be able to drive on roads where you can mostly see the lane you're supposed to be in and not have 3 inch berms in the middle of the lane when you need to turn left! This has been very nice indeed. I feel that spring is trying to break through and come to Pullman. There is hope. :)
Another down and up of February was that my grandma fell and broke her hip. She had surgery to replace the part that was broken and it went extremely well. She has been in the hospital a little over a week now and is doing better every day. My family came to Prosser this weekend to get her house ready for her to come home. Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery for her and confidence that she can get back to doing most things she lives - gardening especially!
We had a fun Valentine's Day. We decided that trying to go out to dinner would be to expensive and to crowded as everyone was probably doing that so we stayed home and cooked our own dinner. Cooking is something we really like to do together so we made homemade pizza complete with homemade dough. And to celebrate we put our pepperoni on in the shape of a heart. It was a nice evening at home.
This weekend we had been planning on going to Spokane when our friends backed out on us but we decided we really needed to get out of Pullman anyway. We decided to head home to Prosser for the weekend. My aunt and uncle were also coming from Pullman as well as from Portland. It has been a nice weekend of visiting my grandma, visiting with other family and not having any plans at all. It's nice to be able to just go with the flow and not have to worry about being anywhere at any certain time. Relaxing for sure and I think we needed to get away for a few days.
While here at home I also finished the scarf I've been working on for way to long (although it's not entirely my fault - I did plan a wedding in the middle of knitting it). :) So now it's on to other fun projects - specifically, a matching hat. Let the creativity begin.
Although this month has been a lot of ups and downs, I am so glad to see the sun shining, feel the temperature warming up and I feel that my heart is beginning to hope more as spring comes and brings new opportunities on the horizon.