Sunday, February 7th

Happy birthday Daniel, a teenager today!  Hope your day was special!
  Got up and went to the church service in the hall this morning.  Well I got there a few minutes late, so snuck in and sat at the back of the room.  Although it did not go unnoticed, it was nice of the pastor not to mention it.  He and his wife will be celebrating their anniversary next week so he asked me to take a picture of them, a new one for his fb account.  I was more than happy to do it, just hope one of the pictures I took turns out to be a good one.  I think it was just his way of making me feel welcome, actually.  Anyway it was a nice gesture.  I didn't stay for the fellowship, use a line my mother used to use:  I can't be late twice in one day, so having arrived late, would have to leave early.
  When I got back we called Daniel on facetime and had a nice chat with both Vanessa and Daniel.  It was nice seeing them both and wish them well.  It was encouraging to hear Vanessa say she had a nice rest sleeping in her own bed and was getting support at home.
  After a bite to eat, we went out to get a few things at Walmart.  Bu then the day was really starting to warm up, something we have really been looking forward to.  Marg's watch gave up the ghost which was frustrating as we had just replace the crystal.  Anyway she got a new one, after we had the usual disagreement over which one she should have, she just went ahead and bought the economy model.  We also picked up a bunch of other stuff we needed, like the 30 pack of Miller.  Stopped by Harbour Freight and picked up a magnetic strip for holding tools in the shed. I had picked up a few on the weekend and was having organization problems that this solved.
  Took the 5 gallon water bottle and filled it.  Pretty funny, there was  guy there filling bottles and he said that he shouldn't be getting water, rather something stronger to drink at the Super Bowl.  I told him with those kind of plans he might well be pleased with the water purchase when he wakes up so thirsty tomorrow.
  Then Marg put some stuff in the oven to heat before going to the Super Bowl party at Gary & Linda's place.  They had 4 couples over and everyone brought something.  Gary did some ribs on the bbq.  Marg brought some:  ribs, shrimp, cheese bread.  Gary had the tv out under the carport, so it was nice to sit out in the great weather.  There were lots of snacks and then around half time we had the good eats.  It was a good football game and was close until the end.  We had a bit of a slow start getting it on as we first had to watch the end of the Phoenix Waste Management open, which needed 3 playoff holes, then catch up on the taped first quarter of the football game. 
  Marg & I had to leave the party just after 6, as she had volunteered to work at the ice cream social.  You may recall one couple left for a few days and she had agreed to fill in for them.  It was quite a while since I scooped ice cream or Marg made banana splits, but we picked up right where we left off.  They had the big screen tv on, so we never missed any of the game.  Surprisingly we had a couple of dozen at ice cream, only one of whom was interested in the big game.  Then it was back to to party where they had waited for us to eat.  We  were not sure of the game plan, so we both had ice cream, which ended up being our appetizers  It was all good.  Go Bronco's!