What can I say??

I realize it's been a couple weeks since I last posted. Since many of my activities these days are repeats, I didn't want to bore you. Let's see if I can think of something "new."

Hmmm...not much new. Arne spends hours improving his art skills and taking classes. I must say, he is getting his old skills back and soon I'll be posting pictures of his work.

I attended a Genealogy class at the Life Long Learning College last Friday. It was an Introduction so we were given Ancestral Charts and many websites on which to do research. I have been checking out the 1900-1930 US Census and discovered that on my father's side, my great-great paternal grandfather and grandmother came to the US from Germany, settling in Illinois. My great-great grandfather (Danner) on the maternal side was born in Switzerland, his wife was born in Germany and they also settled in Illinois. I'll have to do some deeper research to delve further into my mother's lineage, since she was born in Denmark.(Picture-Grandparents, John & Lula Kalkwarf)

Arne and I have seen three of the Oscar-nominated movies the past two weeks. We saw True Grit, Winter Bones and The King's Speech. They were all good, all different. I think Colin Firth will probably win Best Actor for King's Speech.

We invited a Chicago couple over for the Super Bowl. We had all hoped the Bears would be there so instead three of us were pulling for the Packers, especially Rogers. Glad he won MVP and hope he doesn't change with his new super stardom.

I continue to enjoy teaching the ESL class. The Spanish ladies are fun and keep me grounded and appreciative of what I have. They have so little but always have a big smile. I learned a week ago that one husband lost his job three months ago and another lost his just last week. I know I have at least one US citizen in the class as she told me about the test she had to take. As for the others, I don't ask, don't tell.

I played just 9 holes of golf this morning. It was very cold and 2 of our 3 groups quit after the 4th hole so they could get a rain check. I was playing with a Canadian and one from South Dakota so they wanted to finish the front 9. I'm so glad we got a Curtis cab on our golf cart so I could close the doors. This helped tremendously. The other gal had a heater in her golf cart. I've looked at the heaters at Ace Hardward three times. I always walk away because of the $94.99 price tag. Today, Arne said he's concerned about the safety so glad I didn't buy one.