I have been fighting a cold this weekend. I have been using a different version of Ziacam, a gel you spray in your nose, I like the nose swabs much better. Anyway it has settled in the upper part of my lungs so I always feel like something is in my throat. Took some Tylenol Cold medicine last night, the non-drowsy kind that the pharmacist told me would not keep me up, it just didn't have the stuff in it that causes you to be drowsy. Anyway I think I was awake half the night tossing and turning. Now I feel really drowsy. I have Jason because his school is delayed 2 hours and I won't take him because that tends to be more trouble then it is worth, especially with the icy roads. So drowsy it is.

Finally some good news about housing. We moved up to 4th on the list. The person right ahead of us is gone. Don't know what the story is but he is no longer on the list. First person on the list is on some sort of lease hold, I have no idea how long he is on hold, but he can't take a house at the moment. #2 is our friends from KS and then #3 is someone moving from house to house on post.

I decided if we were going to wait for housing on post that I was going to choose which housing area to live in, actually it is more choosing what school the kids will go to. If I pick A6 they will attend the same schools that they are attending now. So I let housing know that I only wanted a new 4 bedroom in A6. One of the people in front of us will take a new house in either area, the other person wants one in A7. Right now we believe that two houses in A7 will open up around the first part of May. Hopefully that will take care of the two people in front of us. The good news is that puts us as the first person to be offered a house in A6.
All this could change if someone "key and essential" moves to Ft. Drum. They will automatically go first on the list. Key and essential is usually Commanders and the likes.

So I am very confident we will get a house on post this summer.

When the sheep have grazed and thinned the grass in the lower regions, the shepherd will take a little lamb in his arms, carry it up the mountain where the grass is green, lay it down, and soon the other sheep will follow.

Every now and then our Lord takes a lamb from the parched field of a family up to those heavenly green pastures, that the rest of the family may keep their eyes on their true home and follow through.

Fulton Sheen

Terry wasn't overly fond of the Cat so to make me feel like maybe Spring might come someday, I picked this beautiful sunflower. Wouldn't you know we woke up to another inch of snow this morning. It is suppose to warm to the mid 40s and maybe even 50 next week so that will make some progress on melting the 2 feet still on the ground.

Yes our temperature is starting to rise above freezing and stay for more than 5 minutes. What happens as 2 feet of snow melts, well it makes mud. As I hear Spring around here is very muddy. Not only is the snow melting, but it rains. Maybe the snow was a better deal.

Happy Easter

Today we went to eat at TIN PAN GALLEY in Sackets Harbor. Oh my goodness everything was so tasty. Terry had Smoked Salmon Bagel Benedict. Kids had tasty regular French toast and I had Chocolate French Toast with strawberries and Grand Mariner sauce. Wow was that incredible. Here are some photos from Sackets Harbor and my French toast. This is a narrow part of the Lake, and much to our surprise it is still Frozen. I didn't get a picture, but all the boats are up on docks, who would have thought you couldn't leave a boat in a lake all year. Can you tell I am from the Southwest?