It's COLD here. The record-setting low overnight was negative 19 degrees. Thank goodness we have a garage that fits both of our cars.
Over the past few years, my grandmas have starting giving items back to us. That trend has continued this year. I received a Christmas letter from my Grandma Ringkob a couple of days ago. She also included a postcard I sent to her from when I traveled to Spain in March of 2004. I went with one of the Spanish teachers (my good friend Candace) and seven students. Reading this postcard made the memories of that trip flood back. We left for Spain a few days after the deadly attack on a train station in Madrid (March 11th - Once de Marzo). While in Madrid, we decided not to take any public transportation and probably walked around 10-15 miles a day. Luckily, there were plenty of ice cream shops to fuel our trek.
Today, I received a Christmas letter from my Grandma Starrs. Part of her letter made me laugh: "One of the ladies invited me to her apartment to see her tree. What I really enjoyed was her Hummels. She has 89 of them and her daughter has 100. The daughter is an only child, so you can imagine who will have 189 someday."
She also included the following picture from Christmas 1988- twenty years ago! My mom made my Christmas dress with the fashionable bubble skirt. (I sewed the doll sitting on the rocking chair.)
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