It is February 2009 and the 24th of this month Helmut will be 59 1/2. This means he could

retire, but as you can see he is still working away! I apppreciate all the years of work that he has

put in to take care of me and our family. Wow.......what a guy!

My friend Marie is a very talented knitter(is that a word?). Anyway she made me a

darling little reversible Cinderella doll. This is a picutre of the doll in her rags. You can

turn the skirt and she is in her ball gown. So cute and the details are so amazing!

I love dolls!

We finally got our new kitchen counter top installed. We noticed that the origonal one was warping quite a while ago.....but it took us a very long time to pick outsomething to

replace it and find an installer......don't ask me why?! It's in now and we love it.

I am especially happy about the new desk that we added. Now my computer is in

the kitchen instead of our bedroom.........so great!