From 70's to....Snow?

We've had a very busy week. One of the dispatchers Jason works with had to stay home for part of the week because he oldest son was having surgery. Because of this, Jason was scheduled for extra hours. Unfortunately, most of them were on Friday, which is one of his days off. After working from 7am until 1:30pm, he went to pick up our beef we were buying from Mike in Center Junction (which is between Olin and Wyoming). He then went to Maquoketa, after going to Olin to get help sorting, to give Dad his portion. Then Jason drove back to Ames and dropped off a portion to our friends Pete and Mary. He finally got home about 11. Saturday morning, he was up at 5am so he could be to work by 6. It's been a very loooong week for him. (A big THANK YOU to Jason's family for letting us purchase the beef and with the sorting and storing!)

The weather this week was pretty nice. It got up to 70 on Thursday. It was so nice, Jason and I walked outside when I got home from work. It was really nice on Friday too. Today, Sunday, it actually snowed. Along with rain, sleet, and a little bit of hail. Needless to say, it's Iowa and you never know what the weather is going to do. Even with the snow, it's begining to feel a lot like spring. The birds are back and Zara stares at them through our living room window. As you can see, she sits on the back of our couch. There are times where she forgets there is a window there and will try to pounce. She pounces into the glass and falls to the floor. She doesn't do it very much anymore, but it's still a little bit funny.

She has also figured out how to open our bathroom closet. The closet is her new favorite place to hide and take a nap. She likes to bite if you try to reach for her, so we have to bribe her with treats to get her to come out. To future visitors: Don't worry! We have towels stashed away that she can't get too, so there shouldn't be any cat hair on them.