Friday Feb 17th, 2023

 We had ice and snow on the drives and needed our ice tracks for the walk.  Winter is back.  Diane stayed with mom this morning. I drove to Aldi in Pekin to get food for the lunch workers on Saturday and food for the Sunday dinner. While there a text came in that the barn apartment was booked for today so as soon as the groceries were put away I ran up the the barn to turn the lights and heat on. They wanted an airbed so that was blown up and the bottom sheet put on. This way once the renters move in they can decided where they want it. The top sheet, two pillows and a comforter are ready to finish making the bed when they decide where to put the bed. 

Diane called right then needing to be relieved early to do an errand for Mike then to pack. They decided to start their trip to Gulf Shores today and take two days to get there.  Aunt Jinnie called while I was at mom's house. We 3, mom, Aunt Jinnie and I had a good visit. When Karin came home I left to start making tuna salad for Mark's lunches. He came home early and wanted to take a check to the bank before moving bales so we drove to CEFCU. We stopped in at the barn once home. Anna was on one side of the barn putting on tracks while Phil was putting up the metal on the  other side of the barn. They were each using a lift for these jobs. I think that is the first panel up. This is perforated metal and supposed to help with sound. By the time they quit they almost had half of that wall done.

Below Anna is installing the tracks for the metal.

Blueberry needed a new bale today as did Evan. Mark helped with both of those getting Blueberry done first.

Below is Evan with his new bale.

Tonight for dinner we met Phil and Anna's family at Gils at 6:15 pm. We were seated right away but it took longer than an hour to get our food. When that came though it was delicious. We started with a basket of their amazing onion rings. Our meals were well worth waiting for. We finally walked out at 8:00 pm. It stayed below freezing all day. I'm thankful our Shepherd provides not just nutritious food but delicious food.