Melody has been collecting family recipes while home for the holidays. Marya taught her a favorite vegan Soba Noodle recipe. Yum!!

They all amaze me with what they do in a day. I would have been lucky just to pack and go to the airport, but they did several projects and still managed to get out of town on time.

Crystal was very glad to get home and find there was snow on the ground. Marya informed me that where she lives, it is nice that it got up to 19 degrees, as it made it a lot warmer to sweep the stairs.

Honestly, it got to 40 here last week, and I was in three layers - and a hat.