Groundhog

Groundhog saw his shadow the other day - 6 more weeks of winter. Although the kids are starting their "Spring fundraiser," I had no doubts that winter here will be longer than 6 more weeks - shadow or no.

However, baseball season is getting close. We took the kids to Twins Fest 2010 at the Metrodome. Cool event where you got to meet Twins players and play games. Well the lines to get autographs from players was WAY too long, but the games were fun and there was plenty of memorobilia. Funny enough, the line to get autographs from 5 unknown minor leaguers was probably 1 1/2 hours long. Yet, the line to meet 3 non-Twin Hall of Famers and 2 former MVP/CY Youngs was non-exisistent. Fergie Jenkins, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, George Foster and [name unknown] were sitting at a table with no wait. We met Fergie Jenkins. Although his stint with the Red Sox was short ('76-'78), that was my first years really following them, and I remember him fondly. The kids were excited to meet a Red Sox, even though they had no idea who he was.

Otherwise, our time has been spent planning trips. In a couple weeks, the ladies head off to New York and Simultaneously, I head the opposite direction to go skiing. In a surprise turn of events, I'll be going west of Seattle to ski near Mount Rainer.

After that, we head to Hawaii in March. After trading in our timeshare, we are going to spend nine days in Oahu. We've cornered Hennepin County Library's books and DVDs on Hawaiian travel as we look for things to do.

In April, we are considering one more trip back east, and I may have a golf trip at the end of the month. By then, maybe it really will be Spring!