Running a hotel

I've been busy, SLC is a happening place in the winter, fresh snow in the mountains and lots of visitors. We've had a blast, Charlie and Mary are at the end of their 2 week stay. Heading across the pond on Friday night, Pat and I are spending Valentines together, alone. He's leaving for a work trip on Monday and I have book club on Tuesday night. We are reading Barack Obama's "In my Father's Dreams". I haven't really started so hopefully between laundry and cleaning I'll get all 400 pages read especially since I'm the one who insisted that we read the book.

Speaking of Obama I don't think he realized what he was getting himself into, I don't know any one who has been personally effected. Since Pat has moved in we've been living an awesome happy life, our kitchen will be paid off at the end of February and we are thinking of redoing the bathroom at the end of the year while we take a beachy vacation. But listening to people's stories of misfortune in the media makes me more considerate of how I spend/save the money we have.

I'm looking forward to a little time alone, before the next wave of visitors, Katie and Brandon (Pat's cousins) will be here on March 9th. We are going to San Diego the weekend before that, Pat's company won some construction award and we are being flown out. I got a new dress. I'm a bit excited about wearing it.