John has tracked down a non-mainstream antivirus program that we’re going to try from F-Prot. People he works with have been using it for seven or nine years. We’ve been having trouble with what’s compatible with both our Win XP home computer and my Win 98 laptop, which now has decided it no longer speaks to wireless systems. I know, why do I need antivirus if it doesn’t speak to the outside world. I have great hopes that it will recover one day.


Logan and I have finished the first two Black Stallion books and are now in both the third in that series and King Of The Wind, which is another horse book. We had to have something for the day between finishing Black Stallion #2 and when #3 arrived, after all, and it was already in the house. John continues to read books from The Rose Years as well. At this rate she’ll be the most well read-to kid in Douglas County.



We are still cold here, although it’s warming up during the day. It was twenty six degrees F when we left home this morning, and at 3:30pm, it is now fifty seven degrees. We see unmelted snow on the side of the road as we drive home every day. Not much, but some still holding on. There is also ice on the road going in every morning, but not so much that it’s caused us any trouble driving. Yet. I view it with a skeptical eye even so. We have the front door open for a little while to air the house, then we’ll have some hot tea and build a fire for the evening, read for a while and start making a vegetable, tofu and rice pilaf to go with squash for our evening meal.



Logan is very excited about helping to cook. She doesn’t always like to eat vegetables, but she loves to help to chop them. She did all parts of the work for boiling potatoes one day last week (and did eat them), and chopped cabbage for making a vinegary German style cabbage which she then decided she didn’t like. Tonight’s vegetables include celery, Brussels sprouts, beat, collards, maybe zucchini (I can’t remember if I got one or not!), oh and broccoli. Along with rice and maybe quinoa. She’s looking forward to cooking at least. And it will give her a lot to talk about when she cuts up vegetables at Kindergarten’s soup day tomorrow too.