Well, Rock Rapids, IA, was all that I expected it to be.

Cold.

-25F on Thursday morning as I drove to work. That's degrees.  Below zero.

Windy.

Wind chill...I didn't even want to know what the wind chill was.

Snowy.

Only about 4-6 inches...but the drifts across the roads...oh my.

It is most definitely NOT a big city. Not even a small suburb.

There was a Pizza Hut and a Subway. Oh, and a grocery store called Sunshine Foods with a deli serving "Taco Tuesdays".  I had a chicken salad croisant.

And yes, Arby, there were murals.

I didn't see all 17 of them, but the ones I saw were...um...well, interesting!  In all honesty, a couple of them actually were interesting.

But despite Rock Rapids not exactly being my "cup of tea", I had a wonderful week.  I stayed with a good friend and worked with a GREAT group of people at Alpha Omega Publications.  The project is not completely done, so blogging is still on a back burner.  But don't worry.  I haven't completely removed it from the stove!

And when AOP's new website is launched in the spring there will be a contest on my blog. So stay tuned.

Thanks for hanging in there with me!  I hope to visit lots of blogs over the next few days and try to catch up!