Posted in Miscellaneous on Apr 23rd, 2009
I am loving the beautiful spring weather we’ve been having this week. Blue, sunny skies, birds chirping away, baby calves in the pastures trotting along next to their moms, tiny green grass buds starting to spread over the ground… It’s pretty difficult to be in a bad mood under these circumstances. The kids and I [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 7th, 2008
1. No more spending twenty minutes bundling each of the boys up, only to have them come back inside two minutes later, complaining that “it’s too cold.” 2. The amount of sock sorting goes waaaay down. (Yesssss!!) 3. The kids actually want to spend long periods of time outside. 4. I actually want to go outside. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Apr 10th, 2008
We’ve been tricked. Not only did we get snow on the first day of “spring,” (or whatever it should be called at this point), we had 8 inches of snow dumped on us this past Sunday and Monday. Thankfully, that snow’s just about melted. There are patches here and there, and an abundance of mud, most [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Mar 31st, 2008
It’s the last day of March and we have awakened to snow on the ground. Will the winter never end?!?!? May the fresh breezes, chattering birds, budding trees, and yes, even mud, of spring arrive soon. Please.
Posted in Miscellaneous on Mar 23rd, 2008
The first day of spring was Thursday, March 20. Birds were chirping, flowers were blooming, the grass was turning green and we were all outside in the fresh, lukewarm air letting off steam from our combination of cabin and spring fever . . . Ha. In my dreams, maybe. It rained. All. Day. Rain isn’t [...]
