Friday, March 28, 2008

Honestly!!!!!!!

The past few days have been REALLY nice. A few windy moments but lots of sunshine and melting snow. Woke up this morning looked out the window and it's snowing!!
WHERE did this come from???????? Apparently missing the news one evening is a big deal :-)
We were getting geared up for spring and then SMACK!!! Supposed to get 4-8 inches.
It's not the nice fluffy stuff either..... no the nasty ol' wet heavy stuff.

Well, here's wishing ( and begging!!!!) for some REALLY nice weather ahead....hopefully before June!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

no apologies, no excuse.....

When I started this blog, I knew I would not be on here every day but wow....didn't know sometimes it would be MONTHS before I came back. Lots have been going on since Jan. Most recent, my Grandmother passed away in February. That was very hard. Within a 2 year time span I have now lost an uncle, Grandfather and Grandmother. How ironic that the one week passing of my Grandmother was the 2 year anniversary of my uncle. All a little too much to take at times.
On a sweet note, my Grandmother truly gave us a gift, not in just the life she led but for this time of year getting out of snow and seeing life developing all around us was amazing!! My kids were so happy to see BRIGHT sunshine and actually feel the heat. Made us long for summer.
My cousin who I haven't see in a good 12 years came home for the service. It was good to reconnect with him and see/meet his lovely daughters. ( they were only 3 and a few months the last time I saw them.)
I miss my Grandparents, but I know they are much happier then anything I could have wished for them on Earth!


On a different note, I have been subbing a lot lately and while doing that I have been desperately trying to avoid catching this nasty flu bug that is going around. The schools have been hit hard! My youngest is down with a fever and cold right now, not sure how much of the flu this is or just a cold.......probably will take him in on Monday if he is still running the fever and looking pretty ill.

A good thing: the snow is slowly melting. I can see the edge of our grass, albeit brown, it is still grass and for now I will take that :-) I love hearing the dripping sounds of the melted snow, it's calling spring to come for a visit. But before it does we will have yet another season, MUD season. This is a bitter sweet season.......no snow but not yet spring/summer either.

We ( Allen and myself) are studying up on doing some container gardening. Looking forward to growing our own goodness and sharing it.

The next thing on the list is fishing, hunting and boating licence. Looking forward to skimming the river on the boat. Being lazy in the sunshine. Oh, got our park pass too so lots of days to be had at the beach.

Here's wishing for sunny and warm days!


Pictures are to follow...........