Is it really spring???

Last weekend: 75 and sunny. Windows open, heat off, raking the yard.

Today: 35 and snow. Windows closed, heat on, glad the yard is raked. Plants are ready to go outside and vegetables are ready to be planted in the garden.

Signs of Spring

1. Daylight until after 8 p.m.
2. Temperatures above 50 degrees.
3. Plants coming up and buds on trees.
4. Raking your grass and fertilizing it.
5. The local golf course is busy and it's only 55 degrees out.
6. Opening the windows and airing out the house.
7. An all day rain which turns the grass from brown to green.
8. The only snow left is on the ski hills and in the parking lots.
9. Being able to run again outside.
10. Local flowermarts opening.

Vacation of a lifetime

So, I thought that our honeymoon to Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt in 2006 and my study abroad trip to China to 2000 were my trips of a lifetime. But, as of today, I am looking forward to a new trip of a lifetime with James in January 2009. We are going on a two-week trip to Tanzania, Africa. One week will be spent climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and the second week will be on an African Safari. I am SO excited that I can hardly stand it--only 9 months to wait!!!

New Haircut

Last week I got my hair cut. It's much different than before, but I love it!

April Fool's Day joke

It snowed on March 31 and April 1. What a cruel April Fool's Day joke by Mother Nature....