Marginally Spring

Well, here it is, 12:49 am on May 15th, 2008. Temp is in the 40's, I'm sure. Today was the 3rd nice day we've had all year (I am so not kidding). The upside is, the next 3 days are supposed to be highs in the upper 60's as well. This would be a first for 2008, 3 nice days in a row. I know I haven't blogged in a long time, the longer you wait, the harder it is to get back into it. Suffice it to say, not much new. There will be a new bathroom on the lake cabin, hopefully by Memorial day. There is not a full leaf on a tree, although there are plenty of buds. This is the latest spring I have ever seen in my life. It is really affecting my ability to be happy. I think a lot of people are struggling with the same malady, just the same cold, gray, day after day. Here's to a better tomorrow!

Spring? Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!!!!!!!

The forecast this morning is calling for 4-8 inches of new snow here tonight. I can't wait. I mean really, what could be better than that? A crisp, clean covering of newly fallen snow blanketing the landscape, providing the perfect holiday setting. What's that you say? It's not the holidays? What do you mean it's almost April? This can't be, can't be happening. Oh yes it can! Right here in good old South Deazy, where we have winter and its derivitives for 9 months of the year, with a brief intermission of days where the temp and humidity match (90+) and skeeters the size of hummingbirds flash by on gale force winds. Yup, it just don't get much better than life here on the Northern Plains.

Archibald sends St. Patrick's Day greetings to everyone!!!!

Happy New Year!

Not real timely with that salutation I know, but still, better late than never.
Christmas was wonderful. The girls were all here for 9-10 days, depending on. There were no fights, loud voices, cross words or name-calling the whole week. Everyone seemed to like their gifts. No dis to Wyatt but I think everyone was glad it wasn't a thrift-store Christmas again this year. At least I'm pretty sure the girls were glad. I did not get to cook like I'd planned. We were just so busy with engagements every evening it just didn't happen. They'll all be home again the end of Feb. for Joslyn's b-day party so I'll try again then. For now, life is back to normal. Which I'm sure is not the same as normal at your house.

December update

It seems that everyone in the family has gotten out of the blogging spirit and maybe that's not a bad thing. Do we really want the entire world to know all of our business? But I'm also tired of looking at me with the Halloween mask on so I'm going to blog for the sake of moving that post a little further down the totem pole.

Life has been busy the last couple months and the clock is certainly winding down on those last minute projects I thought I'd get done before Christmas. I guess they'll remain on the list so I have something to do after the holidays are over. Ginger is flying in on Thurs. and Kyla & Allie drive home Fri. night after work. Jeannie tells me they will all be home for 10 days so that should be interesting. We will all have to take an oath of patience and tolerence, I'm sure we'll need it. I am excited for everbody to be together again. Hopefully we can do lots of stuff together as a family again. I'm also looking forward to whipping up monster meals, carb-laden comfort food that we ate so much of when the kids were little. Better get back to work!