Lazy Sunday...

It is a nice and relaxing lazy Sunday here in the house of Wolf. Today is the first REAL down time I have had in a while. Jack had surgery Tuesday, which is always a harrowing experience as it takes a lot to wake him up after the fact. Two hours of surgery and 4 hours of trying to get him awake and his pain levels under control.

Things have been better this time. Again, I can not say much for legal reasons, but the healing process has been faster and with the exception of one day, his attitude after the fact has been much better than it usually is.

Today I slept in, and after a very stormy and nasty day yesterday, it is a bright, sunny, and HOT day today. It got up to 88 degrees here, and I finally had to cut the air on as it was hotter here in the house. I took a cool shower and drug my only strapless sundress out of the back of the closet, so I am nice and comfy.

We decided not to cook a big meal today, as neither of us thought adding heat to the house was a good idea, since our a/c  is trying to shake 4 months of being unused off. It took it a while to cool the house down, since we waited so long to turn it on. It finally caught up and it is a comfy 77 here inside. I am loving it. It is so nice not to be bundled up from head to toe from the time I wake until I go to bed at night. Of course, as is typical of a Florida Spring, cooler weather will be back for the next few days, even dipping down to below freezing at night, but today gave us a taste of things to come, and I am happy.

I have just been chilling out with Jack, watching the race, today. No laundry or cleaning. That will be tomorrow. I am going to start my Spring Cleaning tomorrow. Time to deep clean and do some de-cluttering. Soon I will be able to put the heavy Winter coats and clothes away, and bring my shorts and thinner t-shirts back out.

Alex spent most of this last week with my Mom, since the kids are out on Spring  Break from school, so I could concentrate on taking care of Jack. We are both ready for her to go back to school. She gets bored very easily and she misses her friends.

So today is a day of rest, before our usual schedule resumes tomorrow, and  I start getting things put back in order around here. I got a few of the Spring editions of my magazines in the mail this week and once I finish here I am going to sit down and  thumb through them. I am loving all the bright colors and plants and flowers gracing the glossy pages.

Life is simply good today.

How was your weekend?

I hope your week kicks off to a great start!

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The Spring Thaw...

Well it turns out that we might not freeze to death after all! Over the next few days, the temps will creep back up into the low to mid 70's, and I, for one, can not WAIT!

At least the days have been sunny, and unfortunately the warmer temps comes with the rain, but I will take warm rain over freezing ice any day!

As it usually happens this time of year, our thoughts have turned toward the planting of our garden. We have planted the last two years, and while some things do okay, nothing does great, and some things do nothing at all. The soil here is very tired it seems, and is just not up to the task of sustaining us. So this year we are taking a different approach. We will be building large boxes filled with mushroom compost to plant in this year, and hope that does the trick. We already have our seeds, but the ground is not warm enough to plant, and the cold temps are not gone, as it has been below freezing every night this past week. Bleh. So it will still take 3 weeks or more for the weather to hopefully stay warm enough to cradle our seeds in the environment they need to thrive.

I can definitely feel the turning of the wheel this year, as the Earth swings back into the time of the sun. For the first time in a long time, I will welcome it with outstretched arms.