allergies

that's where i'm at.

is it too late to recap easter? or anything from the past nineteen days? my head has been in a fog.



easter was beautiful. we got out with brother number one on good friday and hiked around the old camp. i baked a lot and thoroughly enjoyed that.



i've been working in the yard as well because the weather has been so nice. until THIS weekend. cold and rainy and ick.



saturday evening i got a nice dinner date with my girls. lots of mommy talk and laughs and the general feeling that i'm not a lone in all this. (and a very nice rainbow trout stuffed with goat cheese, if might add).

today was a sunday. church, lunch, visiting with friends. mmm returned and was kind enough to entertain bbb while i got some work done. i didn't really give him much of a choice i don't think. oops.

almost forgot- last weekend we saw wilco in pittsburgh. always a treat. lunched a lidia's- another huge treat!

gearing up for work tomorrow. so much to do it makes my head go numb.

spring!

spring for real this time.



i love baking and decorating for easter and spring. bbb and i have been busy making cookies and egg decorations for our easter tree.



we've also been busy in the garden and starting seeds. peas, arugula, spinach, swiss chard and mesclun outside. tomatoes, zinnias, eggplant, basil, rosemary and pumpkins inside. so far, so good.

in other wonderful news, the mounties are headed to the final four. along with mmm and kw! i'm so psyched for the the team and for my guy. momentous! tremendous! stupendous! we're taking bbb to the send-off rally tomorrow afternoon at the coliseum. i just can't let him miss out on this!

since mmm will be otherwise engaged, i'll be spending the holiday with my mom. i'm kind of excited about this as well. it will be fun to wake up in my mom's house on easter morning and do the whole easter bunny routine. also looking forward to eating as many deviled eggs as i possibly can. yummmmm.

trying to think of what to make for easter dessert. so many options....

down the rabbit hole

spring fever is descending.  saw a bright happy blue bird on the trail at lunch.  

wet weather.  a bit chilly but it makes things smell good and makes things grow.  the cherry tree is budding and the apple tree is covered with small green leaves.  

watching gore vidal on bill mahr.  interesting to think of people who have seen so much. especially to hear such an erudite person commenting on the span.