Catching Up

What's this, you ask? This is what happens when Mother Nature gets all mixed up and decides that we should enjoy numerous 50+ degree days in January. This is - a sign of SPRING! Quite of few of my perennials have begun to perk up and sprout little bits of green. And many, many of our bulbs are already poking up from the soil thinking it must be March. While I'm glad to see the promise of spring I know these poor little guys are in for a shock when, inevitably, we suffer through a snowstorm and freezing temperatures again. We still have quite a way to go before the weather breaks, and I know that sometime in the next 6 or 8 weeks we'll all be cold again. So it's a good news/bad news sort of thing to see green in the garden.
What else? We enjoyed yet another balmy walk in the park with the dogs last Saturday, on our usual path in the usual place. The dogs know the route from memory and just run and run and run, ahead, behind, off into the woods and back out again. It's a wonderful relaxing 45 minute walk for all of us.

Matt got a new (used) car - I need to get a good photo of it. It's a beauty - a dark green 1992 Firebird, well-cared for, seems to be mechanically sound (knock on wood repeatedly!). We're all relieved to have him in his own car again. Still no news from the police or otherwise about who demolished his Tracker - looks like that's a lost cause. Matt and his buddy Kris continue to take parts off the Tracker to sell on e-bay. He's started a new job, working with a man (and a crew of others) remodelling a house that's going to be flipped. He's also looking for another part-time job to bring in more pay now that he's got a new car to look after and make payments on. In spite of all his recent unfortunate circumstances (and there have been numerous...) he's keeping his humor.

Kelly is planning to go to her high school Valentine's Dance in a couple of weeks. She and I went out shopping the sales last week to find the perfect dress (not too expensive, not too revealing, not too vampy) and we got lucky at the first store we visited. Gotta love those January sales! She's going to look beautiful in this - it's a couple different shades of purple/lavendar, very fairy-like. She'll be going with a group of girlfriends - no dates - and I know she'll have a great time. I'm so glad kids do that now - go to dances in groups - they never did back in the day when I was in high school. All the ugly ducklings like me missed out on every dance in high school. (Sigh) I'm glad she's having the time of her life!