Mabel in all his/her glory...

***It appears that spring may have finally arrived here at the heigh ho house. (or at least in the backyard.)

***tonight is the final "study" night for the Esther Bible study. (of course, we still have the food portion of the program to go. Can't finish a Bible study without celebrating with food.)

***if your life is seemingly made up of random moments, then are they really so random after all?

***While this year seems to be flying by (can you believe it's almost April already?), it seems like it's taken forever to get here.

***I'm considering the benefits of exercise.

***Does considering count as exercise?

***Because if it does, I should surely have lost a few pounds by now.

***except for the fact that I had Outback Cheese Fries twice in seven days.

***primarily because there was a great cheese fry tragedy.

***which makes me glad that I don't model swimsuits for a living.

***the thought of which gives me a good laugh to start the day.

***I'm pretty sure letting the dogs in and out a billion times a day counts as exercise.

***my mouth gets plenty of exercise. Since it always seems to be in motion. (even when my brain isn't engaged.)

***do teenaged boys always wake up grumpy?

***do they come with the gene to create a "man cave"?

***and why does it smell like gym socks? Since they haven't taken gym class in two years. Bleck.

***writing random comments does not, in fact, assist in preparing one for going to work.

***so this one had better get off of the computer and find some khaki.

Happy Day!

slow and steady wins the race...

Rumor has it that we might close our inventory today. This is the longest amount of time that I can ever remember "working" one. But we are special. And special people get special treatment. I know Jan and I both will be ready to see the last of this thing. (perhaps a picture of a monkey on my back would be more appropriate!)

In other random bits of my life, it appears that spring is here to stay. The Bradford pear trees that were not lost in the ice storm are beginning to bloom, along with what might be cherry trees. (I am not very good at determining what plant is what. I mostly identify them by "it's green with pink blooms" or some such technical term as that.) We also have daffodils blooming and 30 out of 50 new tulips coming up. I'm hoping to take some pictures this weekend.

The city is beginning to spruce up for the Derby as well. May will be here before we know it. Rumor has it that they want to have all the ice storm debris up by then. (I'm thinking that it's a great idea since it will have been three plus months! It looks like Louisville has been invaded by herds of beavers. Flocks of beavers? How do beavers travel? Packs? Gaggles?)

Speaking of animals, Bakari is finally up and running around. Apparently he just needed a bit of equine surgery. Even though he's not an equine.

And, just in case you might be fascinated by all things Derby, my nephew-in-law is working on a horse for Louisville's Gallopalooza. You can check out what he's doing here.

Other than that, I hope everyone has a wonderful "springy" weekend!

an update...

I honestly feel like I'm going to be dragging Spring to my house, kicking and screaming all the way. Although it is supposed to be eighty today. However, don't let that fool you. It's dropping back to the upper forties and lower fifties the rest of the week. (and we won't even mention the rumors of a snowstorm for next week. sigh.)

In other random bits and pieces of my life, we are going here this evening. (and just for fun, if you poke around on this site, you can see a time lapsed video of them building the set. It's amazing what all you can get done in two minutes. :) )

And just to make things more challenging, here's a random question: I know there's a difference between a tornado and straight line winds, but if the damage looks the same, does it really matter what you call it?

Oops, I just realized I forgot to make someone breakfast. And they might be a bit grumpy about it. So I'd better get back to my life. Sorry about the quality of this morning's post. Blame it on pollen...

another confession...

Hi! My name is Karen and I like to drive really fast.

Oh my goodness, there's just something about a sunny, almost spring day, with not much traffic on the road and me zipping along in my little car going fifteen to twenty miles over the speed limit, singing Mighty to Save. (I'll leave out the part about lifting my hands to the heavens. It might seem a tad irresponsible. And it was only for a second or two.) Something about it makes me feel like spring is here to stay. And that, my friends, puts a little sunshine in my heart!

I hope your weekend is wonderful!

I know...

...spring has arrived because I can no longer breath. Oh, allergies, how I have missed you. Honestly, all I can say is if it is allergy time, then there'd better doggone be a lot more flowers than this one. Cause if I'm gonna be all stopped up, I want something to look at other than my Kleenex box and benedryl.

Happy Friday!

Oh my soul...

Spring is coming!