I can feel Spring in the air!

Can you feel it?

I can!

Even if the soil is full of snow, even if the temp is low....I can feel it

The sun is setting later and rising earlier....

And it feels GOOOOOOD!

My steps are lighter, my spirit is soaring higher.....I feel so light!

Even If I have concerns about the snow on the roof.....

I am making plans to paint the kitchen, the bathroom, the guest room (my office)....I am also looking at companies that can come and look at my plumber's basement because of the moisture...and last year I was screwed over by a local company...

On a brighter note I found  a frog to hold my scrubber.

We call her the big mouth frog. Of course I could not resist glueing

google eyes on her!

This is PIA (Pyrex in Action). I was making beef and snow peas

with assorted asian veg.

The frog is kinda scared....I might need to call Mulder and Scully.

Today was DH first day back at work.

I am happy to report every thing went FINE.

Gotta love the everything went fine thing...

I love a workday where everything is smooth.....

Grateful

As the days grow shorter and the temp cooler, even colder; I find myself really grateful for my house, for heat , light , for a great partner, for being resourceful, handy, crafty, quirky pets, for a full freezer,
for money to pay the bills, for a good job, for flannel sheets, hot water, for soup

and for being able to go in the backyard and harvest a big bowl of greens....

 Fresh greens from the veggie garden.

Right arugula, left baby collards and in the Pyrex bowl a mix of arugula, baby collards and winter greens.

I'm thinking of sauteing some in butter for a side dish tonight.

 

Here's what the view looks like this afternoon. 

 

 The week was stressful....

We watched the news about Sandy approaching.

They predicted really bad things here and I was worried about the old tree in the backyard that should be cut....and the roof

But nothing really happened.

Instead we watched and gasped at the devastation in New England and New York city.

 We are praying and sending you all good vibes.

 

People are suprinsingly resilient and strong in emergency situation like that.

I would've freaked out at first to loose my house or have damage to it.

 

I know because I freaked out Thursday night when we came home....

 

The workers came and removed all the ciment, that was rotting the house, good, but

they didn't install anything so we could get in the house....

Now the front door is boobage level!

It was dark and rainy and muddy...but we draged adirondak chairs and a plank and were finally able to reach the door... but we couldn't  unlock it because the house had shifted.

 

There was a lot of fiddling involved and finally I was able to get in and feed the cats while Dan (crafty devil) fiddled some more so we could lock the door.

BECAUSE I AIN'T SLEEPING WITH THE DOOR UNLOCKED!

Yes that was part of the freak out, I also ranted that we should call the foreman because you don't let people stranded like THAT! Imagine if we were seniors or not as crafty!

 

 

These are my feet and you can see the chairs and the plank and a saucer because the black stray

came for a light lunch.

 I'm praying all this gets fixed soon...

 

To all my readers that were affected by Sandy be safe, be well.

 to the rest....well keep out of trouble! lol