Happy Spring!

Spring has arrived in most beautiful fashion here in central TX. Thanks to an extremely mild winter and a good bit of rain the wildflowers are stunning. Added bonus - it's still not hot. We've hit 90 once I think, maybe again some next week but that's ok because we'll be into April by then.

Let's see... not much new to update. Kids are still here, still great. Love them to bits. Got our annual bluebonnet pictures in over spring break. Some of our usual spots weren't in bloom this year - there were floods in the fall that wiped most of the flowers away. But, there are plenty of other places that are just beautiful. At some point I'll have to go back through the years and line up all the bluebonnet pictures in a nice little row.

The stairs - well, it's taken decidedly longer than I thought it would.  Primarily because we still don't have all the supplies, namely the wood.  The treads are on order, I expect them soon. Then we can knock this one out and get to something else.

I'm having the piano tuned Thursday.  Why is that such a big deal? Well, it hasn't been tuned in my lifetime, probably longer. There is a key that doesn't work quite right, again, it hasn't been quite right for as long as I can remember, probably longer.  Guess I'm jumping the gun a little, a piano tuner is coming, if he can, he will tune the piano.  There is a chance that it cannot be tuned - rusted strings, worn out parts, etc. So, fingers crossed that this very special little piece of my family gets the love and attention it deserves and continues to bring us many more lifetimes of happy tunes.

Miss Winnie continues to be wonder dog - she's so sweet and gentle and kind.  Just a lovely dog.  I don't know how we got so lucky, but it certainly is pretty cool.

Easter weekend was nice - had a bbq with my sis and bro-in-law. Got to meet their new doggy, he's super cute.  Belton is a blind pug, so they have a few challenges, but overall he's a pretty chill little dude.  Nice that we all have the right amount of pets again.

Spring break was fun too. Nice and laid back. No schedules, didn't do too much.  We took a little day trip to Waco, the intention was to head to the zoo, but there were some traffic snarls and such and it was the most beautiful day ever so the zoo was beyond capacity so we ultimately ended up going to the Mammoth National Monument to look at mammoth bones and then over to the Baylor campus to check out the Mayborn museum - fabulous place.  It was a really fun day.

And since I started this several days ago, time to wrap it up and get it posted. More later.