Happy Birthday to ME!

Thanks to everyone for all of the birthday well wishes today! By far, my birthday is one of my favorite days of the year. With everyone's busy schedules, it means a lot to receive emails, cards and calls from those who are remembering me on March 23...I just love it!

As usual, the weather on my birthday was very unpredictable. The wind blew so hard today that it took off the grill cover and "shifted" the patio furniture. High five to me on the decision not to put the garbage out (decided it could wait another week). We likely would have had to search for the empty container in the next county. First real thunderstorm of the season and due to a tornado spotted north of Lincoln, the sirens were sounded at 4:30pm this afternoon. Hopefully this isn't a sign of a rough spring of storms to come...

I failed to post pictures after my quick trip to Minnesota last month. It was an interesting travel schedule as I dodged snowstorms in both Minnesota AND Nebraska. The weekend with my family was great!!! Ann's girls are growing so fast. I really enjoyed playing and reading books with them. Everyone was fighting colds and infections, though, so I even got to accompany Ann and Hadley to urgent care...one diagnosed with a sinus infection and the other with ear infection. Thank goodness everyone is feeling better now.

Spring fever

The temp reached 76 degrees here yesterday! Although I never left the office all day, the number of people lining the sidewalks as I drove home from work clearly pointed out that I was missing out on the fun. People were out walking, running, biking and rollerblading (in shorts and t-shirts mind you). I counted 11 kids playing in the neighbor's driveway as I pulled into ours. Definitely spring fever in Lincoln!

Today was not quite as balmy, but 60 degrees nonetheless, so we thought pulling out the grill was a perfect idea for supper. Three t-shirts, a pair of sweatpants and shorts later (the laundry lady will be busy this weekend), Mike had perfected his feast of burgers and dogs. Really not sure what battle was fought out there, but apparently the grill took a beating over the winter months. The good news is that it still works.

Speaking of warmer weather, the new GMC Acadia experienced it's first car wash on Wednesday...followed by another car wash on Thursday. Mike just can't stand to see it dirty. It may be a long rest of the winter around here.

I heard an interesting statistic on the radio yesterday. Did you know that 85% of people talk about the weather at least once a day. I'm one of the 85%. Anyone from Minnesota is one of the 85%. Enjoy the weekend!