Spring has sprung

It was a beautiful and warm day today. 90 degrees and sunny.
On the road, there were many people driving convertibles with the top down. I've never had a convertible. They're not very practical in Minnesota, and since I've lived in California, I've mainly driven company cars or my minivan.
Stuntman's pickup did have a removable sun roof that we would take off when we went out 4x4ing ... we stopped doing that when we hit a big mud pit once and mud splashed inside on us.
It was so warm today that I wore a short skort. My legs are so pale that they are almost transparent. Note to self: use the self-tanning lotion tonight, and tomorrow, and the next day.

Tomorrow is Easter. Easter has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. When I was little, it was probably because it was usually near my birthday. I also loved (and still do) reading the story of the empty tomb. It is still my favorite day of the year.

Spring has sprung

Today we planted the garden. I've been living here in SoCal for 12+ years, and it still seems so odd to plant anything before Memorial Day. I picked up a few bags of soil and a couple tomato plants and the girls picked out a bunch of seeds. The girls (with a little help from E3) did all of the planting. E1 read all of the packages to see the depth and spacing recommended and then they planted everything. Seeds are pretty forgiving, we usually have a pretty successful garden. We have tomatoes, pea pods, carrots, watermelon, zucchini, parsley, and sunflowers. I'll pick up some potatoes and radishes to add to the mix soon.
I planted a few climbing vines along the fence on top of the hill, I hope they take root well and grow.
I've hit the gym every day this week. I didn't go at all when Stuntman was here. I didn't want to sacrifice any time with him. I gained a couple pounds over his visit, could just be hormonal, or could be because I ate more than usual, and didn't get any exercise except walking around theme parks and ummm some other type of exercise I had been missing for a year.
Monday morning brought a stack of FedEx packages to my front door. I'm back to work.... so I better get going.