Here We Go Again!

It's back to school here after a week-long vacation. The boys left grumbling and my daughter is just about ready to pop out the door. She's the only one excited about going back to school! She's cleaning out her backpack now and most of the papers can head right to the trash because they're from last week!

She and I spent four days in the mountains with our friends. They have four children and my daughter loves spending time with them. I like the adult friendships there and the kids all get along well. We get to share the excitement of loose teeth, a baby's rolling over and quite possibly a first word. It's a pleasant weekend even with five kids and four adults in the house! Cedar is a great cook and has shared many of her recipes with me. Tonight it's potato soup! It's sooo good! I also have a quart sized jar of honey made from Sandy's bees. I look forward to spreading that on some bisquits later (if I have time to make some!). Phil has shared some very cool balloon ideas that I'm going to definately try! I have homework to finish first - just a couple of little things to put the finishing touches on and then submit. One is a case study on a 72 year old woman and where she stands with her disability. Interesting enough. There's yet another A&P test tomorrow night - I think we're being tested to DEATH in this class!! I've studied but I'll put more time in tonight on the stuff. It's just lab material so it shouldn't be all that tough. I just have to remember how to type blood and do hematocrit testing.

I don't look forward to going outside today...it's below zero out and I'm cold just thinking about going outside! My feet are cold sitting here at the computer I think the door is leaking cold air. Looking out the door, it's looking like a very nice day - cold, but clear. No real clouds, the sky is a very pale blue. With it this cold, it's hard to think about putting up a garden this year. I'm thinking of snow or snap peas, beans, tomatoes, and maybe some squash. I have an 8' raised bed outside and I could easily build another one. I'll need a truckload of loam (it's all sand out there!) and some kind of drainage. Last garden, I had just put down some peastone for a shed foundation but I could scrape some from the pile that is left. Hmm, I think there's strawberries in the raised bed out there now - I'll have to see.

Time to get ready for work myself. It's just another day here in cold New Enland. If you don't like the weather, wait a minute - it'll change!