Mexican Plum trees in the back yard – Spring is still Springing!
Wordless Wednesday – Mexican Plum Trees
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Friday Favorites – Fidget Birds and Flowers
Hmmm…Three Friday Favorites in a row, with nothing else in between! Dang if life just doesn’t get in the way of my blogging habit! I just had to make time for Hillary’s Friday Blog Carnival, though, so here I am, sitting up way past my bedtime to get this published.My favorite thing about this week is that we all surrvived. Remember last week – I made a casual statement about how we all came home from our impromptu trip with colds? Oh baby. By Monday my darling husband was miserable, running a fever, talking a decible lower and sounding like he had his head shoved in a bucket. He actually went to the doctor without me nagging driving him myself. The diagnoses? Serious sinus infection, the kind where the Doctor just shakes his head, asks you to drop your pants for a shot in the behind and then sends you home with a Z-pack and prescription strength decongestants. Husband actually stayed home from work. *gasp*
Cyclmen in the gardens – Natural Bridge Caverns, San Antonio. Placed just so in this post for a splash of color to keep your attention and to provide some relief from my surrvival whining. Bear with me…Just a little bit more to go.
Then Teen Daugther#1 got laryngitis. And pinkeye. Not that either one is necessarily a catastrophe, but she had to leave today for state honor choir ensemble and solo competitions. I kept her home from school the past two days with strict orders to sleep all day and not talk. She was feeling better this afternoon, and her voice was back. I packed her on the bus with a baggie full of dayquil, decongestants, tea bags, eye drops and a small jar of honey. If you’re of a mind to add your prayers to mine that she makes it through the weekend without coming home with pneumonia or bronchitis, they would be appreciated.
So! Enough griping and on to the good stuff. I finally finished peeking at the pictures I took last week in San Antonio, and found this lovely! The sparrow was just sitting there on the ledge. I quickly sat the camera down on the ledge, opened the aperature as far as I could and snapped, hoping I’d catch him before he moved. Score! I love how the focus is sharp just on the Fidget Bird. No, I’m not nuts, I really did mean to type “Fidget Bird”. Preteen Son#2 calls sparrows “Fidget Birds”, a name he invented when he was little. We came out of church one Sunday, where he had just been made to sit quietly and stay still for an hour. There was a large flock of sparrows hopping all around in the church garden, and he immediately exclaimed, “God lets the birds fidget at church!” The name stuck, and we’ve been calling them Fidget Birds every since.
Today I discovered some favorite friends in my garden. I’ve hardly been outside this week – I’m so glad I came home early today for a quick walkabout!
Grape Hyacinths from my front garden.
Another miniature daffodil, ‘Minnow’, also from the front garden
Ah….it’s all good.
Friday Favorites – Kids in a Cave & My Husband!
Another big shout out to Hillary over at The Other Mama. It’s another Friday Favorites Blog Carnival, and even though I’m a few days past Friday, I’m going to back-date this post and toss my name into the carnival. Hop over there and visit the other participants!
Wow…it’s been a week, and nary a post from me. Why, you might wonder? Because it’s SPRING BREAK, we have horrible plumbing problems and we’re all sick again with the creeping crud.
First, Spring Break. I miss this wonderful academic tradition. Sure, my kids are off of school, but my employer just doesn’t see the logic in letting us have a week off for free. In fact, there were several meetings scheduled for earlier in the week, as well as a submittal deadline on Wednesday morning. My husband and I both take off of work on Wednesday afternoon, because we need to tackle…
… the plumbing problems. We have two toilets that need to be reset with new wax seals. Ugh. Not a fun job, but really simple enough to do ourselves. You just have to be very careful not to drop the very heavy porcelain toilet, or it will break. Then, we have a leaky shower. Not the shower head or the valve; no, I mean a leak where the shower pan beneath the floor is cracked and water has been seeping out, soaking the carpet. filling the crawlspace beneath the whirlpool with mold and soaking up into the wallboard. THAT kind of leak. Grrrr. Then, husband’s work calls him, my work calls me and everything becomes an emergency, while we’re in the middle of trying to FIX our plumbing problems. We get off the phones, my husband looks at me and says “Let’s Run Away!”.
And we DID!! Seriously! Called the kids in, packed bags, and headed south to San Marcos within the hour. Made hotel reservations with Teen Daughter#1’s iPhone on the drive down there. Stopped and looked at two college campuses. It was loads and loads of fun, especially because it was so totally out of character for both Husband and I to do something so impulsive and spontaneous.
Kids in the Cave (left) and Fairy Castles (right)
The kids all thought that Husband and I had lost our minds. Actually, I think we just found them for a few days! The entire trip was just so much fun. We laughed and talked the entire way to San Marcos. We visited the Natural Bridge Caverns and were totally amazed at the formations. Husband was really impressed, as this was his first time to ever climb down into a cave. PreTeen Son#2 kept hoping to see bats. Sadly, they were none in residence during this time of the year.
Teen Daugher#1, Me and Husband in front of the Alamo – San Antonio
After spelunking, we hopped down to San Antonio for a stroll through the Alamo and dinner on the Riverwalk at Zuma’s. (Black bean salsa! Blue corn and chicken nachos!) The only sad thing was that we all came home with colds, all six of us. Eh! It was worth it…
…so very, very worth it!
Keeping the Faith 
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