I can tell it's the beginning of Spring. It might be cold outside, but many of the trees are starting to look fluffy again with the start of buds at the ends of their branches. I'm hearing the occasional mouse or squirrel in my chimney (this is a regular, annual thing - annoying but temporary), and I'm seeing the occasional insect crawling or running across my floor. That's usually ended as quickly as I see it, my foot putting an end to the family line. I don't particularly enjoy killing things, but my home is my personal space and I'm not putting out a "For Lease" sign to critters.
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I don't allow critters to live in my house alongside DH and myself. I can't always catch them all, but if I see one crawling on the floor, it's "game on" and death in my shoe on top of it. |
We had a quick snow yesterday morning - it actually came down quite heavily for an hour or so. However, by the end of the day it had all melted and temps were in the upper 30's - very comfortable after all of our cringing cold days of January and February. DH is starting to think about what plants he wants to put into the garden this year and how many tomato plants I want. I know I don't want five tomato plants again - that was WAY too many tomatoes. I want to stick with cherry tomatoes, and I think I only want two plants, three at the most. He mentioned that maybe he'll plant green beans behind the woodshed and that would be absolutely fabulous! I'd love fresh green beans for dinner.
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Too much of anything is too much, and having four cherry tomato and one standard tomato plant last year was just too much overload. I can't eat that many tomatoes, and I hated wasting part of the harvest, but I had no choice. I think two, three maximum, plants will be quite sufficient. |
But, it's still a bit too soon to be seriously planning. Although it's 26F already at 4:00 am, it's March - we're not quite ready for true Spring yet. I can look forward to it, though. St Patrick's Day is on Thursday, and we're supposed to have a high close to 50! That will be amazing and so nice for the people in the parades. Both St Paul and Minneapolis have St Patrick's Day parades, with St Paul's being the larger (we have a much larger Irish population base). I remember temps as high as upper 50's, but I also remember temps as low as upper teens, so 40's will be lovely all around. DH picked up sauerkraut and Pumpernickel bread and cheese yesterday so that he can make Reuben sandwiches with the corned beef I'll make on Wednesday. He's really looking forward to them.
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We didn't have a corned beef last year. I told him I'd be happy to make one, but he was only focused on what I couldn't/wouldn't eat because I was fairly newly on WildFit at the time. Now he's "used" to it, and we've learned to accommodate my food choices. I'll eat the corned beef, and maybe the sauerkraut, but I'll skip the bread, the cheese, and the dressing. I'll enjoy my meal as much as he'll enjoy his. |
I got an interesting package in the mail yesterday - a Muama Ryoko WiFi Portable Wireless Router. We get horrible signal in parts of our house, and there are times when I want a better signal, and can't get one. This little gizmo can travel along with me and give me a strong wireless signal of my own. I'll crack the box open tomorrow, put in the SIM card and see how it does. I'm rather looking forward to it, it may resolve some issues with my phone and my laptop and open some locations to me that were difficult before.
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I'm looking forward to using my Muama Ryoko Portable Wireless Router. I get into many situations where wireless is challenging or spotty. This should help a great deal in getting a clear signal and keeping my personal privacy settings intact. |
I'm out of here. The swimming pool is calling my name. Have an excellent Tuesday and I'll be back tomorrow. And Fuck Putin, Peace for Ukraine.
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