I LOVE MAGNOLIAS!

Look at what's growing in MY yard! (Yay!)

Motorcycles etc.

Here goes my baby...

The gear is still a little big, but she's off with her daddy...

sniff...

sniff...

Gray Day

This morning at 5 am we saw my sweetie off to the airport. He'll be in Texas all week. I'm a little bummed now, and a storm moved in almost immediately after we dropped him off, so it's a gray day.

I'm only painting Katie's bed frame this time (which I meant to do for the past three weeks but haven't gotten to it). We have a bunch of appointments this week with doctors and the orthodontist so it will be busy and (hopefully) pass quickly.

But the neat thing is...my sweetie went to extra trouble before leaving to fix a noise in the car (which turned out to be the alternator). Then he stayed up late last night filing our taxes, so he'd be sure things were taken care of before he left. :-)

Warm day for a ride!

Today we broke our record high, with 82 degrees. It was almost hot, without the usual requisite March sweater/parka. We tooled around the country roads and stopped by a property that caught my eye online. 11.5 acres in our school district. It's a nice thought, although when we slowed near it we saw a ravine running through some of it...

...oh well, anyway it was a much warmer and much nicer day for riding around with the love of my life.

Tomorrow he leaves for Texas for the week so we'll have to manage without him. Hopefully the trip will be uneventful and not be extended. As it is he makes it back just in time for Katie's birthday.

Cold day for a ride.

Me and my hubby spent a little of our Sunday afternoon (it was sunny but cold) braving the early March winds. I got on the back of Bret's new motorcycle (first time in 13+ years) and went for a lovely but bitingly cold ride. Didn't go far and it took me a cup of cocoa and several hours wrapped in a blanket before my bones didn't feel the chill.

On the way out (I must confess) I spent most of the time in prayer. Reminding God that there's so much still to do before I'm whisked away. :-)

I know it's morbid, but you must remember that in addition to getting pregnant, we also had a motorcycle accident prior to giving it up many years ago.

On the way home, I began to relax and enjoy the feel of the wind. I reminisced about warmer days and happy memories.

I confess that, at 20, when I first started riding, my frontal lobe (in the brain) had not yet fully developed and I was certain that nothing bad could happen as long as we were together. :-) These days (although I am certainly more deeply in love with the man) I am more realistic about the risks. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the opportunity to get out just the two of us and now I will wait for a MUCH warmer day to do this again!