Top 10 list of why I love warm* weather:
*'Warm' being defined as temperatures at or above 65 degrees F and not exceeding 80 degrees F, with no more than 60% humidity, and a breeze
1. Open up the windows and let that lovely breeze in!!!
2. It is the perfect sleeping weather with the windows open (see reason above)! Just ask my hubby; I can sleep a LONG time in these good conditions!
3. It is not freezing when you get out of bed.
4. The toilet seat is not cold.
5. Sunshine is a great anti-depressant and helps me be in a great mood! If it rains, as in more tropical parts of the world, it is warm enough to splash in the puddles and run in the soaking rain! See? Warm weather is always happy! :D
6. There are almost exactly 12 hours of daylight, which is perfect in my book!
7. The dishwater stays hot for longer. (Which reminds me, I should get back to that soon! ;))
8. With short sleeves and less layers than in winter, you feel so light and free! And if you still want or have to wear long pants, it is not unbearably uncomfortable.
9. It is warm enough to wear my favorite footwear - barefoot or flip-flops, the closest you can get to natural!
10. The outdoors just CALLS in this temperature weather! The birds are back and are singing (and I'm pretty sure all the other kinds of animals are "twitter-pated" :P) I could just LIVE outdoors!
...but unfortunately I can't. Dishes, laundry, laying plywood pre-flooring, and a host of other things all require me to be inside. And I better get back to it now! See #7 for what I was doing, before this warm weather made my thoughts run faster and the words flow better and I just HAD to come write! Such a glorious day begs to be appreciated by those enjoying it!
P.S. For St. Patrick's Day, I will have you know that our grass along our ditches is the greenest around!
Saturday, March 17
Sunday, March 11
It must be Spring!
Last Sunday we were riding snowmobiles and sleds (our 'one day of winter' as it seemed for this year); today we were riding the 4-wheeler and bikes, jumping on hay bales and flying kites! We even found the first green grass! Some family members absolutely went berserk when they spotted a robin at lunch - a robin means spring, I learned. And SOMEONE shyly admitted they were even wearing their swimsuit under their clothes! Maybe that's a little optimistic there, Erina!
This was last Sunday afternoon, and pretty much all the winter we got!
...and a parting shot of the cutest couple this winter:
And with that, winter is officially OVER!!!!!!! Sunshine and warm weather, you are invited every day, so just keep on coming! On the farm is the best place to be in the springtime! <3
Saturday, March 10
House Project 101
This is what our house currently looks like:
You're probably thinking, Kind of the same as the last picture I saw of it, have they done anything??? And I feel it is my great privilege and duty to tell you YES!!! ("See, no stairs!") The frustrating part of building/remodeling a house is that for the first 95% of it, you can't see much progress! And in the last 5%, you see 95% of the progress as walls get painted, decorated, and in general, moved in.
Ben is working so diligently and so hard over there every day, for now in the 'invisible stage' of reinforcing, straightening, leveling, exchanging, and bracing so that the floor will be even enough for flooring and the walls will stay standing! :) And I just want to point out all his work even if you can't SEE it as easily, because he is doing an amazing job and he is only ONE man for this very big project! And for goodness' sakes, we are only 21 and designing and figuring out how you want to build your house seems very intimidating (to me especially) and something that people in their 30's or 40's, with lots of experience living in houses, might start to do about now! Yikes!
We are pressing on and someday when it's done it will be great!
My Saturday mini-project was visiting other people's kitchens, taking measurements and getting ideas, and picking the wives' brains as to what they love about their kitchen and what they would improve and all the little things in-between! Many thanks to the families who let me snoop in every one of their kitchen cupboards and drawers - it was fun! Haha! ;)
This is my beautiful sister-in-law Charisma and her monstrous batch of monster cookies! They have chocolate chips, m&ms, peanut m&ms, peanut butter... and OATMEAL! <-- See? They are healthy! And oh, so good! :)
And another picture of her... (I love this one!)
Oh yes, I am so blessed to have a sister who blesses us very often with her baking (pumpkin pie just the other day...)! Of which I shall continue to be the very happy beneficiary! :D
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