My husband likes to tease me about this thing I say. Once, he was in the car with me, my mom, and two other older ladies. Someone noted that the flowers in the ditch were pretty. I agreed, “Yep.” The other two women said, “Lovely, just lovely.” So when I’m cooing over something cute, he mocks.

Lovely, just lovely!

Which actually right now is a pretty accurate description of the weather we’re having right now. It’s gorgeous! Spring started at 1:32 yesterday afternoon, and you can absolutely tell.

My son spent the entire day outside, practically. And today my kids went to this huge castle park that’s about an hour away. They left around 2 p.m., and haven’t yet returned. I’m sincerely hoping they’re so exhausted that they fell asleep in the car and my husband has to call me to come outside and help carry them in.

The good weather has me thinking about all the things I want to do to the house this summer. Since we bought it at the start of fall, we didn’t really have a chance (or the funds) to do any sort of anything last year.

I want to:

  • Get the windows fixed – glazing, sashes repaired, the two broken panes replaced
  • Get someone to look at the roof and estimate when it needs redone, and how much it will cost
  • Get the tile in the bathroom fixed so it doesn’t leak into the dining room any more

(Speak of the devils – they just arrived home at 8:30 – what a day!)

My husband also mentioned getting the wallpaper off the walls, and we toyed with the idea of exposing the brick on the interior wall, upstairs and down. I think it could look truly awesome. My husband, I think, was just going along for the ride. It’s okay – if he hates it, I’m sure he’ll let me know.

But that may be a project for another set of funds. Until my youngest is in school, daycare is sucking the life out of us. A familiar tale. Perhaps someday when I have more time I’ll find a solution for that.

Actually, completely going off on another tangent, having a daycare exchange – where say two families work out flexible work schedules and then the kids spend time at everyone’s house in a rotating schedule for only the cost of food and supplies would be ideal, really. But ANYWAY…

So now that spring is here, there are things to be done. Money to be saved and spent, projects to be started and hopefully completed.

Yay, spring!