Year Three...

Well, we officially started year 3 of the pandemic in our area on March 13.  We welcomed the anniversary here with a surprise snowstorm that dropped 8 inches of snow on us!  It melted quickly, and by yesterday I not only had Lenten Roses blooming, but also crocuses and the first daffodil - spring is definitely on its way!  Not to mention the days are longer thanks to Daylight Savings Time.

I spent several hours yesterday clearing one of my flower beds and pruning the blueberry bushes.  My goal for today is to fashion a bunch of biodegradable pots out of newspaper, and get some seeds started (I just received my seed order last week.)

J was home last week for her first college Spring Break.  We had been planning a trip down to NC to visit JP's sister and family (this had also been in the works 3/13/20 when the US shut down, so we haven't seen them for a couple of years.)  Unfortunately, L's Spring Break did not coincide, but at least she had a 4 day weekend due to teacher in-service.  We were planning to spend a couple of days there, but cut our visit short due to the impending winter storm that I mentioned earlier.  We arrived home at 2 AM, with poor visibility due to snow for the last hour or so.

At least the girls got to see their cousin, and teach her and me how to play "Spicy Uno."  We also got to visit briefly with another cousin and his wife in person, and with another cousin and her 2 little ones via Face Time.  We also spent over an hour chatting with JP's 2 other sisters and brother-in-laws via Zoom (the bane or savior of the pandemic, depends on your view of things.)

We are edging ever closer to opening night of L's musical and her Spring Break (over Easter.)

Speaking of Easter, I have mentioned my love of marshmallow peeps in the past.  I noticed some new *Limited Time* flavors of peeps while grocery shopping this week.  I didn't even try to wait until Easter to try them.

The chocolate ones are good, but I'm fine with the good old, pastel sugar coated vanilla peeps!

I only have 3 more weeks to wear this stupid boot.

Things are looking up!