Isn't It Spring?

Outside my kitchen window it isn't looking very springy. I really beleive I suffer fron SAD and for this reason I feel I need to move back South! Instead we are headed north and west this weekend. Off to Vancouver BC for a conference. I was hopping for warm weather but now it looks like STL will be warmer. Oh well I will get some girl time and catch up with friends I haven't seen in a year. This past weekend was full of Spring surprises! I thought I was going to spend a very quiet and childless Easter when on Good Friday the sun came in full blast. Two of my daughter's organized "Operation Easter Surprise". Ally flew Jessi in from Charleston to surprise me and it was wonderful. Ally was coming over for dinner and before she was due to arrive Gene called and asked her to stop for a bottle of wine. When she came in I asked her if she picked up the wine and she said she left it in the car so she went out to get it . I was typing on the computer, Gene was fixing a pre-dinner snack and as I look up there stands Jessi. I let out the loudest scream and as they all guessed I started to cry! They video taped it and were so proud that they were a success! We had a wonderful visit and I realized I am so blessed to have such wonderful daughters. I have gotten back to the day to day now that the events are over but they will always be inmy thoughts. I can't wait to share the story with my friends I see this weekend. I just now finished making cupcakes for a Bridal Shower Ally is helping with at her job. They taste great and I decorated them in Spring colors to lift everyone's spirits. She'll be by later to pick them up. Now it is laundry and packing. I will try not to pack when Idgie is around, she trys to pack her ball in my suitcase and when she realizes she has to go to the kennel she'll sulk. Yes dogs sulk!, well she does.

Today I decided to start as some would say journaling. I always thought that meant I needed to sit down each day and express my feelings for the day but I really just want to "talk' using words about my life so far. These thought will probably be random and not follow a time line. Different thoughts, sights and rememberance will fly through my brain and I will write about those things. I think this will be more for me than for anyone else. Maybe someday those in my life will find it interesting.