spring – Sweat & Sparkle

Happy Spring!

We were shivering through freezing nights just a few days ago, and today the temperature will be pushing 80 degrees. Crazy! I’m ready to put the arctic weather behind us now and enjoy a beautiful weekend.

We have so much going on this weekend that it’s going to fly by. I worked late a few days this week, so I get to leave early today and jump start our weekend. Yay!

If everything works out, my husband and I will see all four kids, and both grandsons, before the weekend is over. We will be bouncing from events to visits, with not much room for sleep, but it will be fun, and I am looking forward to all of it.

Happy first day of spring!

Blessings

It’s not feeling a heck of a lot like spring around here right now, but I still adore this quote. Last night dipped into the 30s, and tonight will be freezing, as winter grips us just a few more days before stepping aside for warmer weather, just in time for the first day of spring on Friday.

The last few weeks have been stressful and emotional, and it has been draining. I am not a fan of summer, but I am ready for the warm, soothing sun on my face, getting back into the garden, working up a sweat doing endless yard work with my husband, and squeezing into the shower together before our date night afterward. There’s something healing about hard work and then relaxing together to enjoy what we accomplished.

I’m also just ready for happier days. I find hope in the fact that even on my saddest days recently, I recognized the blessing in happy memories, and how lucky I am to have my husband and the life we share together. I have so much, and I am so very grateful for all of it.

In Love

Happy Spring!

The first day of spring already! It’s a rainy start to the season here, but this weekend is shaping up to be absolutely gorgeous. I’m itching to get outside, get dirty, start that seemingly never-ending yard clean-up before hitting the garden centers and bringing home as many colorful flowers as I can carry.

It’s a lot of work, but I look forward to it every year. I like watching the yard transform, one section at a time, as we spend time in it and give it some love. Every now and then, while we’re working in the yard, someone walking by will stop to tell us how cute our house is or how nice our yard is, and it makes my heart and head swell with pride. We put a lot into our home, and it’s cool when someone else enjoys it, too.

Happy first day of spring!