Housewife, 54

It seems that now the season has changed for good.  Spring is popping out all over - and so is allergy season!  I am the kind of person that loves to have all the windows and doors open as soon as the temperatures are above 60F.... but Dear Husband's allergies do NOT agree.  So the air conditioner is on and I dare only have a window open in the room in which I am working...and I close it as I leave.  Sigh.  I do so love to hear the birds singing and the squirrels chatting and the wind whispering through the pine trees.  Guess I'll just have to go outdoors to enjoy.  WHICH, by the way, I can now DO! But not this evening as we are having a good thunderstorm.  Hopefully it will blow over soon and then I will go outside and just SMELL the good, green growing things. I can now bear weight on my wonky leg - even though I am still to use the crutches - but it makes getting around SO much easier!  I can now go up and down steps - UPright, not scoot...

Just a quick note on the status of my broken leg, etc.  Interview with Orthopedic surgeon was wonderful, he claims I am making excellent progress.  I may now progress to "putting weight on it as tolerated", and not wearing the cast in bed at night (particularly wonderful). I am still on crutches, though. So as I walked out of the office, using my foot to bear a little weight and putting considerably less stress on my hands, I was much relieved!  Getting around is easier now, and I can even go upstairs upright! The weather this week has been Spring-like.... 80's on Sunday and back down to highs in the 50's and rain throughout the week.  And we even had SNOW showers on Thursday morning.  The temperature at that time was 38F. I'm still going to set out hardy plants this weekend, if Aaron agrees to take me shopping and help me..... Now, on to more philosophical comments.... In the past week I have read a couple of books, both by one of my favorite authors, D.E...

Sigh.... one of my favorite songs from the musical Camelot.. But it is finally here and so is warmer weather and rain.  Our weather forecaster predicted 80's for Wednesday, so I decked myself out in a skirt and t-shirt, but paid the price.  It only got up to 63!  Never fear, Thursday was well into the 80's and I got properly thawed out.  I even heaved myself out of the house to inspect my husband's project and caught a glimpse of myself reflected in the front door:  Blurry because of two panes of glass, but here I am! I hitched myself over to my front border and bent down to pull up some volunteer plants that are threatening to overgrow everything... that is going to be a big project that I had better get serious about, and soon! The warm weather has really gotten things growing! Each day that I look out my window there is more green. AND my Cherry tree is blooming! It just started yesterday and is not in full spate, but here is today's installment: I a...