Ready for Spring

I dropped my oldest boy off at baseball practice today. OUTSIDE. It is a windy freezing mere 40 degrees here. Poor kids. They have been training indoors all winter, but now they've headed out.

Makes me soooo ready for spring.

I also now have a much better appreciation for my mom and the cold.

While they were away last week my sister, Liz and I were on poop duty.

This is probably the least desirable chore I can think of. Even worse than the horse

stalls I was used to as a kid. You have to clean every single alpaca bean "piece of poop"

every day. It's exhausting. Here's one thing I know for sure.

You really need to love your herd to do that every day. Freezing cold, wind, snow, sleet...poop needs to go. So Mom, hats off to you. I also don't know why you don't weigh 100 pounds with the workout you get day in and day out.

Spring is a weird time of year here. It's not always nice, usually chilly and damp

but I get myself excited for flowers, gardens, prettier colored clothes.

I also get excited for Maryland Sheep and Wool.

I dream of this festival all year long. It's my heaven.

Yarn, sheep, my sisters and girlfriends, a hotel, knitting, gyros on the hill....ahhhh.

So after this very cold day, I'll remind myself that warmth is on it's way.

Here's what I look forward to.

Here's to warm days.....SOON PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!