Green Grass and Barbecues

Green grass and our barbecue are two things we haven’t seen much of since last November, maybe even October. I’m happy to report that things are finally changing! All the snow has been melted for a couple of weeks now and the grass is starting to green up. All the tulip bulbs I planted last fall and some other bulbs that were already in our yard are starting to pop out of the ground. There aren’t too many trees with leaves yet but I’m sure that will be soon. Rob got to fire up the barbecue twice this past weekend and that was so wonderful. Seriously- it is a wonderful thing. You really appreciate everything about the spring sooo much more when you have a long, snowy winter. Everyone is out jogging, going for walks and riding their bikes now that it is warming up. I would love to go out for a bike ride too but that isn’t a real good idea for me right now! We worked in the yard quite a bit this weekend, doing a lot of pruning although we still have a lot to do. It is a lot of work but we just try to focus on how nice it is to be outside in 60 degree weather- that makes it seem pretty good to be outside doing yard work.

So we did yard work and barbecued this weekend and also did a lot of other chores around the house. It wasn’t real exciting but it was very productive. One thing I also managed to do was get the registries done for Target and Babies R Us. There are more items on the Babies R Us registry. There are also a few repeats on the two lists and if we get something off one, I will try to remove the duplicate from the other list. I had a coupon code for $5 off that I was going to share but it looks like it expired a few days ago. I will keep checking though and be sure to post any more that I see. It seems like they have some kind of deal going on most of the time- free stroller umbrella with purchase, free shipping, $5 off, etc.