March 29, 2009

Probably the last blog of March. In my opinion March came in like a lion and left as one. We have had a cold spring so far with only a few days making it up to the high 40's or 50's. Today we are enjoying some spring showers that hopefully will bring some flowers blooming. Our daffodils are threatening to break through the soil and a few tulips in the garden are starting to struggle to the surface. We did manage to get out to the garden yesterday as we enjoyed one of our few warm days. Fixed up a couple of items damaged over the winter and rototilled the beds. We should be all ready for planting our peas next Saturday. Probably should have had them in already, but with the cool weather and Jo's travels it just hasn't happened. We are planning to limit our crop selection this year to things that tend to work well in our garden and elminate some of the less successful items (like watermelon and cantelope). Should mean more beans in the freezer and hopefully enough to make it through to the following year's new crop is ready for picking.

Jo successfully went around the world with no major travel problems until she tried to get home from JFK - one of the key bridges was shut due to an accident resulting in a 4.5 hour ride home. She had good meetings in the Philippines, India, and Hungary with the challenge now of selecting the right company to work with - especially as they all presented their best face possible. As you might imagine she is a bit exhausted and completely unsure what time zone she is in. Fortunately, Jo has a tremendous capacity to sleep almost anytime so she has caught up a lot with a nap and overnight. Jo did manage a bit of sightseeing in Budapest as the pictures for the week show (I think the photos are from the Buda side to Pest, but not absolutely certain). She was barely on the ground in India for 24 hours (I think she managed something like 28 hours there) and her schedule in the Philippines wasn't much better. My week was the usual mix of meetings and trying to squeeze some work in and around those meetings. Nothing too exotic happening in my work world right now - certainly nothing requiring me to travel the globe, fortunately!

Our theater season has started back up at the Granite Theater in Westerly yesterday(http://www.granitetheatre.com/ - in case you want to check out the offerings). We had a great evening with Sheri and Bruno especially as Bruno's birthday was this week. We tried a new Italian restaurant in Westerly and then on to the play. While the acting was great the play's plot was a wee bit confusing and the ending was strange. Today with the rain will be doing some indoor chores one of which consists of reviewing my tax returns and then getting them sent to Uncle Sam. Always an interesting review.

Hope you had a great week and better weekend.