In the category of watch what you write. No sooner did I post the picture of the last snow in the backyard, than I wake up on Thursday morning to the entire yard covered in the white stuff again. Fortunately, it is the time of the year that it doesn't tend to stay around as it was almost all melted by the end of the same day. However, it was a grim reminder of the hold that winter has on this year. After our somewhat balmy temperatures last week, we struggled to get temperatures into the mid-40s this week. I'm still running in my full winter running gear and I'm ready to ditch the gloves and headband during my runs.
As I continue the nature theme, we have a pair of red-tailed hawks nesting in a tree in our backyard and it has been interesting to watch them build the nest, sit on the eggs (at least I assume there are eggs they are sitting on - we can't actually see inside the nest), and hunt the small creatures in the forest. Even as I type this one of the hawks is sitting on a tree limb outside the window watching me. They are quite magnificent birds and amazingly graceful as they fly through the forest (I haven't figured out how they manage to evade all the various limbs and tree trunks and still fly, must be more open space than I appreciate). Also, one of our orchids from our 25th anniversary is ready to bloom again. This is the second time in the 5 years since then (yes, we are hitting 30 years together this year) that they have bloomed. I'll try to keep you posted as it blooms. Just for the record, we have no idea what we do that makes it bloom beyond benign neglect - which appears to be quite successful, so far.
On a positive note, we did receive an offer on our house that would appear to be acceptable to us and the relocation company. Now it is just working through all the various contingencies, like the home and bug inspections, appraisal, and the new buyers securing a mortgage. We aren't anticipating too many difficulties with any of these, so the house will likely be experiencing its second set of owners. So I guess St. Joseph worked - see the earlier posts for those details - now I just need to remember to dig him up and take him with us.
The rest of my week consisted of the usual exercising along with working on getting the house ready for the packers and the move. I also continued trying to use up the various food stuffs in the house to minimize what has to be moved. This makes for some interesting food combinations - like frosting Oreos, since I had a can of frosting and a bag of Oreos to eat. Oreos don't really need frosting, but it doesn't hurt - except for the fact I need to exercise twice as much. Still haven't figured out what to do with my frozen strawberries, beyond making strawberry margaritas or strawberry pancakes - but it would be a lot of both for just me to eat.
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