The Garden is Started - The Rest in the Hands of the Weather

The first seeds of the season are now planted.  We started some lettuce and spinach this last week although the cool weather that promptly settled in may doom this first set of seeds.  Although, at least it isn't snowing as in Wyoming and Colorado.  Our planting season is starting out late since we have been enjoying breezes from the east which means the wind is blowing over the 40 degree Lake Michigan keeping us cool.  I'm sure we will enjoy this later this summer as the temperatures and humidity begin to get sticky.

Our big events for the rest of the week were several charity events and a trip over to Madison.  This time of the year many of the local charities hold a variety of fund raising events.  Since many of the people at Northwestern Mutual are active in one or two charities this means lots of invites to help round out tables.  Since Jo is on the Red Cross board and needs to have people join her at their events, we try to be sure and reciprocate as much as we can.  This last week we had the annual Red Cross event and another one for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.  Both were nice events, although cocktail hours are not my favorite thing to do, and seemed to be reasonably successful for both organizations.

After our event on Saturday we headed straight over to our condo in Madison to deliver a easy chair.  On Sunday after brunch with Kathy, John, and Drew (who was over visiting his mother for Mom's day) we moved a futon that Kathy is lending us for the condo.  Our condo remains sparsely decorated but at least there is now one easy chair and a couch/double bed (that isn't inflated with air).  Afterwards, we took Drew back to Milwaukee and finished the rest of the day Sunday with some homemade pizza, getting caught up on some chores, and video chatting with our niece, Christine, and nephews (Dan and Brendan) in Omaha.