It looks like my followers increased by 25% recently*, so I should probably actually post...
Although, if I was 9 years old and my mom were here and I wasn't in school for some reason or other, she'd probably kick me outside on a gorgeous day like today and tell me not to come in unless I've broken a bone or am otherwise bleeding profusely.
Yes, I said profusely. Skinned knees and small scrapes and cuts don't count.
I was just saying to EP Dude yesterday that the Rochester area has been lucky this year in terms of weather-related disasters. While much of the Northeast battled blizzards, defied downpours, fought flooding, and sparred with sinkholes (what?), we haven't had any fun at all. A snowstorm here and there... some drizzle... maybe a smidge of freezing rain... and now it's 74 degrees and sunny, and should remain so until Easter Sunday.
While I appreciate it, I find it hard to focus on the graveness of the Triduum when there are frolicking chipmunks and squirrels and chirpy birds all over the place. Not to say that I can't focus or pray properly, but I am much more easily distracted.
Two weeks ago we planted impatiens, johnny jump-ups, snapdragons, and some rosemary in little Jiffy peat pods and already the snapdragons and johnnies are popping up! I am so excited to move them outside where I hope they will manage to grow despite our overabundance of shade in all the prime garden areas.
Has anyone else started their spring and summer "Things That Need to Be Done But Keep Getting Put Off Year After Year But We're Really Going To Do Them This Year, We Mean It, Honest" lists? I started writing one a few weeks ago, but I will probably have to put it into a spreadsheet where I can track things like cost, estimated time of completion, progress made, and such. Plus, then I can spend all sorts of timei color-coding things and making them look pretty.
Aaaaaaaaand, now Wee Ninja Girl is awake from her nap and my free time is over!
A blessed Triduum and Happy Easter to all!
*In actual numbers, my followership (it IS TOO a word!) went from 4 to 5, but I prefer not to use actual numbers if it's all the same to you.
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