What We've Been Up To

Leif comforts Willie, who had just been dropped off by his Momma, and he was missin' her terribly. I was holding Willie, trying to make him feel better, and Leif said, "Mommy, let me hold him!" Leif is only and inch or so taller than Willie, so that didn't seem so feasible. So, I sat Leif in the chair, set Willie on top, and Leif held and cuddled him, saying, "Don't be sad, Willie, your Momma will be back later" and other comforting things. He patted him on the back, rubbed his head (ooh, fuzzy!) and gave him kisses. After around 90 seconds of this sadness, they both were up and being chased by "Ghosts" around the house and they played happily the rest of the day.
:)

It's been a pretty dull week around here (I LOVE dull weeks!)

Leif and I have been working on projects together, playing trains, reading books, and cleaning (he likes to put the silverware away from the dishwasher, as well as his own dishes) and having a jolly good time.

I scraped down the bedroom walls, finally. Then I'll be needin' to spackle and patch the bare spots before priming and painting. All very scary for me because I've neve done that on my own (or really, much at all) but I'm resolved to start getting more things done myself without relying on Jason, who is crazy busy right now. I'm capable of doing it, so I'm just trying to focus on getting it done. We only have the bedroom, living room, and kitchen to do, and then we're done - finally!

I have a whole list of projects that I'm trying to finish by a certain date (an arbitrary date I picked at random - coincidentally, the Ides of March - cue the Twilight Zone music!) Since that is only 9 days away, I'm pretty certain a number of them won't be accomplished, but I'm pleased that I'm getting so many done, little by little, every day! If I hadn't had a goal, none of it would have gotten done, so I'm happy that most of the projects WILL be done by then. After all - If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it!

We had a day of really high tides this week - I think it was the highest I've ever seen it.

I think it was just the wind blowing it in, so I wasn't worried about it - it still had a long way to go to reach the house!

I took these pictures an hour or so before it peaked - it still came in quite a bit more after this!

The line of little shrubberies (Bring meeee....a shrubbery!) marks the end of the yard.
As you can see, the water came up well past that and engulfed our Burn Pile, the pile of yard debris in the middle there.

This is what was left of Hawk Bath Key - the little island right off of our dock.
A few tops of plants were left out of the water - that's it!

Taken from the dock toward the house.
Where I was standing is where the yard ends, which is where the highest tide normally reaches.

Fun, Fun!

It was actually a very pretty day (I love wind!)

There have been little signs of Spring popping up - we saw our first blossoming tree the other day, and a second one a few days later, near our house! Yay, Spring!

Anyway, I'm off to work on some projects - Happy Weekend!