70+ degrees and I played in the dirt!

Sunday was AWESOME ... it may have hit 74 degrees, all I know is the sun was shining and the air was warm. I know this is an anomaly in NC, not all February 8ths are this warm, but still, that was nice. I moved some straggler "bulbs" from there wherever places to just at the foot of this oak tree outside our living room window. I plan on being able to see them bloom from inside. The infamous Thanksgiving / Christmas / Valentines cactus is blooming again. Lucie's dad had started this back in the day, he's been gone before Rachel turned 1, it was one of the few plants that survived our lack of green thumbism and traveled with us (me and Questra the cat) in my SCION when I arrived here June 28th 2008.

Have no idea what the bulbs will look like. I believe we saw some last year when we visited in February ... mostly white or yellow if I recall. Lucie is going to a local garden shop with Aunt Penney to pick up a bird feeder. You could hear them all chirping this morning as I walked out to the car to head to work.


Rachel had her first 3 hour driving session on Sunday, she goes back on Tuesday and Thursday ... soon she'll have done the required time and observation and will go to the DMV for her driver's permit. All very exciting. Bekkah should be up for her license on May 1st, since she got her NH license the last week of April, and the DMV was going to count that as a "permit". She'll still be restricted, needing not to drive between 9PM and 6AM (unless going to and from work or school) and only one non-family member. While Liz is in London, using the CRV should not be a problem, but on the cinco de mayo we get Liz back, and then we'll have to scurry for wheels. Liz is enjoying her internship, went sight-seeing all day on Saturday. Lucie and Liz chatted for quite a while yesterday. Thank goodness for Vonage and that Liz now has access to a landline.

Our church is going to do a "Daniel's Fast" ... Lucie and I will do this for 10 days, though Pastor BK is asking us to do it for 21. He's doing it for a full 40 days.