SPRING BREAK

For anyone that doubts I will learn how to fly fish on my spring vacation {The Husband being the biggest doubter}, I was able to dig up this photo of me and my guy from up in Big Green Lake, Wisconsin many years ago. Apparently, one of us just caught the big one or I am just really digging him that day.
I thought the sun would never come out again since I last posted. I had my fill of all of the above, and then some, and was too depressed to even get on the treadmill to undo some of the damage. I admit I have an addiction to French vanilla cream in my coffee and tea, and that along with the Girl Scout cookies that arrived, well I need a Weight Watchers intervention.
So today I woke up and looked out my bedroom window and saw this. I had forgotten what sunshine looked like. It didn't take me long to get ready and get out. Before I went for my medicinal tanning session, I took the dogs out into the yard for a brief inspection, camera in hand.
I apparently left some things out over the winter, but that just adds to the rustic look I so admire these days. It's awesome to think that in 2 1/2 months we will be putting the lawn and patio furniture out and firing up that grill.
All of the snow has melted and the rain has dried up. Time to fill this bird bath up because I think spring is around the corner...hopefully.
My little girl statue is still holding some morning glory vines. I didn't do a very good clean up last fall. This is by the way, my backdoor herb garden. Soon I hope to see some of the herbs that come back every year. And I get so excited at thinking of planting more.
Milo is doing just what I felt like doing. We're just under 50 degrees. A little cold for me to actually roll around on the ground...I'll wait for it to warm up a bit more. It really was sweatshirt weather though. In the background you can see the area where sit around the fire pit. We will have shredded bark delivered soon to fill in the ground. It looks much prettier than this.
It's been a busy day and I am free as a bird this weekend. Maybe I can get The Husband to take me out to dinner. I have been a good girl cooking every night this week. I never realized how much we order out {and the excuses I can come up with for not cooking}. I came up with a few new recipes to stamp my name on and maybe I will do a post about them when I remember to take pictures. One of them is Mexican Meatballs that I concocted with ground turkey and chorizo sausage, crushed tortilla chips and an egg. A few spicy spices and a hot tomato sauce and voila...we all had heartburn.
Tonight I am just going to relax, make some fish for dinner and then start reading this magazine that I have been looking all over for. Where on earth do I finally find it? Walgreens. Of all places. I was ready to hit some of the big book sellers in Chicago. I can see why so many want it...it looks like a lot of great articles and it is put together well. Too bad it only comes out twice a year.

I hope all of you had a wonderful day and that it felt like spring in your neighborhood. It was definitely my sort of day so I am linking up with Laurie of Bargain Hunting and Chatting With Laurie for Favorite Things Saturday. Please join me visiting the other gals participating. And have a great weekend! :-)