While my day off fell short I tried to make up for things today.  I did get a load of laundry done -- don't ask if I am going to have the motivation to get it away tonight -- and the lawn mowed and weed-eaten.  The kid once again blew my mind.  When I pulled out the weed eater she told me to be careful and made mention of the baby bird from last spring that had fallen from the nest... one I didn't see before weed eating.  I had forgotten, now I am heartbroken once again.

Now I am getting to sit with the kiddo while we watch Noah, which she received on DVD for Easter.  She seems to be as enthralled as she was last year, which is awesome.

I have nothing figured out for the weekend.  I am sure I will work a little... which in 2 hours would mean I didn't need a single hour of vacation this week despite having had 2 full days off scheduled.  The weather was finally decent again today.  I'm almost afraid to look at the forecast for the weekend.  I can hope that there will be some time outside relaxing and perhaps a dip in the hot tub while kiddo plays.

Fooey.  I was waiting to hear I needed new tires for inspection.  We even found a good deal on the tires in advance - but not the case.  Instead 1k for new brakes.  Oh and the leaking washer fluid is the pump; to the tune of another couple 100.

I opted to not fix the switch that causes the turn signal to trigger the other direction when it kicks off to avoid that 300 bill.

I am off with kiddo today; we were supposed to go do something fun with her bestie.  That too was up-ended.  As she tells the story she found a bead on the floor by one of the classrooms yesterday.  She gave it to her bestie, who put it in his ear.  Long story short they were at medexpress and then childrens overnight to get it out.  Needless to say they are tired and the trip into the burgh for a museum or something is scratched.

While a bad day at sea always beats a day at work... the vacation days I get to take lately sure don't fare as well.

We did have another visit with the Easter Bunny at our favorite consignment shop.  This photo is epic, one we will -- for sure -- share with her boyfriend someday.  She didn't cry, but sitting on his lap was definitely displeasing.

Our weather finally warmed up this week.  I still have nothing growing.  I did plant some onions and chives, but what came up died off -- I am blaming the cat.  I will be snagging plants from the hardware shop as soon as I spot them there.  I'm wondering if I need to get more buckets and grow a little more this year.  Ya know, when they toss about the word famine it seems appropriate.

Work hours remain long.  I do have a couple of days off in the next week, which is coming at a decent time in the grand scheme of the mayhem, but I doubt I'll be charging much to my vacation number as I am getting extra time in in advance.

Of course on the one weekday I was forced to waste some of that day off with a car dealership appointment.  My washer fluid was reading near empty a few weeks back, so I stopped and added a gallon.  I saw some of it on the garage floor and I just knew.  Needless to say the friggin light is back on.  I'm due for inspection too, so at least I can deal with both at the same time, but daggum that's annoying.

It's cold.  It's been pretty cold ever since my last post.  Snow even showed its face on April 1.  Things really need to warm back up.  I didn't get plants going yet, honestly, it's too cold to find the motivation to do it.  I did however get all of the items that needed mending addressed here today.

We had a pretty busy weekend.  There wasn't a day I got to roll back over, instead the alarm went off at the weekday time on both Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday we headed out early to get to the Easter egg hunt at my sister's church in Beaver Falls.  While it is cold, it was at least sunny and not frigid.  Avery came home with yet more goodies to pile into her junk food bag piled on top of the fridge.  There was a side trip to a place called Kraynaks which had lots of interesting items to shop and a lovely walk through Easter display.  We also had some ice cream at a neat little shop there.

Today we were up to get to church.  After making breakfast we went to see the Easter Bunny at our favorite consignment store.  4 years later and I'm still getting photos of Avery frowning and trying to crawl off of that rabbit's lap.  When we returned I finished that mending I mentioned and now -- here I am, tired, but I have so many other things to tend to.

Last week Avery and I got our hair cut one night and the next morning the mobile groomer came to get the dogs freshened up.  That of course expedites the massive shedding.  I took my time vacuuming towards the end of the week and doubled the amount of crud dumped from the vacuum bin but the house is still a mess.  I've been working my share of long hours still.  It takes its toll in multiple ways.