Things I Love...

Yes, here they are. The things that I begin my list of things I love the most. I just want to squeeze all three of them. What happened to them and where did they go? It just seems like yesterday that I was busy at Easter time shopping for socks and shoes, new Easter outfits (if my mom or I didn't make them) and of course all of the ingredients for those Easter baskets.
Yes, they were precious. Others things I love this time of the year:

• The gorgeous spring flowers and azaleas blooming everywhere. My yard has a dogwood that they twisted a pink and a white dogwood together years ago so they are blended as one tree....cool. You can never have too many azaleas in your yard. Steve used to complain about so many flower beds. Mr. Neumier, the local nursery owner told me to ask him if he was still mowing grass and if he was then that means there is still room for flowers. Actually, he doesn't complain....just teases me a lot.
• People seem to be in a general better mood when the weather is nicer outside. In general.
• It is good to be able to start making plans for vacations or long weekends, cooking out, doing anything outdoors after being cooped up all winter long.
• Fresh strawberries. Yum. You can do anything to them and I will eat them.
• Riding in my car with the convertible top down. If you know me, you know if it is not raining and the temperature goes over 65, then the top goes down. I really don't care what my hair looks like. It's funny because Steve worries more about his hair in the car than I do! I can be in a bad mood and ride in that car with the top down, music blaring and just soon begin to feel better!
• High school kids are getting ready to graduate as well as college kids are graduating. They get so fired up about this passage in their life with so much hope ahead of them. Sometimes I think I would like to go back and have a chance to start over as well....but then again, maybe not.
• And finally....I'm just sick and tired of winter. Remind me of this again when it is 105 in August.