Sprung!

We may have suffered our last freeze of the season Friday night, and now spring has now sprung with a vengeance in north central Texas. There are so many ways one can tell, but here's 10 quickies:

1. We cleaned our kitchen from top to bottom, including washing the curtains and scrubbing the windows. The last time we did that it was to impress the landlords in our old house before getting out. Something must be up for us to be doing that in our own home.

2. We bought a new kitchen table. That is sparking plans for a mini-romodel to include a new ceiling fan and new flooring. At some point I need to also paint the cabinets. I probably should add that we didn't need a new table until Max the Uber Dog decided it looked tasty. That problem is solved, but the damage was done.

3. The houseplants are now on the front porch, yippee!

4. I got industrious on Saturday morning and cut down a tree (it's new name is "Stumpy," changed from "Ugly Tree Along Back Fence.") I've got one other one to remove, but don't fear, intrepid environmentalists. We plan to plant a couple small specimen trees to replace them and their precious oxygen-producing spots in the air chain. Whuh-tevah.

5. I'm getting that strange itch to go look at kayaks again, although I'm supposedly going to have to take lessons first. What's so hard about floating, anyway?

6. Neighborhood cats are getting frisky, and squirrels are exhibiting more static cling.

7. On that note, the PF woke me up Saturday morning after having an explicit dream involving her, me and a trampoline. Um, yes.

8. Max is starting to shed a bit more of his winter coat. He's up for a shave.

9. Sandals are back and so are short skirts. Who am I to complain?

10. The St. Weedistine grass we have in our yard is a lovely shade of green and is starting to grow skyward. It's about to be mowin' season.

Any signs of spring in your neck of the woods?