about time, right?

i guess i need to get on here more. i honestly don't know what has been keeping me occupied these past couple of weeks, but obviously i haven't been in the mood to write. but today i jumped onto blogspot to check out if my mom had posted and realized it's been 2 weeks since i had posted so i should say something.

not much going on around here. we have gone through what people tell me is Texas weather - 30 degrees one day and 80 the next. i'm waiting for our spring stormy season when the skies turn dark and the lightening comes and the dog freaks out as the heavens open and god throws buckets at us. i think my roses are waiting for that day too. 

in other news, i am finally roommate-less. i am extremely ecstatic about this because it means i get my guest bedroom back. of course my checkbook has other emotions as the dollars dwindle down and we await someone from the bank to tell us we can cut our house payment in half. until then, i am procrastinating doing my taxes (i fear i am going to owe the government some cash) and just hoping and praying that the process with the underwriter does not take as long as it could. 

as we enter into March i have to say that i am saying goodbye to February with joy. February was a hard month for me... not only did i start the month with a nasty roommate departure (who still continues to harass me with phone calls and text messages) but Valentine's Day is in there and what would have been some 2 year anniversaries if DJ and i were still together scatter the calendar. so you take those things and add to that the fact that my A/C unit needed it's coil replaced (thank GOD it was under warranty or that would have been a $2K expense), the fact that the downstairs toilet seems to not want to balance properly no matter how many adjustments i make, the fact that my washer squeaks when running and the fact that my refrigerator seems to be wanting to make its presence known to all who are even remotely near it with the noises it exudes. yeah... i'm ready for something better in March. 

and here is what i have to look forward to so far: the hysterically small farmer's market in Grand Prairie opens this Saturday, i have a lunch scheduled for next week, my sister comes to visit next week for about 48 hours, and my mom is coming mid-month to hang out for 2 weeks. and then in early April, Susie has blocked my calendar for some jobs. hopefully those jobs will equal income that will either pay the tax man or buy me the materials to build some raised beds out back for gardens. i mean, if the price of produce is going to sky rocket, then we better grow some of our own, right??

happy March, y'all.