Thursday, Things That Make You Go........Argggghhhh!!

obligatory monthly dog photo-overseeing his domain!

Denver has a pretty great climate. We had seventy degrees in January, there is at least some sun almost every single day, no matter the weather. Being a mile closer to the sun means that when the sun is out, sixty degrees can feel closer to seventy. The downside is that April can be the snowiest month, which is why next year I plan to spend a month to six weeks with my daughter in Texas. This year however, things have been a bit-worse, as they were in other parts of the country. Last week, we had seventy degree days. Then we had two days of snow (the first time it has been this late in like a hundred years). Tomorrow we again have seventy degrees and full sun. 

Our tree was about half this size, but you get the idea!

Last year, as they do every year, the city offered up trees to resident for dirt cheap-we just had to plant them in the town limits. They were delivered to us. We got a Chanticleer Pear for thirty five dollars and planted it in April a year ago.  Said tree was healthy, in full flower and beautiful. Yesterday, we went outside, and said tree had been literally broken in half-from the wet spring snow, although it was less than an inch. It will now have to be dug out, although it kills us to be digging up what is still a live tree. Much more than an argghhhh moment and so sad.

Meanwhile, after two weeks of illness (not lie down in bed illness, but cold, sniffing and hacking nonetheless) I have finally been healthy for almost a week. Only. I CANNOT stop coughing. For  no earthy reason. I walk around sucking on cough drops and telling people I'm not contagious, really, when they look at me. I finally called the doctor, who gave me a prescription for tessalon pearls. Hopefully this will take care of the recurring after-cough that is driving me crazy!!

Little throat coating capsules

I don't know what is wrong with me!! The sweater that I am working on is simple as can be. A reverse stockinette stitch for my knitting readers, with no more increases or decreases until the cap sleeves. But I have made silly mistakes and had to pull the thing down about seven rows three separate times!! Not only that, but I just realized that in two places I added a stitch somehow. I decided I will sew those little holes together later and keep on keeping on, but I'm going to only knit in peace and quiet until I figure out what is distracting me. In fact, I'm going to put my knitting aside tomorrow and practice a water color cactus picture for my daughter's wall. 

And finally, last weekend we received a notice that the street had to be clear all of this week for pavement reselling. All cars had to be off the street. We have a one car garage (albeit a very wide driveway) and so we have been playing rotating bumper cars with a a couple big Subarus and a Nissan Murano. And here it is Thursday morning with not a work person in sight. If this continues into next week, unhappiness man, unhappiness. 

Dare I go even shorter??

This afternoon, I'm headed to the mall to actually walk for the first time since my spring cold began, then to get my hair cut (perhaps a quarter inch shorter, I'm going as short as I can). Then I'm hitting happy hour, and my sister (who does actually cook), is making Waterzooi for dinner. 

Things are getting better.