My drama

So, this past week has been pretty miserable for me. A week ago Sunday my husband and I were hanging out in our apartment and all of a sudden he hears someone say, "Oh my God," looks out, and sees that our apartment building was on FIRE! I about crapped my pants! We got the cat, the bird, wallet/purse, shoes, and car keys and that was it. The way it looked the whole building was going to burn down. Luckily for us it was only 2 apartments and a bunch with water damage for most tenants. We for the most part came out unscathed physically but I am an emotional wreck. Everything makes me jumpy and we have temporary furniture in our new apartment (we had to move out) until our stuff finally arrives tomorrow so I feel unsettled.

We lived on the left, 2nd one down

This has changed my outlook on a lot of things in life. Things that used to upset me or stress me out are far less important. All the little things that we have are only things and the friends and family we have are the most important. I am thankful for everything we have and grateful to have a wonderful support network. We also met our neighbors and everyone came together to help each other out which was awesome.

Too bad this was the first post in a couple of months. Oh well, gotta start again somewhere. Anyway, thank you to all with the well wishes. It has been greatly appreciated.

Orange Blossoms

Oh how I miss the orange blossoms. When I lived in Arizona I would skate on the greenbelt in Scottsdale. Every spring the orange trees near Osborn Rd and it smelled wonderful when you would skate by. While at my father's house I found an orange tree that was blossoming and it was WONDERFUL!! Sigh...I miss that smell.

San Francisco

I was so excited to head to the bay area. We flew in to SFO last Wednesday and my father picked us up. We did the usual touristy things, Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Marin Headlands, Sausalito(sp), and then over to the beach near the Cliff House. From there we headed to his house in Milpitas. After living in West Vegas for 2 years and moving to Ciny I thought it was big here. San Fran is HUGE, there is so much traffic, and it took forever to get any where, on top of my father's bad driving. The funny thing is, I never thought that when I lived in Phoenix that it was that big and after being in San Fran, it's not.

In-n-Out

For all of you who are NOT by an In-n-Out all I have to say is, "I'm sorry." We were in Cali last weekend for my brothers wedding and had it 3 days in a row. I love the double double. The best is this pic we took at our first stop. The sign is twinkling!! ha ha

Blooms

The sure sign that spring is almost here is the little sprouts of green on the trees. Crocus are coming up and soon there will be tulips. Only a week or two and it will be all green!! YEAH!!

Hummingbirds

Anyone who knows me knows that I love birds (especially my parrot Skipper). When I was a little girl I apparently found a dead one and buried it in my grandparents backyard in a checkbook box. Was that the start of this waiting to see a "live" hummer? The big bird excitement in my life right now is waiting for a hummingbird to show up at my feeder. There is a website that tracks their migration northward and every day I look to see how much longer I have to wait. Hopefully I will see one by this weekend. I'm ready. Feeder up, sign saying open for business, all I am missing is the little birds...sigh.

This is picture from on our deck last summer

A - Ault Park

We have lived in Cincinnati for about 2 months now. I have seen signs for Ault Park as I drive to the store or the BMW Starbucks (that is usually that is all that is in the parking lot). So I finally decided to see if I could find it and I did. It is beautiful. It is at the top of one of the hills and you have scenic view of the Little Miami River Valley and different parts of the city. I can't wait for a few more weeks until everything is green is the flowers are blooming. I LOVE SPRING!!