Spring is HERE!

Well, not officially, but the grass is green. The Bradford Pears have bloomed (actually, they bloomed died and came back) and the days are longer and warmer (82 yesterday). It won't be that warm from now on (thank god, if it is 82 in March, what is it going to be in July, yuck). Anyway, it is just nice. We went to Iowa last weekend. We didn't tell anyone we were coming up. Just showed up and surprised everyone. It was great. Grandma is really doing pretty good. Really skinny, but at least in the assisted living she is eating meals. Aunt Sheila is having hip surgury soon. Mom and Dad are doing good. Mike and Kayla are good. Kayla is such a sweetheart. Much nicer and sweeter and than Erin ever was. Amy had something going on so she didn't come down, but I do tend to see her a little more often than Mike (like every other year instead of once every 4 years). Kayla, Mike and Bob cooked supper for us Saturday night. It was a good time.

Bill told everyone last weekend that he was thinking more about going into business for himself than going to work for someone else. He has to go to the unemployment office and report this week. Hopefully they won't hit him too hard about not looking too hard. He could work, but not doing what he wants to. So, he isn't looking too hard right now. I don't blame him. We're really doing ok. Even though I just spent $600 on continuing ed stuff yesterday. That should be all I need to spend on that for the year (or close).

I am getting a little obsessed with the thought that in 1 year we could be having a baby. I really really want that to be true. I am running through all of these scenarios for after the fact and I just really want a child in our life. We do something and I think about if we had a baby this is what would change (and usually it is we have a carrier and the baby comes with us). The other day I came up with a scenario for daycare for us that would be really cool. I would work 4-10s with 1 at home and then Bill would work for himself for 3 days a week. 1 of those days and my at home day we get a nanny. I could totally see that working. I don't know what Bill thinks. There is pleanty of time to figure it all out AFTER we get pregnant. I think it is INSANE the number of people that have everything figured out ahead of time, including names and everything bought. What happens if you DON'T get pregnant. A lot of them are young and maybe they haven't lived through what I saw with Dave and Nona. It just bugs me. Shoot, there was one lady on Babycenter who had it all figured out what DAY her child would be born on MORE than a YEAR from now. Holy crap. To me that isn't smart, what if something happens? Anyway, I'll just keep my practical mouth shut and do things my way (which for this is to be as unprepared as possible, LOL ... well except financially, we are there financially).