Spring Rolls Along!

In just a few short days, the lilies have come to life.  Who needs the flower and garden festival? Here are some more pics I took over the last three days. 

      

      

                    

It's Spring!!

People always talk about how satisfying and therapeutic gardening can be.  I had the joy of spending a couple hours pulling weeds in my front bed a couple weeks ago and I have to say that it was indeed very gratifying. 

                                    

I was very proud of how everything looked but this week the bed has taken on a new life.  I have inherited some lilies from my mom.  I planted them a while back and never really expected them to survive.  Today, when I walked outside to my delight, they started to bloom. 

                            

I've never really experienced season changes since I'm a Florida girl but today it hit me, It's spring!  I took some pictures of the buds that seemed to have shot up out of the ground over night.    

                               

            

 I will take some more photos when they bloom.  I also planted some mums that I bought in November.  They looked like they were going to die several times, especially since Elwood likes to dig them up on a regular basis.  To my delight, one of them is really taking off too, and the other one has some small buds.  I'm excited I was actually able to make things grow!  More excitement to come in the next couple of months I think!

                                         

Lazy Days...

I haven't been blogging much lately.  Work has been a little crazy the last couple of weeks and now when I get a few moments at home, I usually spend them relaxing on the couch.  I know, so lazy.  I'm also of course, watching the NCAA tournament right now, cause I just can't resist the madness.  I do however have some pics from the wedding cruise we recently attended for our friends, Kirsten and Mike.

Pulling into Nassau.

                                      The Happy Couple...

                   The other happy couple!

We met some really fun people on the cruise that attended the wedding.  There were some fun parties that we enjoyed together.

Me and Deb.   Deb's husband Sean.

We had a great time.  Steve and I are fortunate enough to be able to go on another cruise next month with his family.  We are so lucky to have so many great vacations this year.  

Hmm, Blogging!

As some of you know, I have started a blog page for Steve and I displaying our dune buggy project.  I realized that I had much more to say and decided to get my own page going.  This will be the place to check out everything else that is going on in the Schmidt life.  I am very excited because Steve and I are leaving for our friends' wedding cruise on Friday.  I love to cruise.  Steve and I could really use a break.  It has been a very busy year for us and as you may know, our families were on our honeymoon or "familymoon" as we are calling it now.  I hope we have some time just to ourselves on this trip and have a fantastic time.  I just wish it was longer than just three days!  

Today I am taking Elwood to the doggie spa to get a bath, teeth cleaning and pedicure.  Surprisingly, he really loves going.  He hates doing all those things at home but for some reason at the spa, he can't get enough.  He has to get all pretty cause he is 

going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house this weekend while we are on the cruise.  

Well, unfortunately I have to run a bunch of errands now in preparation for the trip and hopefully catch a nap because I'm going out with some friends tonight and I have a feeling it will be a late night...