Yes, it does get warm in Minnesota. It was hard to believe it when we moved here back in February. It was very hard to believe it when I was freezing in the house in January, as the movers delivered everything and had the doors propped open for hours. I remember back to my call to Jamie, telling him I was going to need warmer slippers, as my feet were freezing even with fuzzy socks in the slippers. Turned out, my slippers were fine, although now slightly chewed from Duncan, and now it's toasty warm. I actually turned the a/c on as it was 80-something in the house and the dogs had started panting, water not helping the furry ones. Late as it is now, I think I can turn it back off and open the window tonight, yeah for second story windows:)
Today the boys got to run around in the twirly sprinkler and they even broke in the slip and slide Charlie received for his birthday. Besides regularly fixing the slip and slide when the water was no longer shooting onto the plastic, I weeded more.
I say weeded, but really I should elaborate. Our yard, well, a good bit of Rochester, is covered in dandelions. The soil here, unlike our old Florida, is not sandy and therefore impossible to pull a weed out. Our neighbor introduced me to this cool weed puller-outer he had. Turns out I'm an addict now. After a couple days using the borrowed "Weed Hound" I found myself in our local Menards (I'll go into detail in another post about Menards, Jamie can sing their commercial) purchasing my own weed-puller-outer. Mine is not a "Weed Hound" instead it's a pretty yellow, and works nearly as well, plus it was the only such apparatus there.
After several days of weed pulling, I have trash bags full of dandelions and a noticeable dent in the dandelions in the yard. The irony being, as you pull the darn things out, the wind blows the seeds all over, thus continuing the cycle. No wonder Rochester has so many dandelions, the wind factor is huge here.
So I said it was warm, it was, but for anyone who might wonder, or even mistake this as hot, I recall my 31 years in Florida. 80's are not hot when there is not the humidity and when there is a constant breeze. It's especially not hot when the kids are getting chilly from the cold sprinkler water and breeze, wanting towels when they aren't running.
It was so beautiful, warm, blue and breezy. I am so enjoying this weather and am really looking forward to the rest of spring and summer.
Today the boys got to run around in the twirly sprinkler and they even broke in the slip and slide Charlie received for his birthday. Besides regularly fixing the slip and slide when the water was no longer shooting onto the plastic, I weeded more.
I say weeded, but really I should elaborate. Our yard, well, a good bit of Rochester, is covered in dandelions. The soil here, unlike our old Florida, is not sandy and therefore impossible to pull a weed out. Our neighbor introduced me to this cool weed puller-outer he had. Turns out I'm an addict now. After a couple days using the borrowed "Weed Hound" I found myself in our local Menards (I'll go into detail in another post about Menards, Jamie can sing their commercial) purchasing my own weed-puller-outer. Mine is not a "Weed Hound" instead it's a pretty yellow, and works nearly as well, plus it was the only such apparatus there.
After several days of weed pulling, I have trash bags full of dandelions and a noticeable dent in the dandelions in the yard. The irony being, as you pull the darn things out, the wind blows the seeds all over, thus continuing the cycle. No wonder Rochester has so many dandelions, the wind factor is huge here.
So I said it was warm, it was, but for anyone who might wonder, or even mistake this as hot, I recall my 31 years in Florida. 80's are not hot when there is not the humidity and when there is a constant breeze. It's especially not hot when the kids are getting chilly from the cold sprinkler water and breeze, wanting towels when they aren't running.
It was so beautiful, warm, blue and breezy. I am so enjoying this weather and am really looking forward to the rest of spring and summer.
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