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That's how I feel right now - BLAH!  I need to do some BLAH-BING too:) 

Its finally starting to get warmer - 40*s during the day, 20*s at night.  Yes, I am grateful for that, but its quickly showing me how LONG mud season is going to be this year!  We've gotten way more snow than any year I can remember (4ft outside my door, instead of the usual 2ft), which means it will take much longer for it all to melt. 

In case you've never experienced a 'mud season', let me give you some insight...Instead of the beautiful mounds of white snow all around, it turns into a brown, slushy mess - leaving mud puddles everywhere during the day, then it all freezes again at night! 

On top of that, all the piled up dog poo that owners didn't clean up during the winter, starts thawing out, leaving a lovely aroma that I'll leave to your imagination! 

Also, this year is quite a different story than last - with Elsie Anne!  Now that she is obsessed with the outdoors, its going to be VERY hard keeping her out of this nastyness!  Just this week we went to River Walk Park and she spent more time splashing in the puddles, than she did playing in the snow.  She came home with soaken wet snow pants & jacket - she's lucky we invested in a good pair of snow boots, that kept her feet dry & warm!! 

I guess all my venting leads me to realize that I'll have to get creative w/ our outdoor play, so that I'm not constantly cleaning mud off my Little Love:) 

Oh, how I long for Florida right now.  It is on my mind constantly!  We've got to find a J-O-B for Shawn so we can MOVE!!

On a lighter note:

• I'm really looking forward to this weekend...we have absolutely NO PLANS AT ALL!!  Just fun family time on our own whim:)
• Elsie Anne is COMPLETELY POTTY TRAINED!!  She wears a 'pull-up' at night since she sleeps 12hrs & can't hold it for that long yet.  But, she had no 'mishaps' during the day this week:)  We are so proud of her & her amazing success!
• My Momma comes in a week - for a week!

Thanks for listening to my BLAHB - sometimes I've just got to spill it!!  AAAAH, I feel better now:)