Showing posts with label Spring Break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Break. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Spring Fever


Finally, spring.

The pollen on my car tells me spring is here yet today I still have the heat on and a fleece hoodie.  But, it's coming.

We are on spring break this week from school; it is much needed.  Spring is the semester of standardized testing: ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE, EOC, ASVAB...it continues.  The kids are exhausted.  There is little time to actually have class, it seems.

For me, two days into spring break, it has been lovely.  We have seen three baseball games at the local college and last night we met friends for dinner and spent the evening listening to my favorite local band and good friends, The Sultans.  The Sultans includes 3/4 of the old Soulfish band and so I got to hear some of my favorite tunes last night while sipping a Dos Equis on the patio at the restaurant where they were playing.  It was fine.

Today I'm working on some things around the house and enjoying the down time.  It occurred to me that we haven't taken a little day trip in a while so I'm posting the last "Take a Trip..." list in case you are thinking of getting out of the house in the next few weeks.  If you live around this area you might consider some of these local day trips.  I'm planning a couple of  non-sightseeing trips to Natchitoches this week, but we may get out and do a day trip somewhere.  It's that time of year.

The SIGIS Take a Trip Series:
Take a Trip to the 2012 Defenders of Liberty Air Show at BAFB
Take a Springtime Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden, LA
Take a Trip to Logansport, Louisiana
Take a Trip to the Lock and Dam on Red River
Take a Trip to the 2012 Barkus and Meoux Parade
Take a Christmas Shopping Trip to Second Hand Rose in Minden
Take a Trip to the Fourth Annual Barksdale AFB Oktoberfest 
Take a Trip to Grand Cane's Fifth Annual Pioneer Trade Day
Take a Trip to the 2011 Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
Take an Autumn Trip to Jefferson, Texas
Take a Fall Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden
Take a Trip to the 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base
Take a Summertime Trip to Grand Cane
Take a Trip to Desoto Parish
Take a Summer Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden
Take a Trip to Natchitoches and Melrose Plantation 
Take a Trip to Ed Lester Farms and a Random Antique Stop
Take a Trip to the Norton Art Gallery and the Masters of Cuban Art Exhibit
Take a Trip to Natchitoches to See the Christmas Lights
Take a Trip to the Third Annual BAFB Oktoberfest 
Take a Trip to Natchitoches and Oakland Plantation
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Surviving Spring Break and Yard Work

Spring Break has been exhausting.   I had all these great plans for getting closets cleaned out and spring cleaning done but I've spent 2-1/2 full days working in the yard.  My backyard used to look fairly nice (pictured last summer pre-drought) but lately...well, it looks like hell.

 The drought last summer did a real number on my backyard and over the past few days I've cut out dead shrubs, cut back the English Ivy on my fence (a pollen nightmare, I'll tell you), weeded four large flower beds (the weeds survive even in drought), planted a few bedding plants, two azaleas, and replaced some doomed perennials.  I've spread ten bags of mulch, mowed the grass, edged, and have blown pollen tassels from the neighbor's oak tree off the driveway for three straight days.  I've just finished pruning the boxwoods, the nandinas and some dark green and yellow variegated bushes.  I've raked leaves and bagged all the trash.

There's not a muscle that doesn't ache right now.  I still have one more flower bed to weed and mulch but I'm going to hold off on that for a few days.  I also need to find someone in this town who sells sod and fill in some places.

Another day.  Right now, I'm exhausted!


Posted by at 1 comment:
Labels: ,

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

In Anticipation of Spring Break

Two more days until spring break!  My students have been busy working hard on research papers and are making good progress.  We've just spent two days in the computer lab drafting and typing papers.

I'm looking forward to resting and recharging my batteries for the last few weeks of school.

The Jeep we ordered at the beginning of February has finally arrived at the dealership and we're heading over to Minden to pick it up Saturday!  I've got an incredible amount of yard work to keep me busy next week, too.  After last summer's drought there is much to be replaced and replanted.

On top of all that good stuff, I've started reading Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and can't imagine why I've never read it before.  I've read Atlas Shrugged a few times but never The Fountainhead.  It's wonderful (so far)!

Louisiana's primary is Saturday; by all reports Rick Santorum is doing quite well in the polls down here.  In fact, Santorum will be back in town Friday for a rally at downtown's Holiday Inn at 1:15.  I'll still be at work, of course, but if Stacy McCain ventures this way on his Santorum trek I might head over and check it out.

Two more days...






Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , , ,

Friday, March 25, 2011

Spring Break Officially Begins!

And not a moment too soon!  It's a balmy 82 degrees here today and I'm ready to begin a long week of R & R!  Lest you think SIGIS will be sitting around doing nothing all week, think again.  We've got a little day trip scheduled for tomorrow, I have Mom duties Monday and Tuesday, carpets to steam clean, flower beds to clean and plant, a yard to mow, dogs to bathe and Friday we're headed to the Barksdale AFB 2nd Annual Crawfish Boil.  Stay tuned to see if I master the Electric Slide this year.  I'm notoriously uncoordinated so don't count on it.  And next Saturday we'll be headed to Minden to see what Milly Rose has acquired in her shop since our last visit in February! 

But for now, a Noble Pils and the sunshine is calling me. 
Posted by at 3 comments:
Labels: ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)