Seasons change

Boy have my seasons changed. I would like to start off by saying that I am not at all opposed to the rain or Winter. I love rainy days. I love to stay home and light a fire and drink wine and read a book and drink wine (oh... I said that). But by the time my birthday hit, it had not stopped raining for two whole months. Granted, most people were saying that this has been the worst Winter in decades but, did it have to happen now? To me? I mean really.

Thing's can only look up from here, right? On the positive side of my birthday, I just happened to receive a birthday card from my Tia Nina on the 21st; wow..... She's good. If she had planned that (which she said she didn't) it would never have arrived in time.

Holming was an absolute angel (after I put aside the spider thing for one day). He made this lovely home-cooked meal for me. It was a whole red snapper over chopped leeks & lemons, with green-lipped mussles and cherry tomatoes. I'm sure I have forgotten one of the ingredients, but I'm not supposed to know his recipe anyway. It was amazing!

Now, despite the fact that at this point our container of furniture still hadn't arrived and I was still sleeping on an air mattress during the time of this photo, I think I look pretty happy. Good food, good wine and good company. Thanks Honey!

Of note- the table we were eating on was lent to us by my sister-in-law's parents. They are so good to us. I will chat more about them later.

So, back to my birthday...Holming took me to a bike store and we picked out a road bike for me. It just happened to be made by a company out of Marin County, in the Bay Area. I was really inspired to have one less car on the road and to not drive my car as much. The only problem was that I didn't get to play with my new toy until 2 months after my birthday, when the rain stopped. Well, the rain never stops here. It just gives us a break for a day or two.