Presidents Day, 2008

It's the extra day off this weekend, President's Day. We are having nice weather for the long weekend, very spring-like with temperatures hitting the low 60's. I saw a couple of purple and yellow crocuses peeking up through the ground. The first signs of spring! We're ready. That and the birds singing first thing in the morning. We're waiting for the birds to start fixing up the nests in our eaves pretty soon and start the mating ritual once again.

Tab and Tyf stopped over Saturday to say hello, pick up birth certificates so they can get passports for trip to Mexico a little later in the year. And to show off their smiles:

Please note that Tyfini no longer has braces! Unfortunately, that didn't happen until after senior pictures for her high school year book were taken. I guess those will show what she looked like for most of high school.

Later on Saturday, R and Gabby came for a visit too. (A busy weekend...) R goes to the doctor tomorrow for a final pre op visit. Take care of the final details for his surgery in three weeks. He had P change the dressing on his nephrostomy. I got a picture of his external plumbing this time:

Looks a little sore from taking the old bandage off
Now, hold still, this won't hurt a bit....

All set, ready for another week or so.

Other than having to be careful, no sudden movements or twists of the torso, no lifting anything of consequence, he is just fine. No fishing for a while either. We've had a lot of rain and the rivers have been a bit swollen, but this weekend, with the nice weather (no rain and a bit of sunshine) would have been perfect to take the boat out just to make sure it still works. My boss, Eric, is an avid fisherman also, was thinking of taking his boat out and seeing if the sturgeon were hungry. I'm sure I'll get a full report if he did.

Well, the sun is shining, the fog is starting to burn off. Time to start planning the day. I think a bit of yard work is in order: trimming some bushes, raking out the flower beds, just generally getting ready for warmer weather. Naturally, the forecast calls for rain the rest of the week.