April...already?

It's been a busy spring, but I'm thankful for being healthy and happy.

My niece and nephew are college planning. That's been fun to participate in with the family. Chris and I are the only college grads in the immediate family, so we've tried to help out where we can. We did a college tour a few weeks ago with ny niece. She really wants to go there and now has a goal in front of her. Hopefully it helps her current grades. Her math classes are killing her.

We moved the garden closer to the house due to making use of rain barrels and a tomato leaf spot (not the same as blight) epidemic. It required a major soil-improvement project and it was nice that Chris was really interested in being part of that. We used a coconut husk product instead of peat, as peat is not easily renewable and bogs are being stripped, but it took some searching to find it. My purple fingerling potatoes and asaparagus arrived from Gurney's yesterday, so I'll plant those this week. Apple blossoms have already sprung, so we need to also get some frost protection ready, as there are frost warnings tomorrow-the weekend.

My birthday is on Friday and I need to figure out what I want to do. I'm not being a party pooper, I just don't know what sounds fun. It will probably be a "day of" decision.

We got a new couch today. I always hated that our leather couch with two end recliners is not a "snuggle couch." So we got a microfiber and leather combo couch with a chaise at one end. Of course, our living room is now going to be stuffed to the gills because we aren't springing for two new recliners as the other seating in the room. We are keeping the old couch for at least a year. Chris called and said the cats are enjoying the new couch. Loki realized he can get behind the rear cushions (he's a burrower) and Bartleby treats the chaise as his personal throne. He's happy he can stretch his big body out. Ali has thus far ignored it.

Hope you are all well, my friends!