I'm Loving Spring!!!!

How great it is to see the return of green grass and fresh leaves forming on the trees! It is the end of a long, depressing Winter, and I am more than happy to see it go!! First thing I saw this morning as I looked out the window to my backyard was a very content squirrel, getting fatter by the minute as he cleaned out one of my birdfeeders! One of his fluffy co-horts was stationed on the ground, directly below the feeder, to catch any seeds that his buddy dropped. Meanwhile, the birds flew around, taking in the scene, and I am sure they'd have been flipping off those squirrels if it were at all possible for them to do so!!

My next "critter sighting" of the morning occured when I was loading up my dishwasher. I looked out the kitchen window, only to see one of the neighbors' cats staring in at me. I was so startled that I jumped, then laughed at how stupid it was of me to jump. My lazy cats remained sprawled out on the living room floor in their sunny spots, not at all concerned with defending their turf from invading cats. Ahhh, I love Spring!!!!! I feel my mood lifting a little more each day, and I am finding I have a little more energy the past few days. I don't know how long the energy thing will last, but I will take advantage of it while I can.

As all you music lovers know, Tuesday is new release day. I'm going to go a little "rogue" here and choose not one song of the day, but 16 of them! You may not know this (and why would you, aside from Kath!) but I love me some Beastie Boys! I have ever since I first heard "Fight For Your Right to Party" in the 80's, and their "Paul's Boutique" album remains one of my all-time favorites. Today, they released "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two", and I ran (okay, I drove, let's not get carried away here!) down to Target to purchase my copy (only $7.99 this week, by the way). Haven't listened to all of it yet, but I am still choosing "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two" as my album of the day! I feel like there should have been fanfare or at least a drumroll there, but just pretend I added some! This album was delayed a few years, as Adam Yauch (aka MCA) was diagnosed with and successfully fought cancer when they first started recording. I don't consider myself a rap fan overall, but I love these guys, the way they mix rock and rap....just hear it for yourself if you can!

The other new release that I am excited about is the new Sookie Stackhouse novel by Charlaine Harris, called "Dead Reckoning" For those that don't know, the Sookie Stackhouse series is the basis for one of my favorite TV shows. "True Blood" on HBO. Once a year, Charlaine Harris releases a new Sookie book, and I can't even tell you how much I look forward to it! I'm almost afraid to start reading the book when I get it, because that means I will be done with the book that much sooner and will have to wait another year for the next. I know it doesn't sound like it, but I really DO have a life! These books are just my once a year guilty pleasure, as is the series!

So, I think I should conclude here and go refill my birdfeeders. Before I do, I would just like to say: rot in Hell, Osama Bin Ladin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do we have the greatest military in the world, or what??? I'm so incredibly proud and grateful for the sacrifices these men and women make for us every single day. If you know any servicepeople or have any family members in the military, I want you to know that I think they (and you) rock!!