YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING WHEN......

This morning I went out my front door and was greeted by a bunch of little chirps. The nest that we try to get rid of every year but always returns, has little babies!!! That to me, is the sound of SPRING!

A CHANGE OF PLANS.....

Yesterday PJ and I went for a walk on the boardwalk. It was soooo windy that we decided that

we would change our plans and go for our walk at Planting Fields Arboretum. While driving there, I told PJ about a Food Network special I saw Saturday night where it mentioned Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, CT. I had heard that it was a great store and it looked pretty cool on tv. PJ said "Let's go"! So off we went! It was exactly one hour from home. The parking lot was packed! It was nothing like I had expected. Supposedly it's huge but it was hard to tell because they have you going in and out of areas (like Ikea) instead of straight isles. I was NOT impressed. I thought the prices were VERY high, it was too crowded and the shoppers were annoying. You couldn't stop to look at anything without someone on your tail giving 'the look'. They had some free samples. Their tangerine juice was great but if I remember correctly, it was $10 or $14 per quart!! We ended up buying some things but mostly to see what everyone raves about. One thing that was very good is their rice cakes and sun dried tomato Hummus. I'm not a Hummus kind of person but this was really good. Their rice cakes aren't like Quaker ones either.

They have a machine where you can see them packaging the milk. That was neat.

We decided to stop at United House Wreckers on the way home. We had started going there in the '70's while we were dating.

It was the coolest place. It had TONS of salvage items from mansions all over the world. Stained glass, mantels, yankee stadium seats... everything and anything. Times have changed. Now there's a lot of reproduction items but they still had a lot of what we like... the junk!

Soooo RELAXING

This morning I went for a 4 mile walk at Jones Beach. It was a perfect day with not a cloud in the sky. The only people that were there were walkers. I love looking at the beach when it's empty! Soooo PEACEFUL. Now I have blisters on my foot!!!

PLATTSBURGH/LAKE PLACID

We went up to Plattsburgh this past weekend to bring some of alyssa's 'stuff' home. On the way up, we decided to take a scenic road and visit Lake Placid. There were so many birch trees... something we hardly see on Long Island anymore! As we made our way into the town, my first thought was YUCK! Then we made a left! What an adorable town! It was full of cute shops, lots of antiques etc. The scenery surrounding Mirror Lake was just beautiful. We got to see the Olympic ski jump, bobsled, ice rink and speed skating rink.

We didn't get to do anything with Alyssa except go out to eat and take in the cold, rainy and snowy days. She had meetings and also had to work. That's what we get for a spur of the moment trip!

P.J. BRIGHTENS OUR WORLD

The Easter Lily that PJ grew has finally opened. The dining room smells great! Sometimes we take it for granted that he brings us his seasonal plants for us to enjoy. This plant is 31" tall and 29" wide so it's a whopper!

Enjoy!