Spring is in the air-- January????

Today was freakishly warm- AGAIN!  This would be ok- if it was like March.  It's January.  We haven't even had winter yet!  So these warm days mean- time outside doing 'pre-spring' stuff- meaning.... stuff that was never finished in the fall.  This means the never ending raking of the leaves.  I raked and hauled wheelbarrow- after wheelbarrow full of leaves into the woods for 3 hours.  I have  a big pull car for the mower- but it wouldn't start:( It needs to be 'jumped' and it needs service- oil change, etc...   No- i do not know how to 'jump' a vehicle.  I'm really dumb in that department.  Plus- it's pulled into the barn straight-forward, so it would require me to push it out.  There are some jobs I'm not ashamed  to 'hand-over' to the husband.  Getting the John Deere started will be one of them. 

The above is a picture of the old work-shop in the top of our barn.  The barn needs desperate help!  I need desperate money!  Raking  in front of it today- then every time I'd 'wheel' past it, I would look, survey,think, wonder, dream, convince myself- It Can Be Done!  Larry and I will have to restore this barn- alone and together.  We don't have the finances to hire people.  We don't really have the finances to do it ourselves.  We'll just have to do it a bit at a time. We've all ready have thought about it-- in steps.  What needs to be done now to preserve it before any more damage occurs.  I guess we'll just have be patient - something I'm not very good at...at all.

This past weekend I went with 2 girlfriends, 3 kids and 3 teenagers to see Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus in Atlantic City.  It was fun:)  It was a first concert for my youngest- which yeah-- duh- she's 9! She was beyond excited!  It was fun watching the teenagers- because they were bopping , singing, dancing, having fun!  A bit different than how they act than say---seeing Cobra Starship.  They had fun:)  

On Sunday- My sisters and I took Mom to see Rent.  Part of her Christmas gift.  I'm never sure how these events are 'gifts'.  We've done: Singing in the Rain- in Atlantic City.  Barry Manilow- at the Garden. And I'm sure a bunch of other events that I've blocked out.  These events are not 'gifts'. They are hell.  In the end it's always about THE FOOD.  Whatever place I suggest- my younger sister is like:  I'm not eating there!  blah, blah- and all this other crap.  The inner me wants to naturally- punch her in the face.  The grown-up me, thinks of another place and grunts. The last outing [December] we had a bit of a blow in a restaurant, after a holiday house tour.  It got so ugly- she told me, 'Shut Up'!!!  I calmly said [okay, maybe a bit loud] "Fuck You!" Well--- talk about 2 teenagers almost pissing their pants!  That would have been my daughter and my niece.  They enjoyed the show- the table next to us were fearful of our mental state.  There's always an issue when you get us all together. Hopefully no more sisters/mom outings for a while-  at least until Spring.  As for Rent- it was 'ok'.  Just ok.  I mean, I thought the actors were great- their voices amazing! I just wasn't thrilled with the whole story. It's kind of like how The Real World represents every ethnic group, sexual preference, and problem facing society.  The story made sure it had all of that.  It was annoying!  yeah- I complain a lot.  Can't help it.