Sunday, February 8, 2009

Firsts....

Could you feel it yesterday?

Spring is coming.....fast.

To celebrate and enjoy the warm weather, we spent as much time out as possible yesterday. We started with a long, leisurely lunch at Federals. Good thing we got there early because the patio was full by 12:30. Sophie and Jacqueline were very popular with our fellow patrons. After the afternoon nap and dinner, we played with Raven in the backyard. During our stroll, we saw our first crocus. We'll see how long it will take Raven to trample it. We finished our day on the front porch. Jacqueline and Sophie played in their exer-saucer and jumperoo. Mom and Dad enjoyed a beer in the rocking chairs. It was nice to chat with our neighbor Doug too.

We feel like we've been isolating ourselves, but we feel that way every year in late winter. Warmer weather means seeing friends and family out and about. So if the weather is nice, stroll by our house cause we should be on the porch. We'd love to chat.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Things I Have Learned #1

This installment is the first in a very occasional series of posts to describe interesting (or not interesting) facts, tidbits and similar items I have learned from family and friends. So, without further adieu......

This tidbit is courtesy of Nathaniel (aka Doc).

Did you know that filling your soda cup with 95% diet Pepsi and 5% Dr. Pepper (fully loaded, not diet) makes your drink taste like Dr. Pepper without all the calories? I do this whenever I'm at a self-serve soda fountain (like today at the RTI cafeteria) and diet Pepsi and Dr. Pepper are available. Delicious! Unfortunately, the trick does not seem to work as well with diet Coke.