Spring is in the Air

Even though fall is my favorite, I have to admit spring is a close runner-up. I will not complain at all of my first winter in the east as I really don't think it deserves any negative attention. Also in consideration of the completely miserable winter I missed in the west. I can't believe I missed it and they received such continual horrible weather. I hear there are great signs of spring there now and shortly all will forget this random winter mess.
What I was getting to was that there are already crocuses springing up from the earth. I am amazed as they have been buried for several weeks under snow and ice and yet they are still green. I guess they are smart and knew the temperture was on the rise.
I can't wait to start planting some flowers and other things. There is a flower bed out front as well as a whole backyard and hooks for baskets. This is a first for me so I may cheat and buy some of the tiny flowers already in their growing process rather then starting from scratch as I would rather have colour then find out I did something wrong. Learn from what actually lived and thrived. The front yard is a heat trap and even on the coldest day feels like fire went you walk out the front door when the sun is shining. The backyard is shade most of the day.
I have overheard from his convo with his parents last night that we are going to Home depot this weekend!!!! Finally!! Not that it is far away, just waiting for the weather to mostly commit to spring.
On another note we went into Richmond Hill area (or Markham??) last weekend. It was fantastic and must be known as Asia GTA as there were endless Sushi, Chinese and my fav Vietnamese restaurants. I enjoyed a fantastic Vietnamese lunch which definitely contended with the place back home. I felt like I was home in Vancouver as driving down the streets there were reminiscent. It is the first time I have felt deeply aware that I miss home. I love being here and if the opportunity came to move back tomorrow I don't think I would want to go. To me it isn't the same thing, to miss it and to want to be there. Now going for a visit for sure!

Birthday Meme

This is how it works:

1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday.
4) List two important birthdays and one death.
5) List one holiday or observance (if any).


Here are my birthday stats:

Events
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
1949 - The Dominion of Newfoundland joins Confederation and
becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
1994 - The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the
first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull

Birthdays
1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian fashion designer
(I went with one here as there were more interesting deaths)

Death
1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist
1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English author
1945 - Anne Frank, German-born diarist

Holiday
César Chávez Day - official holiday in five states and many cities across the U.S.

Now it's your turn, blog readers, to do this same meme and post the results on your blog!

Meme

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:43am (M-F) early for someone who doesn't work

2. Diamonds or Pearls? pearls

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Blood Diamonds

4. What is your favourite TV show? LOST, ANTM, CSI, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace

5. What did you eat for breakfast? Coffee and honey & cinnamon toast

6. What foods do you dislike? mushy green beans

7. Your favourite potato chip? Tandoori Doritos, homemade yam/sweet potatoes baked

8. What is your favourite CD at the moment? Norah Jones - Not too Late

9. What kind of car do you drive? I don't currently own a vehicle however am driven around in a white VW Jetta

10. Favourite sandwich? A really good BLT with crispy bacon.

11. What characteristics do you despise? horrible customer service reps

12. What are your favorite clothes? Fidelity jeans & RW anything

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Italy, the rest of Europe and the Caribbean

14. What color is your bathroom? Ecru, no choice it came like that, accented with dark blue and golden yellow accessories

15. Favourite brand of clothing? RW & Co.

16. Favourite time of day? Midday

17. Where would you want to retire to? I will have to think about this

18. Favorite sport to watch? Ice skating

19. Coke or Pepsi? neither

20. Are you a morning person or night owl? morning

21. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?

22. What did you want to be when you grew up? child psychologist, author

23. What is your best childhood memory? Disney world with our exchange student

24. Nicknames? Fred, Curly

25. Piercings? ears only

26. Eye Color? blue

27. Favorite day of the week? Tuesday

28. Favorite restaurant? I miss Tang's and the Vietnamese on 10th

29. Favorite ice cream? not much of an ice cream person, chocolate brownie explosion

30. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? J.Crew

31. Bedtime? I hope for 10pm, but ends up being closer to 9pm.

32. What are you listening to right now? Rachel Ray's obnoxious voice

33. How many tattoos do you have? I have been saying for 10yrs that I want one

34. Next film you'll see? The Illusionist or The Queen