April has come & gone

Wow, what a busy month. It seems like the end of March was just here & now it's May. Time for May flowers! Hurrah!

I've been working a second part-time job (shore support for a cruise line) where I lugged luggage, took passengers to & from the airport or hotel, tied & untied the ship, got the gangway put out. It was fun but tiring. Let me tell you I have some buff arms from all that luggage! : > The last cruise was last Friday. I'll go back to my normal schedule until the end of September & then the cruise job will start again for 2 months. I made some money to put away for property taxes & will use the rest for tickets to see K & C in LA NEXT MONTH!

The City came & checked all our neighborhood sidewalks. I have to replace some small sections; even though sidewalks are considered city property we property owners have to pay. GRRRRR... That wasn't what I wanted to hear. But I did save over $300 by going with an outside contractor versus the city. I just called today & they are already sawcutting the sections out. Smash, boom, bam!

Ben & I went to the farmers market & bought tomatoes, a pepper plant, & soil for our garden. We also bought 2 organic basil plants for our herb garden from this adorable red-headed & freckled entrepreneur boy aged 10-12. : > He grows basil every year & sells them. I just planted those all today. Ben planted some flowers in our front yard yesterday. Suddenly I hate the yard a lot less!

Then tomorrow Ben & I go on a 2 day sailboat trip up the Columbia. That should be fun. I love being on the water & we'll be learning to sail too (continuing what we started last year).