Happy May!

Happy May! I woke up this morning to rain that quickly turned into snow (yay). However, that doesn't dampen anyone's feeling overmuch in this house. No matter what the season is, Boy2 loves the snow. Where I get excited over snow in the fall and early winter, like most people, past the middle of February I'm just done with winter. I know the moisture is needed, but I would much rather have the rain right now than the snow.

But, despite the appearance of winter outside, there has been a flurry of spring cleaning in the house today. Hubby is getting a little antsy from no longer being a student (he just completed nine consecutive years of post secondary education! Congrats, Sweetie!) and not having a job yet. So to be productive he cleaned, organized, and moved around the basement this afternoon. I must say that the change is incredible. The desktop computer is back downstairs with recycling and empty boxes under the stairs, full boxes in one corner, laundry in another, and the TV by the computer. All swept and organized.

One of the reasons for the change today is that we have family coming up tomorrow. The spare room is now back to being just a spare room, and there's the futon downstairs for extra sleeping space. And we'll need all of it tomorrow night. For more than a month now, the Boy has been counting sleeps until Poppa comes out for a visit. Hubby's dad is going to brave the prairie weather to come out for the graduation and convocation services this week. We haven't seen him since the July long weekend last year, so we're really looking forward to the visit.

There is also the added pleasure of putting my oldest sister and her family up for the night tomorrow night. They are en route to Ontario to do some visiting anf family history with my dad's side of the family and are taking the train out on Thursday morning bright and early. The train is leaving out of Saskatoon, so they decided to come out for a brief visit and then leave. We'll have them again for the night when the train comes back in a couple of weeks. The boys are looking forward to seeing more of their cousins, though. Even if they are all girls.

So it'll be a fun, full week.