My Ducks are Back!

Every spring I have a pair of ducks that comes to visit.  They love my swimming pool.  The two of them come and hang out for 2-3 weeks, swimming around like they own the place.  They are so cute.  Then they take off and I won't see them again until the following spring.  Isn't that the funniest thing?  I always look forward to seeing them.....

This afternoon Chablis and I were out on the back deck enjoying the still,unseasonably warm temperatures.  It was in the high 70's today.  Ok, I admit it, we had our bathing suits on again.  I was also sporting my Sanibel Island Shellabration Hat that my friend Traci sent me from the Shell Fair last week and day dreaming about Sanibel.

Spring has really arrived early this year.  My lilac bushes are already beginning to bud....

And my perennials are coming up...

I spent some time raking off flower beds and then headed inside where I spent over 2 hours cleaning my bedroom.  I think I must have sun stroke, because who spends 2 hours cleaning one room?  I washed down and dusted everything.  I mean the good dusting too - the kind where I actually pick stuff up and move it (mother).  Like dust the entire surface of the dresser, dust the item I moved and then put everything back.  My usual dusting method involves a dust rag sprayed with lemon pledge and I sort of flick my rag around everything.  I am a very good surface cleaner.   My mom has been known to, on occasion, write Dust Me across surfaces in my house.  I moved all the cd's and dvd's off the shelves and cleaned the shelves.  I went through all my books.  I unhooked the broken dvd player and hooked up a new one.  I unscrewed the light fixtures and washed them along with all my Precious Moments statues.   I even vacumned the entire room.

When I told my husband I was cleaning our bedroom, I'm sure he was picturing this....

When in reality, I was thinking "I hate this" and I really look like this....

Except that I was still in my bathing suit but I'll spare everyone the image of that!  Believe me, you will thank me!

One thing I did enjoy doing though was setting up the little cascading waterfall my daughter bought me.  I filled it with water, pretty stones and some shells from Sanibel Island.

It sounds really nice and relaxing.  Isn't it cute?  I can't wait to go to bed tonight and listen to it.  Although I'm sure my husband will still be picturing this.....