Hard to believe April is nearly gone......

Since moving to sunny Florida we've spent more time than ever outdoors!  We walk, ride bikes and love the beach.  We have stand-up paddle boards that we use weekly.  Most days I don't really think about what month it is....unlike when we lived in Northern Virginia and it was usually chilly right through Memorial Day sometimes!  We've had a very mild winter (no winter) here.  I can count on one hand the number of days that the temperature dropped below 70 degrees!  It's just felt like one long nice day :)

All of a sudden today I realized that it is the 25th of April.  Really?  April literally disappeared before my eyes!  Was it all of the company we had?  Was it the warm weather and the business of finishing the last of our home remodel?  I am not sure where it went - but it's almost gone until next year.  Wow!!

My sister reminded me today, as we walked along the beach, that my BIRTHDAY is next week!!! Yikes.   NEXT week....are you sure????  Yup...next Wednesday will be May 2, 2012 and I will turn 53.  It doesn't bother me in the least!!  I am one of those people who realizes that we get another year older each year whether we like it or not!  I EMBRACE each new year!  Heck...I embrace each new day.  I love the life I live.  Good days and bad days - I love them all.  I may not "love" the bad days when I'm in them....but I can generally look back on them and know that whatever happened was supposed to happen that way.  I don't have to know why....I just have to trust God.  He is in the drivers seat!!

We are headed to Texas the week after next.  We are both excited.  We'll visit Dallas and Austin.  I have not been to Texas since I was a kid and my grandfather lived in Amarillo.  Neither one of us has ever been to Dallas/Ft. Worth area or Austin so we are looking forward to the adventure!  One of the airlines was offering a sale a couple of months ago and we ended up BOTH going for under $180 - yes that is round trip for TWO people.  How could we pass that up?  We couldn't!!  I'll be sure to tell ya'll about our adventure and post some pictures upon our return.

For now, enjoy these last days of April.  Embrace May and all she has to offer.  Toodles.........Cherie