Hey! We got an extra day this year, and in Iowa, anyway, it was pretty nice out. It was also a pay day for me. So many great things. Normally, I would think of all the things I want to do on an extra day, but this Leap Year we were asked to help my daughter move in with her boyfriend to a new small town about 40 minutes from where we live.
She didn't have much to move and she and her boyfriend were super organized about it (that's how you know it was my oldest daughter, and not my youngest). Anyway, it only took one trip, and then we spent the rest of the day going out for lunch and wandering around the adorable little town she moved to. There are all kinds of little antique and specialty shops and a lovely town square. We also got to check out her boyfriend's house. He owns a nice 3 bedroom house with a fenced in yard. Of course, the best part about all of this was that we finally got to meet his two dogs. He has a Husky and a German Shepard, and they are the sweetest pooches you ever want to meet.
We didn't get home until 4'ish o'clock, which meant we didn't have time to get a bike ride in, but it was a lovely day with The Oldest and her boyfriend, and I thought it was a great way to spend an extra day at the end of February.
Sunday, was a different deal altogether. It got up to 65 degrees on the first day of March, and that almost NEVER happens in Iowa.
We did a bike ride with a few of our friends. We went to Kalona for brunch and back.
The roads were perfect, the weather was unbelievable, and the company was goofy and fun.
When we were close to Iowa a City, a friend of ours suggested that we take the bike path around Sand Lake. It was insane. There were so many people and dogs walking and riding and sitting on benches. At one point we had to almost stop because there was a dog jam - a group of people with dogs stopped while the dogs sniffed each others' butts.
Since we were going to pass right by it anyway, we decided to stop at Big Grove and get a beer. It was also packed with almost more dogs than people. There were people eating and drinking by fires, playing ping pong at the tables out on the grass, and the kids were climbing all over the big concrete pipes and tire piles. It is such a nice set-up there.
We finally got it together and pulled ourselves away from the fun, and headed home. I made tostadas for dinner and John and I watch "Terminator 2" before we fell asleep. If that was a preview of what our Spring and Summer will be like, I'm excited.
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