It looks like a duck, walks like a duck ...

... so it must be a duck right?

So okay ... I'm going to let myself believe that spring has sprung based on the last three days of incredible weather. Once again, another day has dawned bright and sunny and warm. I am always amazed at how spring-time sun always seems like a new discovery after a harsh, cold, dim Canadian winter. Like the buds on the trees ... or the crocuses and other early spring shoots that I know are just under the surface of the gardens around me, just waiting to poke their heads out ... I can feel spring awakening within. And it's a glorious feeling ...

So it's March Break! Stefani's home and looking forward to playing with Jessica all week. So far the week looks promising with nothing major scheduled. For the sake of riding bicycles, skipping, hopscotch and drawing ginormous chalk designs on the road ... I hope her schedule remains open!

I've been up since 6:30 ... got a report done by 9 AM. Which leaves me some time this afternoon to give voice to some of my springtime urges ... as in cleaning. I LOVE spring cleaning ... it's like a ritual of renewal.

and so it goes ...

Been up since 7 AM ... Stefani's got her headshot photo shoot today ... I've got a Strategic Issues Report due by the end of the day (yup ... you read that right ... a Sunday deadline). The week's been busy with auditions, auditions, auditions ... and then I had to find time to do all the regular stuff ... like earn a paycheque, laundry, clean, cook, be a mother to other children, be a grandmother, be a wife ...

So heed my words of caution ... if your child wants to be a star ... a singer ... an actor ... an international soccer sensation ... understand going in that the whole family's focus shifts. And sometimes it can be disorienting as hell !

No more time ... I'm off to blow dry her hair, pack the outfits, stop at an ATM on my way downtown ...

... and so it goes ...