Months pass and now I take the heat for granted. We have the damn thing cranked up to 71 so when we go to a normal person's house we think it's cold. It's pretty funny.

With the warm weather this weekend I started to work on the jungle/backyard. There are rose TREES back there that have not been clipped for at least 5 years. I battled the throns and took a few hits but in the end I won. The bushes are trimmed up tight and ready for some blooming this spring and summer.

Speaking of roses, when Rob was a child a neighbor had a rose bush that smelled like juicy fruit gum. I have to find those roses, I want my backyard to smell like juicy fruit!