Positively Tuesday- Real Spring??

   

  The calendar says spring is here. Dirty mounds of snow say "You live in Minnesota and be prepared for a dumping of snow anytime until May!" Still, chilly but sunny on the weekend had me at least walking with a pardon the pun, spring in my step! Weather aside, my world is OK and I wish it was so everywhere. Here's my count of 10 things that brought me joy, simple pleasures, or a smile since my last Positively Tuesday post.

1. I'll start with my daughters concert. I'll add that I had a pleasant catch-up with my MIL who I haven't seen for several weeks. 
2. We also got a nice talk in at intermission with the parents of one of our daughter's friends. They met their first week freshmen year and have been close since. We live a good hour from her parents, but have enjoyed seeing them at the choir events.
3. DH, DD1, and I had a Friday movie night- enjoyed the Adam Project on Netflix.
4. Spent a nice Saturday morning with my daughter getting all the errands run. It was nice to have shopping company with someone who wouldn't load my cart with items we didn't need.
5. I took pup for a short walk Saturday and a long walk Sunday by the river. The sun welcomed spring and he sure got his dog friend fix and I came home exhausted. But later, one of the mom friends texted to meet up for a walk, so I went again- followed by Happy Hour cheap beers downtown. It was a good Sunday. When we got back to cars, my daughter had just parked as she was going for another walk by the river. 
6. DH and I went to a newish Mexican restaurant in town. Food was delicious and plenty, with my leftovers taken home.
7. I treated DH to blueberry pancakes Sunday morning. He was pleased which made me smile. He devoured a stack of four! I even made a couple extras he had Monday with yogurt, so double happy husband. He absolutely loves blueberries.
8. I spent just 30 minutes, don't judge, getting the Christmas wreath dismantled, and finally thrown, then cleaned the porch. Yes, the lights and garland came down two months ago, but the wreath was still tied to the railing not thought about. I save the ribbon and pretty pinecones to add to the garland the following years.
9. Enjoyed bookclub Monday night. The book, The House on Tradd Street was kind of mediocre though, mostly because the main character wasn't very relatable an immature for her supposed age and career. 
10. I squeezed in a daytime walk with pup, and then another when I logged off. This will be my strategy on any warmish days.

I took a bunch of river picks. Seeing the first boats out made me smile but I bet the spray was icy cold! Here's hoping your day is a Positively Tuesday.

Still quite a bit of unmelted snow.
I skipped taking pictures of the huge
mounds of dirty snow.

First speed boat on river 

And first pontoon.

Pup found a new friend.

Big boats still on dry land but in
 another eight weeks or so, they'll go in.