Those first days of winter turning toward spring is a truly amazing feeling. And as I’ve said before, it’s awesome to feel promise instead of dread when the warmer seasons approach.

And the warmer temperatures certainly awaken the buggies. These damn ladybugs are EVERYWHERE right now…

And unlike their kinder, gentler ladybug cousins, these things can actually bite. Not hard or anything, but noticeable in a “huh, what the hell is that?” kind of way.

I’ve been taking the Dustbuster to them and vacuuming them up by the dozens since they smell terrible and leave an orange stain when squished.

Ah, farm living…

Also we had our first iPad casualty in quite a while on Friday.

We were told that she accidentally dropped it at school which caused the glass to break. Fortunately I learned my lesson last summer and purchased Apple Care on this.

So we invoked Operation Talker Doppleganger, and swapped this one out with the unbroken one that I keep on hand for such eventualities.

The replacement one actually arrived today, so we’ve got to run out to drop the shattered one off at FedEx so they’ll refund my $500 deposit.

On that note, see you tomorrow.

j.s.