Spring!

The Singer is home for Spring Break.  The weather is gorgeous (80 today and high 70s and low 80s the rest of the week).  The only drawback to the weather is not enough rain recently and I'm trying to get my garden going. My broccoli is harvested.  It hit 80 last week and they started to flower.  80 is a no-no for broccoli.  I'll have to plant earlier next year!  My leaf lettuce is producing, 'Got small peppers on my pepper plants.  The cukes are transplanted to the garden.  Bean seeds are sown.  Onions are transplanted.  Herb garden doing great.  Roses have buds.  But I hate watering by hand.  Just rain already!  Focusing in on my garden is my attempt to forget the layer of yellowish-green oak pollen that is coating everything!  
Allergies are in full swing for the whole family.  I've actually slept out on our couch (very comfortable, btw) to sleep without Hubby's snoring.  No fault of his.  He's taking his allergy meds and sleeps on 2 pillow to help keep his head elevated, but it's allergy season.  Once I fall asleep, rarely is his snoring so loud that it wakes me, but if I'm having a hard time falling asleep...even the just noisy breathing keeps me from sleeping.  On those nights it's just easier to let Hubby fall asleep and then for me to move to the couch.  It's not often, but for years I would suffer through hours of sleeplessness thinking it wasn't good for a wife to sleep elsewhere from her husband.  But after 26 years, he knows I'm not avoiding him, and I'm able to demonstrate my love for much easier if I've actually slept.
The Imp is thrilled to have the Singer home.  Not so thrilled that she has to still go to school every day while the Singer sleeps in and goes to the beach.  But every night we're eating together, doing dishes and then gathering around the Wii and playing Mario.  It's a blast.  The four of us all tripping over each other (in the game) and yelling and screaming when we 'die' and cheering when we complete a level.  We are pretty geeky.  
Speaking of geekiness.  The other day the Imp was saying how it was obvious that Hubby was a geeky about computers and that I was geeky about history/geography/teaching but that she really wasn't geeky.  Hubby just laughed and said..."Shoes!"  She couldn't say much to that.  Dinner has been lots of fun.
I'm having so much fun teaching economics to my home school group.  I'm having them complete a Personal Budget Project.  They had to draw a career, with appropriate starting salary, a family, and then had to determine taxes, figure their monthly take-home pay, and now have had to find a car, an apartment, budget for gas, car insurance, cable, groceries, etc.  Then every few weeks they draw a "Life Happens" card.  Things like "Your car needs an oil change."  or "You got a speeding ticket"  or "It's your child's birthday, plan and budget a party and gifts" or "Your favorite band is in town."  It fun to hear their comments.  Even those who are married only have one income (for simplicity's sake).  So one girl said, "Do I have to take my husband to the concert if I go?  He doesn't even work!  And I have to take care of him!"  This from a girl whose mom is a stay-at-home mom.  I said "Does your dad take your mom out?"  It's just too funny.  The parents are very happy with the project.  It's generated much discussion in the homes.  This is what I love about teaching.
My crochet group is making baby afghans for the Pregnancy Center.  I'm having fun.