Pre-Ramble:  So, we just returned from a little Spring Break trip (quality time with the fam, ate lots of seafood, saw a couple gators); we’ve already had the daylight-savings-time “spring forward” event (and lost a perfectly good hour of sleep); the lovely sound of chirping birds has begun to fill the morning air; and the incessant sounds of dribbling basketballs, squeaking sneakers, and hollering husbands has begun to fill the family room (NCAA Basketball Finals, a.k.a., March Madness). 

In fact, the first official day of spring is signaled by the Vernal Equinox, a point at which the sun is directly above the equator. March 20th was the first day of spring for 2009. Somebody needs to tell that huge pile of hideously dirty snow at the end of our driveway.

The Take-Away:  Spring is most definitely here!  This explains the inexplicable urge I have to clean out closets and throw away all of my winter clothes — well, at least rotate in the light-weight turtlenecks.

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