Oh wow, we had a beautiful day today. It got up to 39 DEGREES!!!!! Everyone was running around in t-shirts. It was as balmy as a tropical day in paradise. After the rough and tough winter we have been enduring, it is a gift. We haven't see these temps since early November (thank you, God).

Being so nice out, I was looking at the balcony we have outside that overlooks the lake. Drip, drip, drip. Hmm...this got me thinking.

We have been unable to access the balcony for a few months now since we couldn't even open the door anymore due to the massive amounts of snow we have had this season. The door has been blocked with ice. I had a pretty good idea though that I could maybe get out there and gave it a try. Sure enough, it worked so I grabbed my shovel and went at it. I had tried it last week but dh thought I was going to break our glass door trying to open it so I gave up.

But imagine my surprise when as I was shoveling away, I uncovered:

*my missing crockpot that I have been looking for since the week after Thanksgiving

*a batch of ground cherry freezer jam

*a bag of meatballs that dh tried and didn't like and stashed out there

and

*a cookie sheet with FIVE BIG LOAVES of Lemon Poppyseed Bread in ziploc bags on it that I had made for Christmas gifts and forgot all about

Good grief.

Sere