three things thursday - the happy spring edition

Happy spring! In our neck of the woods, we celebrated spring by cleaning up about a foot of snow. I'd complain, but I'm holding out hope that it was the last big snow storm of the year so I'm smiling through the snow :)

Without further ado - three things for the happy spring edition:

Thing 1 - Speaking of the storm, I'm so very glad this is not our car and that I didn't have to dig this out:

back middle - i'm so sorry you have to dig out all that snow

Thing 2 - Since it is spring, Jordan's winter beard is gone. But obviously, it had to be a multi-stage, multi-day event. First it was the Irish Policeman for St. Patrick's day and then some sort of cowboy-stache after that. We decided that his first look was very Liev Schriber in X-Men the first time, so had to find a movie character for look two. Warning - you're going to wish you were me and were married to him once you see the facial hair...

Thing 3 - My running allergy is still going strong. I'm still getting itchy hives when I run and they are especially bad when I run fast/hard. I came home from my tempo run last week (the sidewalks were so clear...hopefully they clear up again soon so that I can do some more faster running) and the hives were the worst they had been in months. I really do think it has something to do with effort. Though when I am working hard at the gym, it doesn't happen...so it is definitely something about the running. The good news is, it is just the itchy hives and nothing respiratory.

Happy Thursday and Happy Spring!  What sign of spring are you most looking forward to as something that means it is actually spring?