Jamie, it all sounds good except for that bug you have. I'd go for some of those wonderful smelling hyacinths in a couple of months, but I forgot to buy any and when when I looked they had been replaced with other merchandise.
It's a nice day, temp reached 40 or more after starting at 12. I repotted/sprayed house plants. Had some of them sitting outside for an hour or so. Oops, one more, gotta run out and rescue it.
Ok, it's back inside. It was still sitting in the sun after being sprayed with Safer's Soap to kill the mealy bugs. A couple of jade plants got the treatment, too. I left those out in the greenhouse after spraying them outside. I do not like the smell of that spray and didn't want it in my kitchen. Planted some tulip bulbs in 6 different clusters in the flower bed in half frozen soil, potted up some sun chokes, and took cuttings of the gangly half dead ivy that hung in front of the bathroom window, then tossed the plant. Transplanted a varagated spider plant into that pot, washed the macrame hanger, and hung up the new plant. It looks much better. It's kinda small compared to the ivy, but was outgrowing the wide kitchen windowsill. Now I have no fear of the bathroom plant becoming restless and deciding to shower with me.
