By Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Mar 29, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Like many of my neighbors, I tried to maximize my outdoor activity this weekend. It was rough, considering the slate of exciting basketball games on the TV, but I managed to run a bunch of errands, walk the dog and rake a few flower beds and even cook some hamburgers on the backyard grill, all while wearing a light jacket.

At some point during the festivities, I spotted a gas can in the garage and wondered -- is it time to winterize that snowblower?

There is an unwritten rule in baseball that you don't talk about a no-hitter in the dugout. It's supposed to be a jinx.

Would it anger the weather gods if I ran a little gas through the snowblower and put it away? We all remember monstrous snowstorms hitting in April -- often around the time of the Brewers' home opener.

At the risk of putting a hex on us, spring is off to a pleasant start in these parts. We've had a pleasant March and the forecast for later this week looks amazing.

Still, I'm reluctant to tempt fate. Anybody else nervous that winter isn't quite over?

Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.