How many topics can I cram into one post?

Starting next Monday morning, I’m going to herding a passel of 5-yr-olds through four days of VBS/Music Camp. Yes, it’s entirely possible that this could be disastrous… Bobby laughs manically every time I mention it, which is doing nothing for my self-confidence. I’m looking forward to it though — it’s the first thing I’ve been [...]

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what’s working & what’s not

In recent weeks, my blog has been getting hammered by people looking for gardening info. I feel badly for them… although I’m very glad to have them visit, I’m fairly positive that they’re not finding what they’re looking for here. My gardening efforts are sadly inadequate compared to all the “real” gardeners out there.
But while [...]

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yard therapy

What to do when I’m feeling down? Why, yard work, of course! I stopped counting on my 12th wheelbarrow trip to the road…

Six hours later, I was grimy from head to toe and aching all over, but quite happy with the leaflessness of my yard. Started limping toward the shower when the seldom-used hammock caught [...]

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Update on the little garden

The little garden is thriving… there’s really very few things that make me happier than digging around in my yard dirt. This is the garden as of yesterday:

The tomatoes, zucchini squash, & banana peppers are doing quite nicely. The bell peppers seem to be struggling, however — the leaves are holey, and it appears that [...]

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The One Where I Talk About My Garden

Friday night, the Anderson Soiree in historic downtown. Twas great fun –beautiful weather, live music, happy people, and pulled pork & beer on the sidewalk. I really love living near downtown… told Bobby the other day that if we ever move, it’ll be no farther than one street over, on what’s known as Boulevard. He [...]

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The Great Garden Debate

After prying myself away from the laptop yesterday, I headed into the great outdoors to begin Project Garden. My dad, in a rare show of fatherly involvement, hauled his tiller over this past Saturday and tilled a patch of earth for me. Last year’s garden was relatively small (about 9ft wide x 5ft long).  Since [...]

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derailed

This is me:

Took me a while to find a visual aid where no one died, because that would just be disrespectful.
I’ve been drinking the haterade for the last couple of weeks. There was the pregnancy announcement which, although I couldn’t share initially, I kinda started working through. And THEN it went public, and I got [...]

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Spring has sprung!

Today, I’ve been sitting on the front porch swing and reading a book. Productive? Not so much. Relaxing? You betcha. These first few days of spring really feel like a lovely little surprise — I mean, I knew spring was coming, but I always forget how nice it is to walk outdoors and be greeted [...]

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I got off the couch

After two days of marinating in misery, I’ve actually done something today!! Sort of started on 4 of my 15 items, to be exact.

Called and made an appt with Lisa for some hair therapy tomorrow at 2:30pm. Scheduled a cut and color, so I can get rid of the last of my highlights.

Took my maternity [...]

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And on a personal note…

Whew.
Maggie’s party was much easier once I just put my mind in neutral. I mean, really, could we PLEASE have a few more blonde, beautiful children running about?! There were a few dizzy spells, but no cramping, no nausea. One of Jennifer’s friends was pregnant to the point of exploding, and Amy, Tom’s sister, [...]

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