Goings on

Bought a treadmill that needs to get moved upstairs. Bought a big air conditioner for the bedroom so the aforementioned treadmill can actually be used in the summer (and so that we don't melt...) which needs to be moved upstairs. Are you seeing the trend here?

Planted two of the garden beds finally and I have the sunburn to prove it :o( The dumb bunnies ate half of the peas and most of the spinach. I tore out the peas to plant tomatoes but the spinach is rebounding. Tomorrow I want to find some eggplant seedlings (which the dumb bunnies also ate - before I even got them in the ground!) and plant the sage that I bought today. I also have some jalapeno peppers that I'm going to plant in pots on the upstairs deck - it gets so hot that they did great the first year when I grew them up there. Last year I planted them in the garden and got 3 whole teeny peppers.

We spent Saturday installing 900 feet of radio fence wire for the dogs. We haven't tried using the collars on them yet but I suspect Shadow is going to need the "Stubborn Dog" collar. I accidently shocked myself with the regular collar and I doubt he would even be annoyed by it.

The Boy will be playing in the baseball All-Star game next weekend (he's *slightly* excited about that) and both he and Younger Daughter got signed up for soccer which starts in July (ugh!).

Only 3 more half days of school left. Pray that I don't go insane before August 28th...

Oh, and I'm playing around with HTML...

Awwwwww!

My studly husband

Here he is showing off one of his many talents - catching quarters off his elbow. He's such a Potsie [bonus points if you get that reference!].

Fortunately I am not related by blood to this lady...

A children's trowel is not the choice that I would make for moving 6 cubic yards of topsoil. But to each his own....

Tonight

The Two-hour LOST finale starts at 9pm AND we have no ballgames to get to. Woohoo!

Quick! Get me a padlock!

Report Card Time!

The kids will be getting their report cards on the last day of school which is (gulp!) June 2nd!

But guess who recently flunked out of Seeing Eye Dog School? Wilma! So we have yet another addition to our Menagerie (and we have reached animal saturation!).


The Husband and his sister went to get her yesterday and last night we let her up on the bed with the other two dogs. Now she thinks she owns it and doesn't wait for an invitation. She woke me up this morning by sitting on my head (she thinks she's a lap dog...and a head dog).

Everybody is getting along just fine. Willy and Neo really like each other but Willy is a little too exhuberant for a 2 lb. bunny so until she calms down a little she stays on a leash when Neo is out of his cage.

Anyone want to come over and help install radio fence wire???




Does anyone else see the resemblance?

Trees

I got the fruit trees planted - they're the spindly little things with the white labels. They didn't look so small in the store but out in our yard they nearly disappear. Two dwarf apples, two dwarf peaches and a full sized pear tree.

The St. Peter's Collection - Collect 'em all!

The church that we attend most often has a tradition for Mother's and Father's Days. They Choose a month and a date out of a hat and two of those attending with the child born nearest that date recieve a gift handmade by a church member. Last Father's Day was the first Sunday we went and The Husband was greatly embarassed to be one of the recipients of a tray made with wood from the old church organ.

This morning, as soon as they pulled the month of October I knew it was coming. Sure enough, we now have a tissue box holder made with the same wood. I hope the church runs a raffle for something good soon - I'll buy one ticket that's sure to be the winner :o)

Hallelujah!

My laptop returneth!

My cheese is amused:

Perhaps because it's yellow, not white.

HI !

Visitor

This is what Older Daughter found in her room last week...

Carnival of Kid Comedy #9

If you're looking for some giggles, go check out the Carnival of Kid Comedy over at Life in a Shoe:

Life in a shoe: the methods and madness of one mother of 7: Carnival of Kid Comedy #9

Pictures (not)

My laptop is still at the computer hospital and I have a bunch of photos to blog. I may have to break down soon and hook up the camera dock to the desktop computer.

I've done lots of planting this week, Older Daughter had a bird visit her room, we got a load of topsoil delivered today so that we can try to level out the backyard, The Husband chaperoned Older Daughter's class trip to the Franklin Institute, I bought some fruit trees that need to be planted, and tomorrow I have to go to New Brunswick for a copy of my birth certificate and take Younger Daughter to a birthday party at the YMCA in the evening while Dad and the other two go to The Boy's baseball game.

The grass desperately needs cutting but we don't want to take the plow off the tractor until we spread out the topsoil. On the plus side I think the grass will soon be tall enough to not have to worry about nosy neighbors!

Bill Paying Tip O'the Day

When your husband pays the bills online he may not bother to open the bills that are the same every month, like the cable bill. If that is the case don't be surprised if you turn on the tv on the first of the month and all of your channels have moved around because nobody saw the new channel lineup that they sent with the bill.

Just sayin'

Kitchen Tip O'the Day

When cleaning salad do not get involved in a conversation with your son. If you do, do not get so distracted so as to remove the top of the salad spinner before the spinning stops.

Romaine lettuce is surprisingly aerodynamic...