Friday, May 30, 2008

Planting the Garden

We had so much fun, really, last Saturday working together in the garden. It was a nice family bonding time and we worked and laughed and made memories as we got the garden planted. I sure love you guys (insert WM look here)! :)


Daddy giving us instructions.


Working together laying off rows and planting, while Logan begins the scarecrow.


Logan continues with his scarecrow ideas.


It sure looks like the makings of a good garden! I can hardly wait!
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What are the chances?

Today was pretty eventful, being my last day at work for a couple of months, and we had an office party (everyone brought in food) to honor an employee who was retiring, so lots going on. I was trying to finish up a few things and get my ducks in a row to be out for a couple of months and actually got pretty much everything done that I needed to. The day moved along quickly and I made good progress, until at last it was 2:00 and I was ready to head out. I shut down the computers, locked up, etc. and then put the lock on the sliding glass window, and as always, hung up the key...ALMOST...missed it by that much! Which wouldn't have been so bad, had it not dropped off in the deep, dark, abyss, the black hole between my desk and the wall! The way the desk system is arranged in my office, it is practically impossible to move anything around easily, so that key might as well be on another planet! Okay, well, maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration! But, nevertheless, I thought, what are the chances that I could lose that key in just the last minutes before I headed out for the summer. (Should I just leave it for the folks on Monday to figure out?) I decided against that option! :) Luckily, I found another key, so it all worked out okay...but I mentioned we should probaly get another key made...just in case! :)

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Mother's Day

On a more serious note, today is Mother's Day, so I wanted to take just a minute to express appreciation for my mother and the good example she is to me. I admire the way she faithfully lives the gospel, her good sense of humor and the way she loves to play games and laugh and have fun, and the way she loves and cares for her family. I have good memories of growing up and talking to her about anything, and of her reading the funny paper to me and telling me stories of the "olden days" when she was growing up. She is a wonderful woman and I'm thankful for her and all she does for me and our family and especially for her unconditional love for us. Happy Mother's Day, Mama! I love you!

A little buggy

Last night I was doing hair cuts on the back porch after dark, so we had the outside light on which attracted bugs. Not many, but one big, I mean BIG, bettle-looking thing. He buzzed around awhile and was gone. Later I was inside and happened to lift up my shirt and there was this HUGE bug, just sitting there! I screamed and walked into the bedroom, telling Adrian to "Get it off! Get it off!" The bug was pretty calm, but not ME!

We must be attracting bugs around here, because earlier in the day, Logan found a bag worm up his sleeve that had evidently been there awhile...alive and well, ...just hanging out! :)

Papa and Merry Grace at the park watching t-ball games


Merry Grace on the slide. Logan, Adam, and Ethan in the background.


Sure thankful for these hard-working guys who cleaned up outside and did yard work and made things look so nice!
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

tagged

Lisa tagged me, so here goes...

Using the first letters of my middle name to describe myself:

J Just
A Amusing and Affectionate
N Nice
E Effective

I'll tag Ethan, Adam, and Logan! :)