A long short week

I don't know why it is, but when there are long weekends, the short work week seems to drag. But it's Friday. YAY

Today I went with a friend to see the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit at the Kalamazoo Insitute of Arts. It was a very good exhibit. There weren't a lot of her more famous paintings, but there were a lot of photographs of her which were great to see. She was quite an artist.

Tomorrow I hope to finally get my vegetables and herbs all planted. It may rain, but it's supposed to be nice Sunday so I have 2 chances. Can't wait. My little patch of leaf lettuce is growing very well and I harvested some oregano yesterday.

A friend at work is going to give me some free wood so next year I can have two raised beds. That is so exciting. Of course I have to nail them together. We'll see how that goes. :)

That is all.

The end of a very fine weekend

What a great weekend this was. Four whole days away from work. I must say I totally forgot about the office until a couple of hours ago.

Friday was garage sale day.

Saturday was yard work day. My mom and I worked very hard and I sprained my back a bit. Just enough to make it hard to walk around for very long.

Sunday was Carmen and kids/WalMart day. When I got home from WM I had a surprise waiting for me - Regina! We talked and rested and watched TV and then went to Carmen's for a cookout. Everything was absolutely delicious and we had fun. We cut some limbs off trees around Carmen's house and watched the guinea pigs eat grass. :) Rhiannon and Joey came home with me for the night. We played Sorry! and watched tv.

Today I went with Mom and Lola to check out the barn where the wedding reception for David and Cassandra will be. It is a very very cool place - out in the country so the scenery is beautiful and the barn itself is so nice. There's room for dancing, buffet tables, guest tables, a separate bar area and a loft. The owners have strung lights all over and they look just beautiful when all lit up. It's rustic yet sophisticated. I love it.

Dinner at Lola's was delicious. Then home to mow the lawn and do some weed whacking. My back was complaining but I got 'er done. I am so proud of meself. :)) Now I am going to do nothing but rest and see if there's anything good on the tube. Oh and eat some Bear Claws ice cream. Yummmm.

And that is all.

Friday

Garage sale-ing was fun. We went to one house where they had so much stuff it was mind boggling. It was more like a flea market than a garage sale. I bought some books, some CDs, a little pot (for 25 cents, can't beat that), 2 puzzles to do with grandchildren and two litte pics made in Italy. I was actually looking for dining room chairs and saw none. :(

The kids' programs were so cute. I giggled a lot. The music teacher did such a fantastic job. It was quite an elaborate show with lots of songs and hand movements and the all of the kids were great.

Today is yard day. It may rain so yard day may spill over to tomorrow too. There's enough to do for 2 days - even more. Never ending. But I love how beautiful everything looks when it's all cleaned up and blooming.

In preparation for yard day, for which my mommy is coming, I have to clean the downstairs so she won't be appalled when she gets here. As you can see, I'm procrastinating. So I better get started. Really, I need a cleaning person but that's not in the budget - not that I really have a budget, but it's a saying ya know. :)

And that is all.

Wondering

Why I listen to and read the news. My God, it's depressing. I read something the other day that was so graphic and so disgusting, for lack of a more powerful word, that I was nauseated all day. I don't know about you, but I don't need to know every single gory detail. It's hard to be informed and unaffected by all the cruelty and misery in this world.

On a happier note, I have today off and am soooo glad to be home this morning and that I'm able to see both Joey Joe's and Rhiannon's programs today. And maybe I'll find some chairs for the dining room. That would be fun. :)

That is all.

New pic

Just changed Eli's pic where you can see him in his baby mohawk. I did talk to him, sort of, on the phone the other night. He yelled "Hi Grandma Ava" and some other stuff which I had to have interpreted. The kid is adorable. :)

Well

It's been a while since I've written anything. I will do better since it is good to write.

Tonight I had planned to plant a flat of flowers at the very least as part of my do-one-thing-outside every night. BUT, I just ran out of energy after dinner. In my defense I had to cook it - chicken asparagus stir fry. It was yummy.

I'm listening/watching the American Idol finale. I have to keep getting up and looking. Keith Urban and Kris Allen. How cool is that? I wonder who Adam will sing with. Before that the adorable David Cook.

So back to the outside of things. Really, I have tons to do. Plant annuals in the front two gardens, clean 3 flower areas out back and rototill so I can use some of that space for veggies. I have leaf lettuce growing and plan to plant spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and maybe some yellow squash. Maybe some peppers too. Who knows what I might do? I have oregano and another herb coming up that I planted last year. I don't know what it is for sure. The little tag disappeared. I'll figure it out soon. :) I'm going to dry herbs in the oven - whatever I don't use fresh that is.

I wish I had some chocolate. lol

I am reading Up Island by Anne Rivers Siddons. I don't know if it's good or not since I just barely started.

Oh, they brought that stupid bikini girl back. arggg

Carmen and I are going garage sale shopping on Friday. I need dining room chairs. I'm going to paint them black - Carmen's idea which appeals to me. Which reminds me, I need to refinish the table. OMG So many projects. Need to do some painting too. I'm just exhausted. :)

Both Joey and Rhiannon have programs Friday so we'll go to those too. Busy day.

Saturday will be yard day without fail. Can she do it? We'll find out. :)

And that is all.