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She let go

NO!!! Stop looking at prom dresses and bridesmaid gowns!!

It’s the end-of-the-year craziness and the other night we had to drop our baby (4th grader) off at her teacher’s house for a class party—-she is THE coolest teacher!! Walking up to the group gathered on the front lawn and to say a “howdy” prior to making a break for the band concert with our 7th grader, I subconsciously put my hand out for our little girl to hold on to…which she did….and then——she let go. She. Let. Go. WHAT?!?!?!? THE?!?!??!! WHAT?!?!!?!? I’m still reeling from this. This girl-child. Our baby. Is my shadow, my velcro-baby, the youngest, the diva, the high-maintenance, quality time, physical touch, child. And sometimes I just don’t want to be touched. Sometimes I need my space. Now. I’m thinking I may have gotten my wish as she crosses over to the too-cool-to-hold-hands-with-my-mom age. I’m dying inside. Dying, I tell you.

Snapshots from an afternoon

Memorial Day

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As we remember those who died serving our country, the sacrifices of those who currently serve and the veterans whose lives are forever changed by their service, we gain an extra day off in the process. In the wake of this week’s brutal slaying in the UK we are reminded of what these men and women face daily and how easily we can take that for granted. So this weekend, say a prayer of thanksgiving for our service men and women, buy a meal for a veteran or a soldier home on leave, encourage that ROTC cadet. It is a bittersweet occupation, but for those who answer the call and their families, let us pray for them and give thanks for their sacrifices.

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Let the 3 day weekend begin

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And so begins the long weekend. Can I get an “AMEN”?!?!?—posted a little behing, I’m catching up here.

This morning the Hubs and I are doing a SUP (Stand up Paddleboard) demo. 8 a.m. in the river. It is lovely outside right now. Lovely, I say. I’m thinking the river is going to be cold and therefore I resolve to STAND UP and not fall in. Ok? Ok. Let you know how that goes. **it didn’t, just too windy today, and I actually wanted to stand UP, not swim in the river..

Reading books. Riding bikes. Relaxing in the day. That’s how the rest of our Saturday went down and it was awesome!! It’s a challenge to really relax, isn’t it?? There’s always so much TO DO on our days off. Grocery shopping, house cleaning, lawns, maintenance around the casa, kids to and fro. It’s the season of our life right now and that’s ok, the interesting thing is that when we can and do relax it’s as if our bodies and minds can’t break free from the principles of inertia:

in·er·tia (

-nûr

)

1. Physics The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force.

2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy.

and like most parents I know, we seem to be constantly on that straight line of motion…..always moving forward!

And so, somehow we managed to find a compromise in productivity and relaxation that we could live with. I hope the same is true for you!!!

A boy. Reading and relaxing after an afternoon of lawn mowing.

Sneaking in a coffee/donut date after our SUP date was squashed by the wind!

Checking on the Gram and giving kitty some snuggle love

May-hem…the gardening version

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Friday again and that brings us to Jen (who’s got a publisher!!!!!! for her book!!!!) and her peeps. Can you say book tour??? Yes. Yes, I can!! Of course, let’s let her enjoy her newborn and finish up this crazy little month of MAY!

And with the craziness of May…what WAS I thinking of pulling off the annual “Every day in May” blog-a-thon again? I totally and completely retract that post, statement and thought. It’s been a big fat FAIL, in fact, this QT is basically consisting of photos of our garden and spring in full bloom here. Check ’em out and if you have some tips for us…throw ’em out in the comment section…(I do LOVE some comments) because we are mostly winging it in the gardening arena!!!

Without further ado about nothin’…..our garden (otherwise known as “Who knew Hubby had a green thumb” AKA “How will we know when it’s ready for harvest”). Enjoy!

I hope these babies do as well as last year….MAN we had cucumbers every other day!!

Lettuce. I guess it’s ready when it’s bigger?

Peas. Experimenting. They are almoooooooooost hooking up with the lattice to climb.

And….yeah, not really sure when to pluck these. Clearly not yet…but…..yeah, not sure when.

We’re not even sure WHERE the broccoli is going to show up. Another fun experiment, because we can eat some broccoli around here!!

Disregard the weeds that we need to yank, but that isn’t grass folks….and sadly, I don’t really remember WHAT kind of onion it was….I’m leaning toward green onion, because I do enjoy those. Hmmm, time will tell.

No explanation needed. These did well last year. We got a little flooding last weekend and spotted a few (unwelcome) visitors, so they’ll be getting the Sevin treatment tomorrow….and hope for the best!

check out those ITTY, BITTY oranges!!!! First year we’ve had ANY sign of life out of this tree. Super excited!!

For kicks, we figured what did we have to lose except a little part of the yard that does nothing!

My hydrangea!!! First year of blooms since I planted it two years ago!!! Looks like the flowers will be pink! LOVE. THIS. PLANT!!

And so that was more than 7….I know….it’s been a long week! Thanks for humoring me 🙂

Have a blessed weekend !!

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Trekking through life: Faith, family, friends and a whole lot of coffee!