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Let the 3 day weekend begin

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 !!

Friday..flipping it to the weekend

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Here we go, people. Friday. Sliding into the weekend. After this week from H.E.double toothpicks at work, I’m THRILLED to see it here. Now if I make it through the day without the big cheese showing up with a briefcase and calling me into the office, I’ll be good to go.

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In case you missed it, yesterday was my birthday. 27 again. See yesterday’s post for the deets. Pics at the bottom!

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With all the work stress, I’ve been REALLY, REAAAAAAAALLLLLLLY trying to decide what ELSE I want to do/be when I grow up. Hubby has some good ideas, so this weekend I’ll have to actually sit down and get the ball rolling.

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I did spend time in Adoration yesterday, which is ALWAYS good for some peace. Trust. Strength. Courage. And I’ll trust that God will provide the window/door/key at the appropriate time.

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I did come up with some ideas on blog changes as well, something I’ve been mulling over for a while. It’s a little lower on the priority list but I think they are some good and useful ideas, especially for busy people who want to live and eat healthier. Got your attention, right??

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I’m going to start sewing!!!! I’m currently looking for a good machine…not terribly complicated but able to do wild and crazy things. Maybe THAT’S my next calling!!!! Or just a stress relief. Either way…ideas???? Send ’em on….

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May is winding down. We still have a spring band concert, awards, 5th grade graduation and end of the year parties to go, but we are taking it one-day-at-a-time and checking the white board calendar as we go. Love summer, but getting through May is a necessary evil, no?

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Bday flowers at work. Gracing a work station.

Homemade bday cake!! Deeeeeelish!!!

Bday dinner. Before the carnage. You’d think we never feed these kids!

Our post-brawl cat sleeping it off in the boys open drawer. At least he’s eating and drinking and moving around now.

My great casserole dish bag from “Thirty One”..HMU if you want one, I’ll put you in touch with Amanda!

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27 again…birthday fun!

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Every time I turn 27 again, it’s just awesome. Really. (16 times now, I’m getting good at this!!) To the guy who sold me my lottery ticket and wanted to make sure I was 18 (wink wink)….he so has my business forEVAH!!! To my favorite co-worker who told me how young I look. THESE are the people who make turning 27 again, just fun!! what’s a number anyway….phhht!!!

Since I didn’t take the day off, my awesome friends at work had b-day snacks aplenty in the healthy fashion…even the cake was a lo-cal version….of the frickin’ delish nature!! And lovely flowers from one of the girls who just has an amazing garden of flowers and shares them for birthdays. Adoration for lunch. Bomb-dig. Chinee-takee-outee (is that PC?) for dinner and homemade birthday cake for dessert. Catching up on Once Upon a Time with the girls after showers.

Top it all off with a slew of text messages, phone serenades, Facebook/Twitter wishes, a super awesome “Thirty-One” casserole baking carrier, Silpada earrings, mani-pedi, hand soap….what girl could be happier?? None in this house.

And now, it’s time to put this 27 (again) gal to bed! Peace out y’all!

Almost muh Birthday……

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Let the happy thoughts commence!!

I’ve been grumpy this week. Work is stressing me out. I shouldn’t have hives because of work, right? Got written up today for making a mistake….first one in EVER!!!!!!!! (write-up, not mistake……although I like to think that..) So, I’m thinking I should look for a new job/career/hit the lottery, something…because this really sucks.

And so. On that ever so cheerful note……tomorrow is my birthday…..and I shall make that a happy day. Even if I am turning 43. It’s all good.

If you’ve got a great job for me…hit me with it….otherwise, I’ll gladly accept miscellaneous fun gifts, prayers and happy birthday wishes!!!

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