I have since rearranged this little grouping by my front door. But, this gives you an idea of what's out there :)

I know, these are out of order, but like I said, they've been moved already!! LOL I have to get out there & take a new pic soon...I'm seriously thinking about painting the words white so they'll show up against the house better...easy fix, and still "neutral" no matter what kind of decor I decide to go with...Oh, I've also gotten a mini stool out there now, too...

These are roses that were here when we moved here...I thought they were gonna die, but they've sprung back up, even healthier this year...

Zucchini

Tomatoes & one of my marigolds...

Green Peppers :)

Watermelons from seed!! :) I didn't buy the starter plants of these, they're acutally from seeds I put in the ground!! You should see them now!! All the rain & stuff we've had, all these veggies are really starting to grow a LOT!!

Well, that took a lot longer than I thought...Uploading pics...Oh, well, since I'm at it, here's a pic of Jodi & Missy's dad I took at the anniversary party!! LOL I told him I'd put it on the internet!! LOL

Well, I'd better go...I've gotta get Abbey roused up from her nap, and then we're going to dinner & shopping with Daisy & Sweetie Pie :) No PT practice for me tonight (I've got the dreaded 'summer cold' argh...) so I'll just enjoy worshipping from my seat on Sunday :) That's always a nice change of pace, sometimes. Hope you all have a great Thursday!! :)

Happy 4th of July!!

I realize it's been over a week since I've posted...it's been a VERY busy week & a half...Just so much, and it would take forever to explain it all!! LOL I've just been a busy little summer bee!! LOL

My veggie garden has just totally gone wild!! (in a good way!! LOL) There are these thistle things that keep trying to take over, but my garden hoe has come in handy!! SO much easier weeding with that instead of on my haunches with a trowel (sp?). Anyways, I've got some good, healthy veggies coming in...As I was showing one of my friends (some of you might know her as Carebear, my friend since the 6th grade), I said, "Ah, man, I missed a weed!!" She said (in her deadpan-kind-of-way), "You are really old!" LOL It was just a weird, I'm into my garden moment!! LOL It is kindof an old-person thing for me to get all excited about, though, so I'll not wax poetically about it anymore for you...There's something very satisfying about planting something in the ground & watching it flourish under your care, though...

We're at Mom & Dad's right now. We just had the best ribs & burgers & Krispe Kreme bread pudding!! With a few little tweaks, that bread pudding will be sin incarnate!! LOL It's already sin!! LOL

Well, I have a bunch of photos of stuff I've been doing around the house that's been keeping me busy (along with all the visiting I've been doing & all-around run-around kinda stuff). I'll try & post that tomorrow...

I'd better go...Hope everything is well with you guys!! :)

Good Evening, Journal Goddesses!! I feel like it's been forever since I've posted, but I guess it's only been a couple of days...The weekend was VERY nice, and we had a great time at Aunt&Uncle's anniversary party :) The gals did a GREAT job of putting things together & making it fun for everyone :) I loved watching Princess & FAB play together!! So much fun :)

Anyways, WE HAVE CENTRAL AIR AGAIN!! PRAISE THE LORD!! Our HVAC guy from church was kind enough to come & install it for us tonight :) It's just really starting to cool down, but WOW is it AWESOME!! I love it!! :) And, what a blessing it is to finally have it done!!

We spent a lot of time outside this afternoon. Princess played in her new ladybug sandbox (too cute from Target!!), and was so cute, "Mommy, I made a sand castle!!" was what she kept saying when she'd dump some sand out of her bucket!! LOL So much fun...She also swung on her swing for about 45minutes straight (if not longer) & I got to talk to our neighbors some...She's pg & going in for a C-section in a week, and is kinda nervous about it all...OH, and she knows our OB, Missy!! LOL She actually saw Dr. H's husband for fertility treatment with their 2nd one!! Isn't it a small world? She ended up not going to Dr. H, but said she'd heard a lot of good stuff about her :) I confirmed that it was all true!! :)

We went to WalMart tonight (just me & Princess), and ate at Donald's, then shopped around the garden center for a few things. We needed some potting soil, and I needed a few pots (the CHEAP plastic kind), and just a few miscellanious things...I didn't make my rounds around the store...I wanted to get home & go to bed...but here I still am, up & writing here!! LOL :)

Seriously, I'd better go...it's getting late, and I am actually going to sleep comfortably tonight!! :)

That's SweetiePie!! :) Isn't she adorable!! I can't believe how fast she's grown...although, like Sara said, sometimes they can look even older than they are in pictures somehow...Her Grandma Indy took that picture of her on Tuesday...I just love those socks that look like little dress shoes she's wearing :)

So, I think that was all....wait a minute...I wanted to share this email thing I got from a friend a couple of days ago...it's so funny...

Bar-B-Q

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following
chain of events are put into motion:

1. The woman does the shopping.

2. The woman makes the salad, vegetables and
dessert.

3. The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it
on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils
and sauces, and takes it to the man, who is lounging
beside the grill, soda in hand.

4. The man places the meat on the grill.

5. The woman goes inside to organize the plates and
cutlery.

6. The woman comes out to tell the man that the
meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will
bring another soda whilst he deals with the situation.

7. The man takes the meat off the grill and hands it
to the woman.

8. The woman prepares the plates and brings them
to the table.

9. After eating, the woman clears the table and
does the dishes.

10. Everyone praises man and thanks him for his
cooking efforts.....(and so they should!)

11. The man asks the woman how she enjoyed
"her night off."

And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes
that there's just no pleasing some women

MEN!! LOL I have to preface this by saying, I really do love King, and he's my best friend, and all that, but STILL!! LOL :) I'm going a little crazy with our room, and I finally have the gumption, want-to, whatever you wanna call it, to get it done...

I think we're planning on going to the Smokie's after Reunion this year again...it's such a nice time to go, and cheaper than it would be in the summer, so we're going down (I think all of us again, including BB's family, instead of Myrtle Beach, we're goin' to the Smokies...I don't know if you all knew about Myrtle Beach or not...anyways...) So, I'm thinkin' I'm getting a quilt from Lil' Dolly's for our bedroom that will match/coordinate with my wall paper border (which still isn't up, yet, btw...) That's my "BIG" thing I'm searching for this time...Oh, and I think that Daisy, Mom & me (& the babies) are going to Amish country when Daisy's off for recovery from her surgery....

Speaking of her surgery, I guess I didn't share that, huh? Well, Daisy's been having pain in her abdomen/belly area ever since after SweetiePie was born...well, off & on, but it would hit her with a vengence & then just suddenly go away...It was getting to the point where it was recurring so often, that she decided maybe it wasn't just gas...so she went to the dr. & after testing, they've told her it's her gallbladder, and that it's not abnormal for women who've just had a baby to have problems with it, so she's getting it taken out...Now, when? We don't know, yet, because she sees the surgeon today, and I'm assuming they'll set all that up & stuff today, but I don't know that for sure...Anyways, she's been on medication & a very low fat diet the last week & 1/2 or so, and she's feeling OK...She just hasn't really been able to feel "normal" yet, since having SweetiePie, ya know? So, that's what's going on there...So, while she's off (she gets like 4-5weeks off for surgery) towards the end of that, we're going to Amish country for a couple of days with the baby girlies :) (I still refer to Princess as a baby!! I guess I should be saying "Big Girl")

Well, that does it for me, for now...I'd better get a move on & get some of this junk out of my room!! :)

So, insert "Gardner-Wannabe-Blinkie" here LOL I've been tinkering around in the backyard this week, and we finally got my little plants into the ground last night. Bless King's heart, he dug up a circle for me, and that took a while...then he started in the front flower beds while I got to finally stick my precious veggies in the ground. I also put up a little wire garden fence around my garden, not that it'll be much of a deterrant for all those rabbits we've got bouncin' around back there...but, it looks cute, and that's all that matters, right? LOL

Before we got started in the ground, Princess & I went to Lowe's to get that little fencing. I got it for $3!! It was clearenced...I got 2, because I didn't know how much we'd need, and at 3 bucks, I figured it was worth having extra anyways...So, since I spent a lot less than I was expecting to spend on that, I indulged and bought these little words on sticks for the front flower bed!! I LOVE them!! One says "Live" one says "Love" and one says "Laugh" :) Have you seen those words in metal that are white, and sometimes they have glitter on 'em? Well, think those, in a scrollier kind of font & kinda black/coppery looking on a black wroght iron stick :) LOL That's as good as I can describe them!! LOL I really like 'em, and once we get the front flower beds done, I'll take a picture for you!! LOL :)

So, before we even started working on the yard, we grilled out (again...I got King a gas grill for Father's Day, and we've grilled out ever since last Friday night, except for Sunday, Monday, and tonight!! LOL) Anyways, we had kabobs, and they were pretty yummy...some steak, some chicken, and with mushrooms, green peppers, red peppers, and onions...YUUUUUMMMM, we'll have to do that again...and maybe baste them next time with A1 sauce or something, because they were a little dry...still yummy, though :) After we got done with the yard, we went to DQ for a treat, and MAN was it yummy!! It's literally been years since I've been to DQ...it was very good...

So, that brings us to today, I guess...oh, well, we had a great weekend. Saturday, Daisy & BB, and Mom & Dad came over for a late nite grill out...we didn't eat til about 9:30 or so because BB didn't get off work until late, and we wanted to grill out...that was fun :) Then, Sunday, we just kinda hung out, and ended up at Mom & Dad's just chillin' for the evening...Monday I had a friend from church over for lunch, and she brought her 2 kiddos over, and they had a GREAT time playing with Princess in the backyard, and we had a REALLY nice chat & girl time :) Then, Mon. nite, King helped another family from church move some more stuff from their house ( a little misleading, but what're ya gonna do, ya know? He was under the impression they just wanted to move their deep freezer, and it ended up being a bunch of stuff/loads from their garage, mostly big heavy stuff...) BUT, they fed all of us dinner, although late, and they really don't have anyone else to call on, so it's only partly a thing...gotta help when people need it, ya know? Anyways, Tuesday King went golfing & we ate at Golden Corral...and last night was already mentioned!! LOL Tonight is PT practice, and I'm hoping we can try out Fox's Pizza tonight :) They're really good, just an FYI :) And, I think they're the only one around here except for in Enon...

Anyways, that's what's been going on with me...I'm not usually this busy, but it's just been like this...there's always something...I hope you guys are OK, and I'm trying to catch up on the Journal Goddesses, but if I miss something, please don't be offended!! :) I'm just a little anti-computer lately...

Okay, better go...I need to water my veggies for the day :) LOL