Wow--not sure what to make of two whole days in a row without going to work! I have been working pretty much straight the last three weeks. Looking at my house, you can tell. Fortunately, due to all the lake sand, no one is permanently stuck to the floor.
The garden is planted--27 tomato plants, 12 sweet peppers (red and green), 7 cucumbers, 3 winter squash, acorn squash, Brussels sprouts, peas, green beans, wax beans, beets, cabbages, lettuce, carrots and pumpkins! Barring any disasters (of the pest and weather variety) we have embraced gardenhood. (Gentlemen: GET YOUR CANNING JARS READY!!!!!!!!)
Today I am going to go pick up a couple peonies I put on order--I love them so much, and have planted them at every house I have owned, only to move away before they became established. I was really missing them this Spring, and was very sad that the plant place was out of them. Good thing I was moaning out loud about it, because the lady overheard me and said it was very easy to get them for me! Plants are my new crack.... and now I have a dealer.... (hee hee hee) After I came back from that plant run I discovered a peony about to burst in our hedgerow! I had not noticed it before--ever since we cleared that out of all the overgrowth all kinds of things are popping up. Much of the cleared space we slathered in wildflower seeds--if they actually bloom it will look really....well....wild! Once the weather clears up (it has been raining for four days straight) I will have Alannah take some more pictures of the yard to keep you all up to date on our "farm".
Scott mulched the flower beds around the edges of the house. We discovered that the beds are very shallow, and mostly full of sand, gravel and concrete from the foundation which must be from an addition put onto the house at some point. There were a few plants in there, like a run on Hasta--we tidied it up and moved some of it around so it looked more polished. (I say we...it was really Scott and Aidan that did all the work!) We have one more place around the walkway up to the house that needs a make over, and then our house will really start to look like a home rather than the rental property it was for so long. Some other anticipated projects are powerwashing the house, painting the deck and exterior doors, and putting up gutters. (uggh!) I keep looking at the windows and thinking there would be some kind of shutter treatment that would add some interest.... thoughts, anyone? (Scott is rolling his eyes.....) Oh yeah--we, er, Scott, has had to mow the lawn three times already!
Other than gardening, we have managed to squeeze in a lot of socializing: Last weekend we entertained a couple who just moved in down the road from us. He works with Scott at Fuel Cell. They are both my age. They are very fun people, and we really enjoyed their company. Sunday we attended at BBQ at our neighbor's up the street. The kids enjoyed their new pool, and we received an open invitation to imbibe all Summer. (yay!) I attended another craft class at the home of Scott's friends from high school. My community choir concert is coming up in two weeks, and Scott is having fun with the golf league he organized. I am SO EXCITED that Scott's family is going to be coming to visit this Summer too--we are looking into all kinds of stuff to do, although loafing around the lake is ever so nice too! :) My family will be coming here quite a bit too, with many things to attend to like Alannah's 8th grade graduation, Father's Day and all our Summer birthdays: Dad--6/11, Alannah--6/27, Aidan--7/17 and Eva--7/26...oh yeah--Mom and Dad's 40th wedding an. is 7/12! I am probably forgetting about ten more celebrations...so...bear with!
The girls are still doing very well in school. Alannah received her high school schedule, and I am REALLY happy about what teachers she will have. (ha ha ha--they are all the TOUGH ones) She is taking Latin and a Design Intro course along with all the usual required stuff. I wish now that we had squeezed an Acting course in because the English teacher I worked for the past two weeks is teaching it--I really hope that Alannah gets her for a teacher at some point. Aidan got accepted into a special day camp program this Summer that will give her the opportunity to explore the health care field. She will get to "play" nurse and dentist for a week. Susie and Dan are looking forward to the end of school. Susie is really doing well with piano and gymnastics. Dan is VERY ready for kindergarten--I hope he isn't bored when he gets there! His new thing is entertaining a bunch of loose teeth. All the girls are registered for sleep away church camp on Seneca Lake in NY this Summer. This is Susie's first year going. The dog (I guess he belongs in the kid paragraph?!) is still growing--he still has tons of loose skin to grow into! He is all "fixed" now, and seems to be fully recovered even though Scott commiserates with him about it. (giggle) He weighed in at over 75 pounds--he is only 7 months old--yikes!
This weekend feels very empty already since it will be the first weekend in a long time we haven't had Susie and Dan around. :( I am waiting to hear from the "boss" as to what we will be doing...... :)
Hope you are all well, and staying fairly dry! Happy, happy, happy June!
OH YEAH, last, but not least--GO PENS!!!!!!!!!! They begin their final Stanley Cup Playoffs Series this weekend, a repeat against Detroit from last year......... wooooooo!!!!!!
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