Gee. You'd think that no one under the age of 20 has ever been asked to do anything that requires more energy than clicking a mouse or remote button....
Getting ready for Summer vacation, and putting the girls through "housekeeping boot camp." They are usually very good at taking care of the pets. They have also been routinely washing the dishes and putting them away. We are told we are one of the last families on Earth that do not own a dishwasher! (Scott always replies--but we own 4! Ha ha!) Newer chores include doing laundry and washing the bathrooms. So far we haven't had too many pairs of pink underwear (not a bad thing when we have mostly girls) and a dryer vent clogged with school notes, candy wrappers and boon-doggle cord.
The girls are also watering the plants and garden--which judging by the quality of the "cleaned" bathrooms, we are monitoring--they seem to be experimenting new cleaning methods that do not include the use of water or soap. A watered garden without water hasn't grown very well last time I checked! Oh well.... Better to learn now, and not later. In line with my own upbringing, we will add cooking one meal a week to each girls' list of chores. Although I LIKE that job!
The plants seem to be doing fairly well. We thinned the carrots this week, and transplanted them into new pots. There are a few hundred out there--hopefully they will do ok. I have never had much luck with them for whatever reason. We gave the thinned out carrot seedlings to the neighbors--there were hundreds more of them! If ours don't work, then maybe someone's will. I planted another round of lettuce and a row of pinto beans. The green and wax beans are popping up out of the ground. The peas are getting blossoms, and I noticed that there is one tomato plant with one flower on it! Wooo!
Scott took the coolest picture of one of the neighborhood foxes at our compost pile. I will try and put it on here. There are a number of dens up and down the forest hedge that is up across the street. The kids have seen several families of kits--or is it cubs? I have seen one VERY large adult trotting up and down the road in the middle of the day. That seemed strange but that is the time of day that the road is the quietest. In the early morning and later evening everyone is leaving for work or coming home. Mid-day is very quiet and still around here.
The weather is so beautiful today, rain tomorrow. Hopefully a grand weekend! This is good as mom, dad, Andrea, Christian and Stephanie will be coming here to celebrate Dad's birthday and attend my choral concert. On the menu: An encore from Easter, Summer style: Leg of lamb on the Rotisserie, mashed potatoes and green beans. Dad "ordered" a German chocolate cake and lemon meringue pie for dessert. YUM.
In about a half hour I am leaving to deliver Coal to his first day of doggie day care. I think he will like it--it is kind of funny--I am nervous! What if my doggie doesn't get along with anyone else? What if my doggie is bad?
Ha ha ha. :)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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