Sunny Saturday

My day has been filled with gardening, seed planting, bead sorting, laundry, and homework. I thought I'd take a break to share some of our outside endeavors with you.

My husband gave in to my begging, and we have 4 new beautiful calla lilies in the garden.
Our front he planted his Asiatic lilies plus some snapdragons and marigolds in the newest corner bed.

The backyard is still a work in progress. Josh is tilling, there is topsoil everywhere, and the big brown area you see is where the veggies garden will be this year. The calla lilies and some new white azalea bushes are off to the right corner where you can't see them right now. I'll put pictures of those later. I won't bore you right now either with the 4 mini greenhouses filled with all the flower seedling I started today. 250 should be about enough, right? lol

Here are some snapdragons and marigolds in the other front bed as well. It will also host watermelon, cantaloupe, and tomatoes later this season.

Here's a shot of that corner bed.

In other news, I met with friends the other night at a local pizza place (Lupi's). Sitting beside me is Jenny, across from her is Priscilla, and beside her is Patton. We all graduated high school with each other...9 years ago. Time does fly. I see Priscilla about every 6 months because she is often in other countries. Right now, she is "home" for a few months from Japan. I see Jenny every 2 months or so when we have time to grab a bite to eat. I hadn't seen Patton for probably 8-9 years. We had a great time.

Jenny and Priscilla were both some of my very best friends in high school. In fact, they were both originally going to be in mine & Josh's wedding, but they both had extenuating circumstances.

Overall, I've had a productive day, and I look forward to church tomorrow, lunch with my family, and a visit to Lee for a production of My Fair Lady. Off to do more homework. Sigh.

Spring is in the air.

I'll take time for a quick post before I slip into a weekend full of homework, homework, homework, gardening, homework, homework, job applications, housework, homework, jewelry making, and maybe, just maybe, some rest. I'm trying to put in the necessary time I need to work on some end of school year projects. I have a wonderful all encompassing assignment for my internship, called the Teacher Work Sample, that needs my attention. The end is in sight! I graduate in July, and I only have classes during the May & July sessions after this. June will be a much needed break. I will only have to worry about a graduate portfolio during that time

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When I haven't been hitting the books, I've been trying to help my hubby hit the dirt outside. We've revamped the "front" bed of our cabin. It's technically the right side of the house, but it is the first side you see from the road. Those 20-60 pound rocks that you see lining the bed were toted up the ridge in front of the house by my husband and yours truly. It is by far some of the hardest work I've ever done, but it is satisfying to have ready to use materials on the property. :)

This bed, the one that we did last year, and a newly expanded plot in the background will host the many seedling of vegetables and flowers that I have flanking every windowsill in our house. Come on, last frost! I'm ready.

In addition to working on the new bed (filled with fresh topsoil if you hadn't guessed), we also added a new bed that is on a corner that you see driving up to the house. It has some decorative grass in there, and once it is warmer it will boast some Asiatic Lillis and some flowers I will grow from seed.

Besides the gardening, I have also had some time to spend with family, and just because she's so darn cute, here's the ever growing Christianna, who will be 5 months old this month.

And because I love them so stinkin' much, here are my babies, Athena and Homer, in case you have forgotten. The are loving the beautiful spring weather. They are not loving that we have begun shut them out of the bedroom at night. Our allergies have cried, "Enough!" Strange, isn't it, that not rolling over to a face full of kitty fur is actually helping me out? lol.

I've spent about enough time on here for now, unfortunately. I will try to post again in the near future, if the time becomes available. After all, a girl's gotta take a break every now and then.