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  • I want to plug a little giveaway that my mom (Ribbon Jar) is having through tomorrow. You can find it right here, for jumbo ric-rac, which is so fun on everything. So hop on over… I hear there are not many entries, hint, hint :).

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    I’ll leave you with this pretty picture of my climbing roses… Which it turns out are not actually climbing roses, just regular roses I’ve let get gigantic. Hmm so that’s why I could never manipulate them around a pillar.

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    In better garden news Bj made me these fantastic raised beds on Mother’s Day. Even better than that? A very kind friend brought me loads of soil for them, and an enterprising teenager earned some money filling them up for me (thank goodness because that was not happening with me in charge. See: that time last year when we had piles of rock in our driveway for months).
    We tried out “yard guys” for a month and we just could not deal. Now we get to pay for them to stop coming, lucky us (<- sarcasm). Seriously we wanted them to mow the lawn, edge and pick a few weeds from the hard scape. Instead they "policed the beds" and general nonsense that stressed me out (if you're local Salem area and want to know who it was just shoot me a message). Good thing I don't mind my knees looking like this: 20140515-221509.jpg
    (My view while nursing Bennie).
    There is my check in for the week! Hope this turns out… Using my phone as I haven’t turned on the computer for a while!

  • I’m sorry you’ve reached the blog of someone who previously could think about more than one thing. Right now all I can think about is gardening. Case and point, last weekend my friend Erin and I went to a master gardener sale and well…
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    Ya so, that’s been keeping me busy. But seriously this is also serving as a public service announcement. Check out your county (or a neighboring county’s) extension. They should have a master gardener program and they do plant sales in the spring as fundraisers. The deals are great, the variety at this one was insane (342 tomato varieties… at one booth!). We had a blast.
    I’m also managing activities for Tuesday’s active Daisy Girl Scout Troop. We’re going to Forest School once a week for I think five more weeks until summer break. Tuesday’s recital is coming up and tomorrow it’s a fully make-uped dress rehearsal/picture day. By the way I volunteered to be a stage mom… before I realized my job would be running out and putting out props in front of a packed house (must remember to aim my bottom to the back of the stage!). Needless to say school is in the full on freestyle/unschooling mode. Tuesday is aching to read though. Once she can read up on bunnies we have promised her she can get some. I don’t think she’s close at all, but I find her with books all the time. And writing non sense notes like crazy (which I hoard because they are adorable!).
    I promise to do another catch up soon!

  • I’m sure you’ll excuse my absence when you see what I’ve been distracted with:
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    All from my garden. I did have to stretch it a bit to come up with this bouquet for a friend’s birthday; and included budding bits from a bush, branches from our dogwood, a weed and an unfurling fern. Yes new life is popping up everywhere! And now that I’ve realized I have allergies and can just take a pill and feel human I am quite happy to be outside all day, as are the girls. I’ve got lots of plans, lots and lots of plans.
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    Easter at my mom and step-dad’s. See that sweet dress on Tuesday? Mine when I was her age! Good thing 80s fashion is back in vogue.
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    I did absolutely no planning with regards to Easter, since we don’t celebrate it. My mom always comes through with a lovely brunch and hosts wonderful family time, which we love. I mentioned to Tuesday it was coming up and she was all, “remember that one time at the club with all the eggs!!!” I asked her if she wanted me to hide some eggs for her and oh boy did she. So Saturday night Bj and I were filling plastic eggs with whatever we could find. Including some left over halloween candy. Nothing says rebirth like gummy brains! Bennet was thrilled with the hunt. Every time she found an egg she exclaimed, “oh!” picked it up, put it in her basket and immediately signed “more”.
    Now we’re down to the desert for a few days, where it threatens to be pushing 100. 100! I think I’ll melt! Luckily it’s raining here and I don’t feel too bad leaving my garden to nature. Though I will be bringing a stack of books and magazines with me (including this one, this one, and this one! -affiliate links).

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