What's New?

I am trying to think of what is new around here since I last blogged two weeks ago.
Not much. Time is flying but nothing exciting seems to be happening. It has been work, take care of Ryan, run zillions of errands, and garden during every spare minute I have. Ryan and I have been outside every day for 1-2 hours for about 10 days and I have been outside during naps and after he goes to sleep.

I put in a new flower bed on the south side of the house, took out and replaced all the flowers on the east side of the house, got rid of all the ornamental grass and replaced it with lillies, got rid of all the snow-in-the-mountains on the north side of the house, planted my big vegetable garden with all flowers and no vegetables, planted my containers, and repainted several pots and my birdbath. Whew! I know I do too much, but it is enjoyable to me. I only have 5 things (out of about 60) things left to do on my gardening list, and Todd said he would take care of 3 of them for me. The cool part is that I didn't have to buy that many new plants. I just divided and moved around what I already had.

The good news is that from here on out it is just weeding and watering. Now I can start scrapbooking after Ryan goes to bed.

Another reason that I was able to get all that done was because my parents were down last weekend. Mom watched Ryan, and I worked my Dad hard. He helped move all the sod from my new flower bed, went with me to Lowe's to load/unload all of my soil and mulch, changed the blade on the lawnmower, changed the burner on the grill, and installed a window air conditioner. I made Thai food for them, but it was really hot! I need to adjust the recipe. Ryan was entertaining as always, and my parents took Ryan and me to Red Lobster. Yum.

The only other things I have done was 1 graduation reception, 1 birthday party, and 1 photo session for Ryan, all husband-less, of course. He is still working tons of hours and his health is really deteriorating because of it. Such is the bar life.