Well, after a week of procrastinating, we finally got the garden planted this morning. I bought the plants and a hand-held garden weasle (oh my crap, how do you spell that?!?) last Tuesday while Son1 was at preschool. It took two days to hand-till the little 4' x 4' plot, and then I found out that the landscapers have turned off the sprinklers on that spot so I had to go and get a watering can, and it took me until Saturday to get around to that! So we watered Saturday night, I went out and tilled again this morning, and then we planted!!
Our little garden consists of: A row of sunflowers along the back. Then there's a redwood 3' x 3' trellis shoved in the dirt (hopefully it will stay there... it's already been stolen once!) and then in front of that are the two cherry tomato plants and one squash mound. then on the left side of the plot, I've got a row and a half of blue lake bush beans (grean beans that grow in a bush). In the section in front of the tomatoes and yellow squash, I've got a bell pepper plant and a herb section that has sweet basil and Italian oregano. Then in the front left corner (at the end of the beans) I have a section of California poppies and in the middle is another squash mound and on the front right corner is a pumpkin.
Well, was that boring or what???
It was really great to get it done though. I've always loved planning gardens for when I get a house. The best thing is getting that Burpee Seed Catalogue at the beginning of the year. It's a sign of all things new and beautiful. I feel so accomplished with this little plot, I immediately thought of other things I want planted!! I don't know if I have the strength to till another square though. It was soooo hard and so much work!! I'll see how this little one goes and then maybe I'll start another one.
So my next project is making a "schedule card" for every day. It'll have a list of what to do for that day in very generic terms, like I'm not going to say clean this on this day at this time. I'm just going to have a cleaning hour or two and whatever gets cleaned, gets cleaned. Along with all our other junk we do during the day! Then I'll have them laminated. Staples has a very reasonable laminating charge, unlike Kinko's. If you ever have to have anything done there, don't. Not lamination, I mean.
At church yesterday, I spoke with a few people to let them know what's going on with us. I've been taking a friend's family dinners on one night a week because she's on bed rest for the next couple of months. Well, things aren't getting better financially for us, in fact, they've gotten worse. On Saturday morning, we found out the van has a blown head gasket. So that's not cheap. So anyway, I let the RS President know that I just can't take my friend dinners any more. Hubby and i haven't been able to go out on dates because we can't afford the date AND the sitter. So I talked to the Young Womens President and asked her if any of the YW in the ward do service babysitting, other than for when you go to the temple. To my great relief, she said yes. I explained to her also that things are so hard right now, and we were both moved to tears when discussing how special it is for these girls to get to provide a service to families like us in the ward, because it's not only a great blessing for us but it is a great blessing for them too. I feel like my husband and I can be a couple again, not just mommy and daddy. I've always felt great love for this wonderful man, my husband, but I feel an even greater outpouring of it now that I know we can be adults again. I mean, we've always been adults, but now we can be more like we were before we were blessed with these children.
Well, I guess that's it for now. Gonna get started on that scheduling project. I may be back later, I feel so productive today!
Have a good one, I know I am.