again...

here it is may 8th already, where does the time go??

The garden has survived all the flooding that we had, although there are some great big holes! I have a few spaces that are literally a foot below the norm, I guess i had some really loose soil in the garden :)

This is a view from outside the front door after all the rain, is was so bright and a beautiful orange/red.

Here is another view...

Well here is a layout I was working on with my son. He chose to do the dirty puppy paws :)

We rescued a little dog from the side of the road one day on our way home from granny and papaw's house. I never even thought she would be with us for as long as she was. But it took us a year to find the poor thing a proper home :) Needless to say my son has missed this poor little guy, so I thought we would do a "tribute" of sorts. Her favorite thing to do was to dig in my garden for carrots of all things and go lay under the tree and munch on them :)

The reference to "doggie ditch" on the page is because we found her (and another friend) by a drainage ditch. So when we pass this ditch-my son refers to it as "doggie ditch" in hopes of finding more...and to make his father a bit nervous as well! The other title-Well on her first night with us, she stole my son's prork chop right off his plate. so she forever became known as "pork chop thief" :)

Well so much for....

using this site as a "journal" of sorts ;) I haven't posted since before Christmas!! :)

I had been so busy with my son and his extra school activities, wow. This was his first year in DI-destination imagination. A very challenging but fun activity for young thinker . The students are posed a problem and must come up with a solution, skit, props, costumes, etc....all child led/no help from adults except driving to the store for supplies and guidance in the rules. Some of the high school teams have been together since elementary and were very impressive in what they could accomplish. Their group won 3rd place-not too bad for a first time group of 3rd graders ;) Along with scouts and the start of baseball-for a few weeks it was pretty hectic. But for now, it is back to normal.

...here he is hard at work on one of the set pieces...

Our garden is once again planted, all is doing well as long as I can ward off those pesky squash bugs. Hate those. Nothing can ruin your day like a squash bug. In a matter of 8 hours (or less) a single bug can take down an entire 4 ft tall squash plant as if someone went out and sat on it. I do not use any sprays, chemicals, or anything on my garden-but this year....they better watch it :)

I have done quite a few projects, some of wich I hope to add tonight :) As we have no practice, no game, no nothin' :)

update on the garden

This year is not so great in the garden because of Ike, but I do have quite a few plants. There is lots of spinach, some broccoli,, greens, lots of onions, cauliflower-which I never have had actually make cauliflower :)
The onions in this picture where grown from seed. Which if you have ever grown them from seed-they take a long, long time :) These were started last winter :)

The best day of scouts

for my son. He loves scouts and all that they do, but this was his big day he had been waiting for. He finally earned his whittling chip card :)

This is a card I made for our monthly meeting in november. I like the challenges, gives me a reason to use my stuff and get more :)

**stamp-thoroughly thankful

**paper and acces-stampin up, dp-creative memeories

Just a quick post for those that were asking about the acetate. I actually do not use the acetate that they sell for transparencies or in the drafting section because it is much thinner. I use Stencil Blank in the stencil section :) The link will take you to their website-but I get mine at HL. It is nicer and thicker (mylar-I think) and holds up really well to folding and scoring.

It is still a little too hot here to plant, so my garden still sits empty. So I thought I would post a picture of my son, who willingly still goes shopping with mamma, but on his own terms now :)

I sure wish the craft stores had bigger baskets so he could shop with me longer :)