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    Garden tea

    May 31, 2011 - By 

    Had to take a little break and check out how the garden fared after the high winds from last night. It’s still super windy!! Seems as if it’s either raining or windy these days.

    The chicken wire is to try to discourage the squirrels from digging in the garden box. I found a black walnut that was beginning to sprout in there. I’m sure they are looking for more buried treasures. Little pests.

    Also check out the beginnings of another small garden.  We still need to put up fencing…both the chicken wire kind and the tall kind. There are bunnies that live under the shed so we have to keep the from getting into the all-you-can-eat smorgasbord. The tall fencing is to keep the deer at bay.

    Stop by Kimmies for the list of Tea Tuesday players.

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    Book Box

    May 29, 2011 - By 

    I can not take any sort of credit for this box…none at all. Yes, I did technically make it but I used Kimmie’s instructions to create it.
    I decided I needed something to hold notepaper. The kids keep taking my notepads but for some reason they only seem to like blank papers.
    Since the end of the school year is rapidly approaching, I’m starting to clear out all those saved papers. Spelling tests, one sided worksheets, junk mail flyers..you get the picture. A seemingly endless supply of paper. I might as well write notes on them before they hit the recycle bin.

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    Wee Bit Wednesday

    May 25, 2011 - By 

     

    {one} what’s the worst date you’ve ever been on?
     

    Sadie Hawkins dance…my friends told me to call a friend of their boyfriends so we could triple date. Blind date for Sadie Hawkins….UGH! He was 14…I was 16…embarrassing at the time.
     

     

    {two} if you could be any other person for one day, who would it be?
     

    Wow…this is hard! I think I’d like to be Lindsey Vonn. 
    I’d love to ski sometime…something I can’t do and would really like to do, 
    plus she’s very athletic and likely looks awesome in any old thing she throws on.

     

     

    {three} what is your favorite kind of cheese?
     

    Brie
     

     

    {four} do you remember your 1st grade teacher?
     

    Oh my goodness..I was just talking about my 1st grade teacher today! Mrs. Sloe…
     

    or maybe is it Miss Sloe. She was pretty young.
     

     

    {five} who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
     

    Sandy…she’s always there to lend an ear
     

     

    {six} were you ever in a school talent show?
     

    Nope…I’m Norwegian…my part of that tree is artsy not rhythmic.
     

     

     

    {seven} who is your favorite fictional character?
     

    Jack Sparrow as portrayed by Johnny Depp
     

     

    {eight} can you open your eyes underwater?
     

     

    I can’t see either way so there’s no point.

     

     

    {nine} do you look at the keyboard when you type?
     

    I do a mix…glancing back and forth
     

     

     

    {ten} when was the last time you took a nap?
     

    A couple weeks ago. Had gotten about 4 hours of sleep total in two nights. 
     

    Slept for a couple hours…it was glorious!