Daybook July 12, 2010

For Today 

(Beach vacation photo, June 2010)

Outside my window... my yard is hanging on for dear life.  Things are green from the rain, but it is so HOT. 

I am making a plan for the fall planting season. I would like to surround the perimeter of the backyard with white plumbago, and I regret not buying more when the Tree of Life nursery had them in stock.

I also want to add more raised beds, but I want them to look pretty- regardless of the season or the success of what I plant .

You were probably inspired , like I was, by the garden in the film It’s Complicated.

Can you imagine working in a space like that each day?

If I had a space like that, I would give it a name. 

So many people refer to garden areas as their potager.

I love that- but I just can’t.

I don’t speak French, and learning to speak French is not on my To Do list.

However,

I could name it

Jardin de las Hermanas

The Sisters’ Garden.

I have 3 daughters (3 sisters), and my father calls me Sister.

I am thinking of... putting a moratorium on spending for a certain period of time (even the flea market, yikes!). So many people in the world of blogging do that.

I am thankful for... my family and friends. 

I am a tad reclusive. Sometimes I feel shy.

I did not set out to be that way.  I want my friends to understand, but I understand if they don’t. They are all so dear to me.

 
From the learning rooms...  I am going to a work session with my training partner today. We are meeting at a public library (one of my all-time favorite places). The library she has picked serves coffee!

From the kitchen... we had my father and daughter  (who lives nearby)over for supper last night.

Menu: rib eyes, green salad with Marie’s Ranch dressing (the best), corn casserole, twiced baked potatoes, and I made dessert (one of those quick desserts with cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, and a yellow cake mix).

I am wearing…(guess?) yard clothes

I am creating... a new bed with a new tiny cantera fountain I got at the flea market.

I am going... to do more organizing this afternoon.

I am reading... The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

I am hoping... my daughters have a blessed day.

I am hearing... songs on my IPod. I am preparing a post about music some day soon.

Around the house... I am going to start making some changes I have been thinking about for a while.

One of my favorite things... my husband’s sense of humor. Actually it is such a part of who he is, I should just say…my husband.

He cuts me a lot of SLACK, and still makes me laugh.

All he has to say is ‘that’s not right’, and I know I need to straighten up.

A few plans for the rest of the week:

*I am planning a list of school supplies for my oldest grandson- not for school, but rather to use at home.

He will be in first grade.

I am going to buy him an electric pencil sharpener and a million #2 pencils. He can sharpen them down to the nub, and then I’ll buy him a million more.

Everyone enjoys a sharpened pencil, don’t they?

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