Ladies First

There are often times in your life that you wonder if your children are learning the lessons that you are trying to teach them. This morning I had an opportunity to see that a little bit of the good is rubbing off...

Currently my family has three (yes three) types of milk in the fridge. I'm lactose intolerant so I have soy milk and Cade likes soy as well. Ali, being so young, needs to drink Whole milk. And April can't stand either one so she has 1%. Since we all have different milk whenever we're done with saying the blessing on the food in the morning I start to help Cade with his milk while April helps Ali w/ hers. April was a little busy this morning so I started to pour Cade's before April had poured Ali and suddenly Cade yells out, "Daddy! Ladies First!"

I have such an awesome son.

Back at it after 3 weeks

I started school 3 weeks ago and my garden was feeling a little neglected...

Hope this helps a little bit...

I like green in my garden... just the right kind of green!

Happy Saturday!

Pepper help!

Can anyone tell me why my pepper did this?  It looked fine up until today.  I've been waiting so long to pick this darn it!

Alternative Medicine

I've been looking up some alternative medicine for poison ivy lately and my mom sent this to me.  I got a kick out of it!

THESE REALLY WORK!!

AMAZING SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.

3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS.REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.

4. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

5. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

6. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE. 

7. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

DAILY THOUGHT:
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

Father's Day

My family made this video for me for Father's Day.  So fun!

Can I see your ID please?

So, many people are familiar with a way to get rid of slugs in the garden, right?  Pour some beer in a dish, put it in the garden and the little buggers drown themselves.  Easy, right?  Well, there's only one problem - buying the beer.  See, I'm well over the age limit, but I've never bought beer.  The only thing I've bought that I got carded for was Spray Paint.

My brother (a gardner as well) and I were talking one day and he mentioned he was having trouble with slugs.  We both joked about how nervous we were to buy the beer, and how silly it was.  Well, I was in the store the other day and thought, we're being really silly about this.  I should just buy a can and get it over with.  Of course, I stick it in the middle of my cart, hiding it from view and hide it amongst the other stuff as I put it on the conveyor belt.  As the cashier asked for my id I told her how funny I felt buying this, especially when it was for the garden!  I'm sure she's heard a lot of things before and was thinking - Sure... the garden, right, hey, at least you're a little more creative than other people.

Well, I double wrapped the can and handed it off to my brother.  He sent me this picture the next day.

It's nice to see that all that anxiety wasn't for nothing.

Corn and more

Well, looks like the early spring crop has come and gone.  We've been picking cucumbers, getting ready to pick tomatoes and peppers.  With the warm weather in my spinach and sweet peas have finished their duty for the season and have been replaced.

And some beans

Doesn't this look yummy?

Been having fun in the sun and garden.