busy days

 relaxing

 planning to fish

 chillin'

 bike riding

 napping

 planting trees

 being silly

 growing

 getting photographed

 riding horses

 Trail riding

 Horsing around

 Taping the van

 painting the van

 havin' fun

 let's gallop

 I'm tired

 curly

 now we're bored

What have we been doing lately?  Keeping pretty busy. :)

Until next time...

JenT

a gardener I'm not

I am not a gardener. Not really.

I would love to have a garden. Vegetable and flowers both.

Roses are my favorite. I would absolutely LOVE to have a rose garden.

If you've been reading my blog for very long you may remember that we tried trees a couple of years ago. Hmm...not a very successful venture. We tried some berries at the same time. I think we got one berry off of 9 plants. :)

When I see the daffodils blooming I get excited.

I get seed catalogs in the mail and want to order seeds and plants. I mentally design a garden in my mind.

I walked into Kroger the other day and passed through the flowers section. Mmmm they smelled soooooo good!

Is it spring yet?

Until next time...


JenT

Ahhh...spring is here!

Busy, busy. That's what we've been lately. All this warm weather we've had makes us want to stay outside all day. Of course there are a few chores that stick us inside, but we manage to do as little as possible then escape. :)

We've been buying ducks, geese, and chicks.

Four black ducklings, 2 goslings.


The red chicks are Rhode Island Reds (the one with the green on his head is the rooster) and the two black ones are Sumatras. They belong to D.R., she's going to show them in the fair this fall.


Planting trees, berry bushes, and roses (with some still to plant).




The roses still to be planted:


Fishing as some friends' place.


One of the tiny fish they caught. I think they caught 10 total. We let them go back, though.

And just in general enjoying the spring weather.




Until next time...

Sales, sales everywhere

There's a lot of Spring sales going on right now. You'll see up at the top right that Vision Forum is having a big sale on history dvds and cds.

Motherhood Maternity is having a 2 for 1 sale on maternity t-shirts. Not that I need any right now, but surely someone reading this or someone you know could use some cool maternity tees this summer. Follow this link and pick some spring-y colors.

Warm up your maternity wardrobe! Spring tees starting at $9.99 when you buy two or more at Motherhood Maternity.

CBD is having sales on gifts for Mother's Day. There are some really neat things over there. If you are looking for something in particular, use the search engine on the right sidebar. Or here's a good idea.

101 Blessings for Mom, Box of Blesings With colorful borders, each card in this deck of 51 contains special inspiration and blessings for Mothers. Featuring one on each side, and packed in sturdy flower-themed storage box, it's a pick-me-up gift sure to encourage for any occasion or every day giving. Glossy card stock; includes quotes from respected statesmen and authors, as well as Bible verse quotations. Box size 3.75" x 2.5", with whimsical design graphics.

My nine-year-old daughter is currently reading the Sugar Creek Gang series.

The Sugar Creek Gang Series, 36 Volumes By Paul Hutchens / Moody Publishers For over 50 years, generations of 9- to 12-year-olds have thrilled to the faith-building adventures of these courageous Christian boys. Now your youngsters can enjoy their legendary escapades---from catching a bank robber and meeting a mysterious hermit to confronting a ferocious bear. Each edge-of-your-seat novel will keep your kids reading from beginning to end! Approx. 140 pages each, 36 softcovers from Moody.

They make a good gift for 8 to 12 year old boys and girls. They are adventurous and teach a Christian message too. They sell them individually, or buy the whole set or portions of the set.





Until next time...

Spring? Spring? What's that?

What is up with the weather? This excerpt from www.weather.com

South
The Southeast will feel and look more like January or February instead of April today, with unseasonably cold temperatures for most areas east of the Mississippi River and a chance of some snow showers in the Southern Appalachians.

Any accumulations should be limited to the higher elevations, with a flurry or light snow shower possible into cities like Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Asheville.

Any snow showers should be on the wane tonight and tomorrow, but cooler than average temperatures are expected to continue in the Southeast for one more day.

Yep, that's us. I woke up to snow on the ground. Snow!! In April!! What happened to spring for crying out loud?! It's been snow flurries all day and supposed to freeze tonight. Uh-uh. I want my warm weather back.

What's going to happen to my flowers? I'm sooo glad I didn't plant my rose bushes like I planned to this week. They are still safe and sound in their little pots in my sewing room.

My kids meanwhile are absolutely crazy. They like it! What is wrong with them?

Oh, well, at least it's just flurries and not a blizzard. Not that we get blizzards here anyway. But you know what I mean.

I now feel for all you northerners who are talking about snow when I'm out planting flowers. Now I feel your frustration. Especially since I've actually had a taste of spring.

Give it back, please, give it back!

Until next time...

And the winner is...

Ok I was unplugged on Friday and Saturday my mom and brother came to visit, so I totally forgot to post the winner of my "guess my age" contest. I said that if more than one person had guessed the correct age I would have to draw a name. Well, two people guessed my correct age; which is 34, by the way. So let's see who won.

My daughter has offered to draw the name.

*a hush falls over the audience*

And the winner is...Arlene! *applause* Yay!

So, Arlene, be looking for a spring-y surprise in your mailbox next week.

Until next time...

Spring flowers

Didn't I say I would put some pictures of my flowers on here? I'm sure I did. So here they are.


My red tulips:

My grape hyacinths:

My purple tulips:

I also have yellow tulips and black tulips. They haven't quite bloomed yet. And then the ones my mom and I transplanted from her house haven't bloomed yet either. More on those later.

Until next time...

Spring has Sprung!

I guess spring is officially here. I've seen daffodils by the dozen along the roadsides lately. My mom brought me some from her yard today and we spent the afternoon planting them. Along with some Irises, and daylilies. Tomorrow I'll finish the job (with the kids helping). She also brought me some flowers that she forgot what they were. We'll see how they turn out. She said they are yellow and red striped. Sounds pretty. My tulips and grape hyacinths are blooming. I'll have to post some pics on here soon.

Until next time...