It has been well documented that we are attempting to color our thumbs green with produce and we've shown some flat dirt that would rival Covil's from years back (brownie points to those that would get that) and some sprouts. Now it's time for results.

Our flourishing garden














1 of 4 cucumbers














Cherry tomato














Regular tomato not yet ripe














And some failures. Hey, nobody's perfect but I'll take the results we have.

Houses and Boo Boos

So, admittedly it has been far too long since I last did a deep cleaning of my children's rooms. Today, I went upstairs to do a thorough cleaning, and saw a few interesting things. Some things I learned that I had never known before:
1: Apparently the side of a dresser makes a great chalk board.
2: Houses get owees too.
3: Only the name brand bandaids get used on houses.
4: Chalk is easily smuggled into rooms.
5: Bandaids that have been adhered to carpet don't like coming up from said carpet.

This was the conversation when I discovered the first bandaid on the floor, stuck to the carpet.
"What's this, Jed?"
"The floor had an owee."
"Um... okay honey. But let's not do this any more. It's hard for Mommy to get them up."
He hung his head and left the room. As I worked more, I found out why. (Side note, I do make my children clean their own rooms for the most part. However, when it gets down to the end, I vacuum and dust myself.) I found a total of 20 bandaids stuck to various places on my carpet. I don't know if anyone else has done the math, but that's an entire box. How fun! While my first instinct was to call my son in the room and beat his butt, I thought to myself... he's four.... he's four... no beating... he's four... and counted to 10 about 20 times. Then I could see how cute the whole thing was. (Some were in the hall, most in Jed's room though. Makes me wonder what he's doing to cause so many owees.... :-) ) By the last one, all I could do was shake my head. A few remnants of sticky parts of bandaids are still on the carpet upstairs, but overall it's much better.
The mural on the side of the dresser was nice. He must have tried to erase it, because it was pretty much a blob when I got up there, but the dresser was covered in chalk. It's nice and clean now, at least! And we had a nice little chat about the fact that chalk stays outside.
Anyway, that was my morning adventure! Chalk and bandaids... who'd have thunk...

Scrapbooking...

Okay, so if you know me you probably also know that I am a scrapbooker. I love it. I love being able to express myself creatively through my pages. It's stress relief, it's fun, and I just adore crafting. There is an amazing giveaway/challenge going on right now on a friend of mine's blog, debbysdares.blogspot.com
Debby Lewis is an amazing crafter with a huge heart, and it's been such a blessing to get to know her and to be able to see her beautiful works of art. She's really been an angel, and I'm so thankful for her friendship. The challenge this month is about helping children. I encourage you to go there and check it out! And the giveaway that she's offering is absolutely mind blowing!

Homeowner thoughts

Being a homeowner of a new home has its perks but there are also things you wished you could have done differently if presented with the chance.

First off - Sod would go down the day I close. It would be written into the contract. The sod I lay down is beautiful and thriving, all because I took care of it when I laid it down. They don't insure sod because it's a "live product." Unfortunately, it wasn't a live product once we moved in.

Second - All doors will be opened and closed full and will latch and stay closed once closed. They will also make sure to fit.

Third - Things must match. The big window in our living room must have window panes that match. I know you're thinking "What?" The top portion that doesn't move has 4 panes. The bottom portion has 6. You don't think about that until you notice it, or Shannon does. That's it for today's edition. Until next time. Ingat Kayo.