Well the big trip was over with in the last two weeks I have driven over 2200 miles.  We got home from Ragnarok Monday at 5 in the morning. I went to work Tuesday and then after work Bill and I got in the car and drove to Indianapolis for my grandmother's funeral, she had died the Friday before while we were at Rag.  I am in the middle of doing massive loads of laundry, unpacking and also getting my garden back into shape.  I have missed reading you guys' blogs.  I will attempt to catch up on everyone this week. Im hauling the laptop with me to Burger King on my lunches to soak up the wi-fi.

We are in Decatur today and a big chunk of tomorrow visiting my parents.  I will try to get pics of my parents yard.  We showed Dad how to make rain-barrels and I've encouraged Mom on gardening.  All in all its looking really nice and their saving money with the barrels. I may drag William out around town so I can catch up on things here.

Garden May 2010

Before the rainstorm chased us out of the garden we did get some pictures, including the grassy raised beds :( But its coming along, slowly but surely. Warning its pic intensive

That is the view from the compost pile looking toward the back of the house

The first bloom in the garden!!

There are more pictures but I have to resize them and what not.  I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday weekend

Today I am officially 32 years old.

So it cost my coworker $50 bucks for her supplies and took about 1.5 hours to put in a 4x4 square foot garden!       I am very happy for her as she can now plant seedlings I took over to her and split the direct sow seeds that we had purchased together.  Put there will be no planting for me :(  All we have had is rain, rain and more rain.  Not as bad as Tennessee or Kentucky mind you but enough that it is a big ol' muddy mess in the back yard. ::sigh::

Yesterday I received a package from the folks over at Pile O'Melays that had the most fantastic smelling soap!! My husband was wonderful enough to not open it but he danced it in front of me and confessed to sniffing it a LOT. Any way you can share the secret recipe??

So it's only 7:30p and Im restless, William is on the computer and Helen has the kitchen table occupied cutting out patterns for garb clothes. I need to find something to do :(

Today was pajama day at work but it turned into passing a kidney stone day for me. I passed one smaller stone there and another piece when I got home and since then I haven't noticed any significant pieces.  The pressure and pain in my right kidney and back has started to ease up a bit.  I barely had any warning this time, though I must admit, it was not nearly the type of pain the last two times were.  But it's kinda hard to be on the phone when you feel like you have to pee everyone 5 -10 minutes so I came home.  I've taken Motrin and Aleve and so far I'm feeling ok, just a little tender.  Which is good as I told my coworker I'd help her get her sq. foot garden up today.

I got on at Curves through their 30 days for $30 promo.  When that month ends then I will sign up for a 1 year commitment through a special from my health insurance.  I am very happy about this.  I have been going 4-5 times each week during my 2 week trial, which ended yesterday.  I feel soo much better after the work outs and I feel like I'm actually doing something instead of sitting on my ass complaining about my weight.  I don't know if I've lost any weight, I'm staying away from the scale. As for how my clothes are fitting  this week is not the week to depend on that measurement. But the point is I FEEL better.  I look forward to my work outs (even if I hate the squat machine)

Garden is still not in.  It rained off and on Thursday through Sunday.  We lost power a couple times.  So everything is wet.  Today and tomorrow are suppose to be nice and dry.  I have no illusions of planting anything today but maybe tomorrow after work...I can hope right? Friday and the weekend its suppose to rain again.  Bill reminded me that when we first moved into the house it was the end of May and that I didn't get the garden completely in until late June and that first year we had a kick ass garden.  That reminds me, I need to call the power company and see if they'll drop a load of wood chips off in the backyard. Free mulch is good mulch no?