O is for Orange

This particular post is for my mom.  As a kid, I was all about the flavors chocolate or grape.  I think there is a scientific thing behind that though.  My mom always went to orange or vanilla.  BORING!  Just put on some beige and your done! :)

Guess what I learned?  Chocolate and grape are never consistent and they STAIN!  Vanilla and Orange are pretty much always the same and dependable and very rarely STAIN!  Guess what else, you can mix vanilla and orange and get something mighty fine, but try mixing chocolate and grape.....yuck!

From my college days:  vanilla ice cream+a little milk+spoonful of orange tang+blender = DAMN GOOD

In conclusion...........Mom, you were right! :)

N is for Nights

When I was younger, nights seems to drag on forever.  I could stay up all night.  They were great except when you're trying to get to the other side like Christmas morning.....now, it seems the night just appears before i'm ready, then there just isn't enough of it and morning comes way too soon and most of my nights are spent waking every hour or two to listen for the kids, checking on dogs, making sure the hubby is still breathing in a regular pattern.....nights.  I hope someday i get to enjoy them again!

M is for Money

Doesn't everyone wish they had known a little bit more about money?  How hard it is it to earn.  How easily to leaves you?  How you never seem to have enough?  

Here's a cute little poem I found and liked and will end it with this.

Lunch Money

by Carol Diggory Shields

Don't ask Dad -- he never has any, 

Grandma's purse has a nickle and a penny.

Mom has a five, but the car needs gas, 

Here's a dirty quarter someone found in the grass.

Checked all our pockets -- nothing but gum

piggy bank, piggy bank, here I come!

L is for Love

I wish I had known that love isn't any one thing or any one way.  Sometimes you can't help it and sometimes you have to work really hard on it.  Sometimes it's overstated and sometimes you may never know it is or was there.  

love

  [luhv]  Show IPA

noun

1.

a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

2.

a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend

3.

sexual passion or desire.

4.

a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.

I'm just going to leave it at that since I really don't have anything inspiring for profound to say tonight.  Sorry.

K is for Kids! Duh!

I'm not even sure what there is that I wish I had known about kids before I had them.  I always heard about "just wait until you have kids", but I was always the one who couldn't wait to have them no matter what was in store.  I once had a dream as a teenager that my destiny was to be someone's mother.  A great someone.  Not exactly the Queen Mum, but you get the idea.  My greatest accomplishment will be my children.  I guess I do wish I had some insight into who they will be so I could make sure they get there........you know, maybe iron out some of the bumps along the way?  Oh well, in the words of Professor River Song, "Spoilers...".  Maybe i'll just have to save this and re-blog in 20 years and tell you how it goes!

Bonus points if you know who I just referenced without having to Google her!

J is for reJuvenate!

Did you know that you can be rejuvenated and unrejuvenated, but there is no such word as juvenate?  don't you love the English language?  in any case, i'm invoking the right of poetic license and calling at the J!

I wish I knew.....that gardening was not as easy as my dad always made it look!

So, today is the first day in a while that I really feel much better.  I think the meds are doing there thing.  It's also FRIDAY!  and the weather is finally WONDERFUL!  So, I came home, put on some summer-ish clothes and went out to begin the re-Juvenating of my garden.

Two years ago I just had a miscarriage and I was determined to do things, so we had a kick-butt garden.  Last year, however, I was quite successfully pregnant and although i tried to clear out the boxes to plant......we barely got cucumbers out of it.  This year, though, I've got some ideas to try!

(please ignore our fences.....that's the next project to tackle!)

So, i started with a mess....... I pulled out the old stalks and cut down the grass.........

Box 1

Before (above)          After (Below)

Box 2

                                                Before (above)          After (Below)

Box 3

 Before (above)          After (Below)

Started laying a decent layer of newspaper and some compost dirt on top.

I need to finish the newspapering and dirting (is that a word?) then get the yard guy to haul some good manure dirt in and then we're off!!!  So excited to get some good stuff out of it this year!

I is for ICE CREAM!

Yup, I is for Ice Cream......lame, but I'm tired and loopy on meds.......

I wish I had known there were more flavors than just chocolate!

Ever notice how your kids will always go to the truly nasty flavored stuff just because it's bright and colorful and has candy stuck in it?

I want that job....design nastiness for kids.  Yup!  Night folks!