11 Tons!?

Here's what happens when you have 11 [eleven] tons of gravel delivered in the driveway ...and you forgot your husband DIDN'T take the car to work that day.

Silly me. As my Dad likes to say, "Never a dull moment."

My hubby was such a trooper. He and his dad dug the car out (He high centered it only once) and looked like they were having a good time doing it! Thanks for being such a good sport, Hubby.

We Built It!

Here I am sitting on the newly completed wall in our front yard. We were planting some native plants at 10 pm with the light from the flood lamps Hubby got from his brother. It felt funny, being out there with this spotlight on us, planting plants... wondering what folks were thinking as they drove by.

It was sort of like a live nativity scene at Christmas, only it wasn't Christmas and we weren't enacting the nativity.

The Big Switch

Well, we've made the switch, mostly, to local, organic produce and free range hormone free meats! We're eatin' good, let me tell you. If you're local, please think about getting your produce at Los Poblanos Organics. They have a weekly subscription service where you get a great box of yummy fruits and veggies...all grown naturally with the help of things like good old fashioned 'weeding' rather than pesticide and fertilizer sprays!

Really, I wasn't convinced about the whole organic thing. I thought, how much better can it be and isn't that expensive? It is more expensive but the better flavors are worth it! Plus, it's nice to be able to give the Bubby and the Hubby yummy wholesome food where I don't have to worry about fertilizer residues stunting their growth. Have you ever eaten a 'real tomato'? The kind grown in a real garden with real sunshine and real water and not sprayed with anything to keep the bugs off or to make it look red when it isn't ripe? Have you ever?

That's what I'm talking about. Yum-a-licious!

Check out Keller's for where to get your farm fresh natural meats. So yummy on the grill, baby.

Arbitrary Parent Rule of the Day

My friends over there had a super idea; go check out the 'arbitrary parent rules of the day'. You know, the rules you make up at the spur of the moment for your kids? Well, if mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, then I must think very highly of these friends! Here are my arbitrary parent rules of the day.

Blackberry jam is only for Mommies.

Throwing your sippy-cup on the floor, again, is not called an 'uh oh'. That's called 'on purpose'.

tree-with-the-red-leaves, which-I-thought-was-dead

I have since learned that the tree-with-the-red-leaves, which-I-thought-was-dead is a Crepe Myrtle. I thought you'd want to know.

You're On Notice

Good words. Thanks Mom.

Often the difference
between a successful marriage
and a mediocre one
consists of leaving about
three or four things
a day unsaid.

-Harlan Miller

In response to which I think to myself, "Shut yo' mouth, fool-self!"

Elixir of Life

Little Bubby, it's time you learned about the Blessed Elixir of Life.
Coffee.