Will the Fence Ever be Fixed?

So, our neighbor's fence fell down, ohhhhhhh, probably last spring. We were told it would be taken care of. Ok, no problem. We propped it back up and wasn't really doing too much to our side. A couple months ago, we had a big wind storm and it fell all the way over onto my raised garden. Craig finally called the neighbor who owns the house and he said that the renters were supposed to have fixed it. Well, they didn't....really. So anyway, the owner, renter and Craig are all out there "fixing" it. It's too funny. Everytime I look out the window, they're all just standing there. LOL!

Dagnabbit!

I knew it was too good to be true! Guess what i just saw??

Ant Update

Before I went to work, I sprayed Lysol on and around the laptop. For whatever reason, the Lysol kills the ants instantly. So far, so good. I haven't seen any yet since I've been home. Of course, now that I said that, I'm sure one will come running across. hehehe

Ants, Ants Everywhere!

UGH! I'm being invaded by ants1! They started in the garage and got into the cat's food. Now they're inside and I keep finding them crawling all over the laptop!

It's a Jungle Out There!

Wow! Our backyard was overgrown with weeds. I took some pictures about a month ago, but I didn't take any before pics today. I should have. The weeds doubled in size. Anyway, I got this one area by my garden and in the corner done. It looks a hundred times better. It still has work to be done, but it's much, much better!

Great Week!

It's been a wonderful week! The weather's been outstanding! Yesterday, I mowed the front lawn. I did half of the back lawn and ran out of gas. LOL Need to get more tomorrow.

Youngest Princess and I tried the grill to see if we had propane left (we couldn't remember). Yep, we had propane. WOOHOO!! I cleaned up the grill and we had barbecued chicken last night. Yum!

Recipes

Do you have any favorite recipes or favorite sites to go to? I need to tighten the purse strings, so I thought of making up a menu. I know that there's got to be sites out there to make this easier!! Please let me know your favorites. :)

Great Weekend

The weather was beautiful. It was between 65-70 degrees. Saturday afternoon, I helped a friend paint her two bedrooms. The one bedroom had been painted black by the people before them. That was fun to cover up. NOT! LOL We put 2 coats of primer on it and it's finally ready for paint. We also painted her bedroom. It turned out really pretty. I woke up yesterday morning pretty sore, but not as sore as I expected to be.

Yesterday I ended up singing on Worship Team. I was in the back though because I hadn't planned on singing so I was wearing capri pants. LOL Yesterday afternoon was my cousin's daughter's (is that my 2nd cousin?? I never understood that stuff) birthday party. It was fun and yummy. We came home and I mowed the lawn (Yes, I just mowed it on Monday, but the fertilizer I used is really working!! LOL). I then watched a bunch of stuff I had DVR'd and really didn't do a whole lot the rest of the day. Nice and relaxing!

P-U!

I went out to continue to mow the back lawn and I pulled and the lawn mower started right up. YAY! Then died. Started. Then died. I looked in the gas tank. Almost dry. *sigh* Went and found our little gas can and it too was almost gone. Oh well, put as much as I could into the mower, but of course since I had to turn it upside down, gas spilled from the vent and all over both hands. So now, even though I've washed numerous times, I can still smell it.

It's Raining....again

Thursday and Friday were gorgeous. Youngest Princess kept asking if we could go out and plant the flowers we bought last weekend. Would have been a great idea had I not been sick with strep throat....again! UGH! I need to call the doc because they gave me straight penicillin and I think it's giving me stomach cramps. When it wears off, I feel better. Take another pill, start getting stomach cramps. Only half an hour till they open. But, my throat is feeling better. lol But of course, today, it's raining. Poor flowers will have to wait for another day.

Yard Work

Yesterday was a great day. We went to Lowe's and got some flowers for the yard, weed killer and seeds for the garden. The princesses picked out some seeds for a little garden they're going to make. Mowed the front lawn. I had lowered the lawn mower down and scalped some of the yard (oops!) It should grow back soon (I hope), but it looks really nice. I mowed about a quarter of the backyard, but our yard cart (garbage can for yard stuff) was full and it won't be picked up until Wednesday. So I guess I get to finish later this week.

We then went to my parents' house and Craig helped my dad load some swap meet stuff on the trailer and I helped my mom pull a few weeds. I even got a bit sunburned.

I'm Beat

I just spent the last two hours outside pulling the weeds next to the driveway. They're "vine-y" little suckers but luckily have a shallow root system. It takes a while, but (I was going to say it's not back-breaking work, but my back is killing me. lol) they're not too hard to get out. I still have probably two more hours to get it all done.

There was also a branch that had come off our tree laying beside the driveway. It's been there since our first big windstorm many months ago. I finally got out the saw and sawed it into about twenty pieces. Go me!

Now though, I'm relaxing. I'm weak. My legs feel like Jell-O and I can hardly type. Don't know what's up with that. I had the Princesses get me a lemonade, so now I have sugar in my system. Woohoo!!

Ahhhh

The girls and I busted our butts today getting the house cleaned. It's really amazing how much better I feel when the house is cleaned up. If someone stopped by right now, I wouldn't be too embarrassed by the state of my house. ;)

I hate to admit it, but the table was clean so the last couple nights, we've actually sat down as a family and had dinner. Usually, we just plop down in front of the TV. The girls told us they enjoy the family dinners. We're going to keep it up!