Bits and Pieces

There is no way that I would ever be clever enough to find a way to tie the following things together...so I will just slap them together and you'll just have to be okay with that.  Alright?

First off, let me just say that the warmer weather is so great.  It does, however, require that I shave my legs more than once every two weeks and paint my toes so that the bruise on my big toenail doesn't show. (I dropped a 15lb hand weight on it- at home thankfully and not at the gym. I don't swear very often....but that moment definitely warranted some serious profanity!)

Laurel Baby and I were matching in our navy sandals. You can't see her toes very well, but our polish was the same color. Try and ignore the dirty floor. And how come squishy soft legs are so much cuter on her?

Yes indeed, it is so nice to be wearing lighter weighted clothes.  I have been waiting to wear this dress since I bought it at and end-of-season sale at Jcrew late last summer.  It was like torture passing by it in the closet each frosty April morning.  I must say that it is easier to dress the kids too- especially girls.  Dresses and sandals all the way. No more looking for matching shirts, pants, socks or anything else!

 

The garden is coming together.  Actually it has been nice having a few extra weeks to prepare the ground.  I wasn't as ready as I thought I was.  Obviously it needs a bit more mulch around the borders, and I still need to dig up some space for corn and squash (the squash will grow on the ground beneath the corn stalks)  Oh yeah, and just out of the frame to the left is a slope up to the back fencing.  That is where the watermelon will go.  Any gardeners out there?  Do I have things laid out right?  Do any of the neighboring plants hate each other? 

The zucchini is really ready to make it's journey outside- flowering already! I get so nervous putting my starts out.  You nurture these little plants inside for months,  watering, feeding, coaxing growth...it would be so sad if they didn't make it!  I think I'll wait one more week.

And this is new (the car, not the husband :)  Laurel is begging to be let back in her new favorite play place.  Carl has been such a long suffering man when it has come to vehicles in this marriage.  He has always taken my "automobile hand-me-downs" (meaning that when I am through trashing it- he takes the old car and I get a new one.

With temperatures over 90 degrees most of the summer and deep snow in the winter, we felt it was appropriate that he have air conditioning and all wheel drive (two things he has never had- I told you he was long suffering).  When I first met Carl he was driving a beat up old Chrysler New Yorker. For our first date I prayed that he wouldn't come pick me up in that thing.  Thankfully he borrowed his mom's.  You've come a long way baby.

Comments

[grace]

Libby, I love your dress!! J.Crew is the place to be. But only at the end of season. I'm jealous of your garden it looks like what I wish mine did. I can't wait to dress matchy with Phoebe. And congratulations to Carl on the car!

[cindy]

Libby, both of your toesies look so cute,the sandles are perfect I'm a sucker for navy blue. The dress looks pretty, I want to see the whole thing:)Your garden looks great too, one word of caution. Last year was my first for zuccini and my last! If I ever plant it again it will be ONE seed and then you would still have enough to feed your family and the neighbors. Congrats on the new Pacifica! Glen has been trying to talk me into one of those for a couple of years. He really likes them and says they are really safe cars etc, the car we have now is paid for though and I want to drive it till its dead.

[julie]

Love your dress and sandals... you have a great sense of style! I agree it's so much easier to dress girls in dresses. Sadly, I haven't owned a dress since I left teaching. We have an upcoming family wedding-- any advice on where to look for one? I'll admit, I'm self-conscious about my soft arms and my bulging varicose veins.

I love the new car too! I'm curious, will it hold your family? We are in need of replacing my husband's car (also my hand-me-down) and it's difficult to find a car that will hold 3 children with car seats and boosters. Michael thinks 4 wheel drive is a must again after being without it for many years.