Gardening!

I need to post some pictures, but our garden is growing! We inherited four grape plants (vines?) and they transformed from brown sticks into green vines. Amazing! I don't know what kind they are other than edible, not drinkable. We planted two tomato plants, Lemon Boy again and Early Girl, three zucchini plants (whew) and some cucumbers from seeds (probably about four plants). The basil seeds that I planted didn't come up, so we may go buy a plant or two still, and we've yet to plant the green beans. They were so successful and delicious last year; we want to try again.

It's supposed to be in the 90's again at the end of the week which should send the plants into a good growing phase. We've had a lot of "May Grey" weather this month so the growth has been minimal thus far. I need to be like the tomatoes and enjoy the hot weather... LOL!

It wasn't so bad after all!

Though I know that the kids will be squirming and giggling! It was funny, however, to see the boy's video! It's only like ten minutes long, but that's  a good thing! 

I feel better now that I've seen it. More... mature... LOL!! 

Have a Happy Mother's Day every mom out there!

THE video...

(enter dramatic music here) 

Tomorrow I get to preview the fifth grade video. You know the one of which I speak... the embarrassing and humiliating one. Yes, THAT one! The letter also said that there would be visual aids, oh dear... Hopefully that's for the Hygiene part (ie. soap and deoderant) Hmm...  Then, we get to decide if it's okay for our son to see it next week and sign the permission slip. I guess it's just one small step towards adulthood... for me, not him... LOL!! Just kidding!  I'll let you know how it goes!

I step forward, one step back?

I'm on week two of Phase Two of the Best Life Diet. I have lost over three inches (step forward), but no pounds (step back). I suppose that I should be happy as I'm not doing really well with my, ahem, portion control. Not enough veggies and way too many breads/starches. 

But every day is a fresh start, right? 

Five Classes Meme

Beth tagged me, so here goes...

5 Classes I wished they'd taught in school:

1. Sewing for non-Mormons: I spent my last two years of High School and first two quarters of college in Salt Lake City. Yes... culture shock. I had to take sewing for an elective my senior year. It was the only D I received in all my years of education. The instructor taught the entire class as if all of us had been sewing since birth as the mormon majority of my class had been. Yet, there was I, with no sewing skills and an incredibly bad attitude receiving the grade to match! YIKES!

2. How Not To Dress: Where was that show in the 80's?? I still need help...

3.  How to Stand up to mean girls who give you terrible babysitting jobs that they don't want:

 including practicing the many ways to say "no" politely, yet forcefully.

4. Personal Finance 101: or how not to get credit cards in college and max them out prior to graduation.

And finally...

5. A Course for two of my teachers entitled "Left Handedness is not Wrong".  

There you have it!!   :-)

Drumroll Please!

April's grocery total was under budget!! Woo Hoo! My goal for all food and household items/toiletries for the month is $400. April came it at $321 and some change. SO cool! I'm even more motivated for May. Since I shop on Thursdays and there are five of them this month, it's going to be extra important for me to stick to the budget because it will be $80/week instead of $100. I spent $73.25 yesterday. Not too bad!

Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend! It's the first one in two weeks that it won't be in the 90's here! Yay!

Passed the 5-0 mark...

For those of you with trucks and SUV's I'm sure that you've put more than $50 in your gas tank before. But for me and my trusty Ford Taurus, not so... until today that is. GULP! $56.40 to be exact. Oh, the pain of watching the numbers hit 50!!  According to the "experts" $4 a gallon for regular is coming. I paid $3.83 a gallon today. Ouch!