STAYCATION

I took Monday and Tuesday off from work to celebrate Joe's birthday.  I had all kinds of plans of going to a museum or gardens or to the shore.  Instead, all we've done is hang around the house.  Which isn't a bad thing.

Joe wants to spend time with Jenny.  He and Jenny have a very close bond.  We are still upset with the news that she has a short time here on earth and are trying to make her as happy as we can.

Sunday was my pastor's wife's birthday.  I won't tell her age but I'd love to be that age again!  I took a picture of her, her mom and Miss A.  It's not very good, but the second one I took was worse because Miss A was not happy and her face is all screwed up.

Here's a better one of Pastor Justin, Cherie and Miss A taken later in the day.

And with grandma.  She's four months old already!  And so adorable.  When she comes into church, Pastor loses everyone's attention.  All eyes are on Miss A.

Monday we ran some errands and ended the day by working in the yard.  The grass was so high we had to cut it.  It seemed like such an easy thing, but the weed wacker ran out of cord.  We had the cord to put new in, but had never done it on this new wacker.  Figuring out how to open it and then how to put it back together was tough.  But we finally got it done.  Then Joe decided to cut down the dead hydrangea.

When he got down towards the roots, though, there were some leaves growing out of the bottom part.  So instead of digging it up, we are going to see if it revives.  That would be nice.  In any case, all that dead wood needed to go.  We still have a LOT to do to clean up the yard, but it's a start.

Since I didn't do a Sunday Garden post this week, I thought I would show you what is happening.  My irises are up and one has bloomed.

My first rose has bloomed.  Granted it's only the size of a quarter since it's on my miniature rosebush, but it's a rose, nonetheless.

The pansies and violas are bursting with color.

The chives are flowering too.  I accidentally broke one off when I was getting some chives to use for dinner.  I put it in a bottle of water and it opened up.  I love the picture I got of it.

We stayed out in the yard until the sun started setting.

Then I came in, showered, and made cream of broccoli soup and BLTs for dinner.

Please pray for my sister.  She had an accident yesterday and broke her right hand.  She is in a lot of pain and being right handed this is rather awkward for her.  She lives alone so there isn't anyone there to help her out, either.  I appreciate you remembering her.
 
Today is Joe's birthday.  I have tons to do.  I hope I don't fall asleep because I haven't been able to get much sleep last night.  And I have a chocolate strawberry shortcake to make.  It's a new recipe to me so we'll see how it turns out.

Now I'm getting sleepy.  I'm going to try to catch a couple of hours of sleep before starting my day.

Kathy