Going Green

I am very happy to report that we now have green things growing in the garden. The green beans and cowpeas are sprouting. Some of them are even 2 inches tall. We are hoping for some spinach. It bombed last time, but I Love spinach!! So I thought I would give it another try.

The tomatoe plant has baby tomatoes on it. Even the acorn squash is just starting to break through the clay. We also have eggplant, okra, grape tomatoes, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, summer squash, zucchini, canteloupe, and the potential for onions, carrots, and daikon radishes.

Work has been really, really awful this year!! I really need to win the lottery...oh yeah, I don't buy tickets. Rats! I'll have to keep working. With all the pay cuts and my property taxes going up this year....it has been rough. They are essentially going to be paying us about what we were making in 2006 for the next school (2009-2010). As if anyone could afford to live on that now. So I have taken a part-time position (adjunct) at Tri-County Tech for the next school year. So I will be there on Monday and Wednesday nights in the fall. Less than a month of school left. I can't wait for summer!!! I need it more than the kids do!!!

Making Slow Progress

Well, the garden is coming along...slowly. I think I am a full month behind schedule now. But I have not given up. I have finally gotten the rows done, but do not have the area for the canteloupe and squash ready yet. I am hoping to be able to work on it again tomorrow. Today was church...awesome! Then I fixed lunch/dinner and put it in the oven. I worked on the garden while it was in the oven. Marianne took it out and set the table. Of course there was 6 loads of laundry that got done...clean, but not folded yet. Charlie is fresh and clean. He got a bath today. That was done in between lunch, laundry, and working in the garden. Charlie is feeling better than he has in months!! I am glad that the surgery went well and that he is feeling so good now. He is back to acting silly and playing, which he hadn't done in a long time.