Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Hello my name is Addict

Dang I can't kick the the habit! The Coke habit! Yes I said Coke and does that grab one's attention right away? I should think so!
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I love the look that flashes across the faces of the people in the convo when I say that, then I get a good chuckle before I clarify... Coca Cola ; lol how fun is that. In all honesty though, I use to need Coca Cola just to find energy. Then to my good fortune and after many visits to a variety of doctors tests finally revealed why I was lacking energy. So at one time I would most definitely have considered myself an addict I know the hubby did.

However, I recently came to the mind set that I was determined to reduce if not quit my now unnecessary habit; until I came up with what we think is an awesome idea. Now hubby is encouraging me to drink more. How wrong is that I ask. Well, at least temporarily until we complete our project.
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So, I bet you want to know what this project is in order for me to delay my good health decision? Artistic garden walls. Shall I go on?
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Here's the deal... We recycle but with just the two of us (oh that sounds like a song) there is not need to put the receptacle bin out for pickup unless it is full and that can take 2 to 3 weeks sometimes. One day I put something in it and saw the abundance of soda cans. I thought oh I have a problem. Then to think on the positive side of the coin my thoughts turned creative. I knew I needed to do something artistic with all those cans like chimes maybe, a picture frame or something to express and represent my love for Coca Cola since I intend to cut back, then it came to me... garden walls!
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So are you confused now? Well, here's the low down, with the prices of fruits, vegetables and food in general going up I have altered what we buy. For instance, we definitely skip the red bell peppers now since they are outrageously priced and we don't always get tomatoes that I so love. So the natural conclusion is grown our own! However, with money somewhat tight and after pricing the veggie plants, dirt, the wood for the framing not to mention the fertilizer necessary the cost was adding up quickly! Then... the idea came to me garden walls! So instead of buying the wood and connectors we bought Gorilla Tape. Yup we stacked the cola cans and taped the back sides together 3-cans high and created a large enough containment area for several veggie plants. Plus it is yard art too!
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We are so excited to be backyard farmers! Can't wait to show off the tomatoes, green and red bell peppers, yellow whenever we can find some starters, the blueberry's and watermelon woohoo!
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Celebrate Life! Y

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pee ess: (as the little darlings would say) AM tornado like rain totally a post in its self, yucky high humidity sunny day when it was suppose to be more nitrogen rich showers and then a lovely breeze plus over cast evening but we still want the rain ~ hello clouds open up!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

3 year's plus a bit of blog reflection

It is difficult to fathom that it has been 3-year's since the Lord called my mother home as of today. This past year seem to be the hardest, more tears and vivid emptiness. I would not have wanted her to live in pain however, I miss her so much. She was the center of our family which, has since drifted apart which, I can presume adds to the emptiness. But to get through the tough days I fall back on my faith that everything has a reason or possibly a lesson one needs to learn, whatever the case I am melancholy and reflective today.
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I thank the Lord daily for my many blessings, my husband being one of them along with the unconditional love I receive from our pets. I am so grateful for my health considering the family history and for all the blessings I recognise and the ones I do not.
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The kids blog has kept me sooo busy that I have neglected this one. I decided today in my melancholy mood to rededicate a bit of time daily to my Lot 53. I need to recapture the excitement I once had at chronicling our life to look back upon so, here we go ...
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Well, even though it is relatively early in the day I have already spent a couple of hours digging a hole to move a small tree. I know it's crazy but I want to get as much of the benefits from this tree as possible. Okay, truth be told ~ I (we) do not like the adjacent neighbors and from the time they have moved in we have planted a few things to grow and block the view. No luck though because we practically live on rock and unless we hire a company to drill into the ground well, most of our selections that were planted struggled. The light bulb finally went off in my head yesterday and I am moving the hole ~ how about that lol. Plus the shade from this tree will now put most of it, once it has grown, in our yard rather then giving the ugh neighbors the shade benefits. Call me mean but hey my kiddos love to lay in the yard so why not make my laborous efforts pay off for my babies! As it is, we get backyard sun most of the entire day.
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I need to focus on detail cleaning the house because we are going to have a visitor in early June and they have never seen our home. Of course I want to show off how blessed we are so I need to get busy but as I promised I must give time to my bloggie.
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I have been meaning to mention that my babies now sleep in our room at night if they want. I'm not sure if I have mentioned that before but we have prepared an area so they could be close to us. They seem to really love the freedom to go up and down the stairs at their pleasure since we have beds upstairs and beds downstairs. Don't get me wrong, they still are not allowed on the carpet but once we discovered the plastic carpet protector plastic I am thrilled to give them more freedom. One day we hope to have wood floors and the carpet won't be an issue anymore but for the time being...
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It was so funny when we first started using the plastic because the darlings could see the carpet through the plastic and thought it was a trick. We had to literally put them on the plastic and they realized the difference by the feel on their paws. Best invention ever!
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The darlings have always been well behaved by not stepping on the carpet or at least so we thought. In the wee hours of the morning recently I heard some rattling and I thought it was in my dreams. It took a bit to get my eyes open and what do you think I saw ~ Ginger apparently had a lapse of her training and had her head deep inside a box of treats I had next to my bed. When I said 'what are you doing!?' and quickly but quietly seemed to tip-toe back to her bed and hid behind her pillow. I thought it was so funny that I just went back to sleep. Gosh I love them so.
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There's so much more to catch up on but I will leave some for other posts. As it is I have made bloggie a promise to dedicate time daily right?!
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Celebrate Life Y Mom of The Lot out
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pee ess: (as the darlings would say) cloudy yet cool, a bit sunny and it's suppose to rain