Mama is almost a full time resident at Walnut Avenue. She’s rented her farmhouse to a family friend and has to be out by June 1. Her furniture has been moved, either to Walnut Avenue or to a nearby storage unit, and now what’s left is to pack her kitchen and closets, pack piles of…
I’ve been doing a new to me workout once a week for the past four weeks and I can’t believe that I actually like it. My friend, Suzanne, and I have been doing a once a week “speed” workout on the track. Suzanne is speedy. I’m hoping to train my body to run a bit…
The party this afternoon was a success! It was a lot of fun to see our former guidance councelor, Robbie. Robbie retired just after Christmas and today was the first time that most of us had seen her since before Christmas. Robbie worked in our school system for 37 years! It was fun to use…
I think I’m ready for the retirement party that I’m hosting this afternoon. There’s no time between me getting home from school and the guests arriving, so I hope that I truly am ready. I’m probably the only person who will notice how pretty these are, but I sure do love the napkins and plates…
Our friends recently bought a house with a yard full of Boxwood. They don’t like Boxwood and told me to take as many plants as I’d like. Many of their plants are overgrown and too big for the spaces that we needed to fill but luckily there were a lot of a smaller Boxwood variety…
This past week was a whirl-wind of activity. We had SOL testing all week at school making it a long week for both the teachers and the students. Testing continues this week. I may be totally grey by the time this school year is over. (14 more days!) Our school sponsored a Relay for Life…
Mama and I spent Mother’s Day in her basement, cleaning it out in preparation for her upcoming move. She’s found a potential renter for her house and may need to be out by June 1. Yikes! Mama keeps everything and doesn’t easily part with her treasures, particularly sentimental ones. A few things made their way…
There are so many yard projects to do around here that it’s hard to decide where to start. I purchased plant material for the berm in our front yard and for the bed beside our deck and we were able to get the planting completed in these two areas this weekend. Finding the plants to…
Richella from Imparting Grace is hosting her first party today and I’m happy to join in the fun. I like to dress up our entrances with wreaths and flowers. Decorating seasonally gives me great pleasure. When visitors come, things are usually arranged a bit differently from their previous visit. I enjoy arranging flowers from…
Amanda from Serenity Now for Amanda is back with another fabulous party. I love that this round of “Dishing It” is all about moms. What a perfect topic for Mother’s Day week. I love my Mama so much that it brings tears to my eyes to even think about it. We lost my dad in…
The past couple of days have been stressful around here. Our driveway is done (woo-hoo) and we love it. The stressful part has been getting our yard back into shape. Crews worked here Saturday and again today and we hope to soon have a green lawn once again. Would you like to see the nearly…
Are you sick of hearing about my driveway project? Let’s just say that I am more than ready to have my yard back to normal and to have things looking nice around her once again. Living in a construction zone for almost four months has not been easy. It’s not often that a couple gets…