Lifes Like That

A very dear friend of mine is moving the end of the week and I have discovered that I’m going to miss her very much.  I will also miss my little “buddie” giving me lilacs.  So, joking around we always said that if she ever moved she would uproot her lilac tree and deliver it to me.  Well, of course that’s not possible (it’s a big tree and the new owners could get a little upset at her and I) so today she did the next best thing and gave me some pieces to transplant in front of my house.  As I don’t exactly have the “green thumb” I talked my husband in to transplanting it for me.  So, I now have a small lilac bush planted and hopefully it will grow (and not become enemies with the lawn mower).

Now every time I look out my living room window, I will be reminded of my friend and my little “buddie”.  It’s not quite the same as having them still living here, but it’s better than nothing.  For this I THANK her!

As you all know the family and I were headed out for our very first camping trip this past weekend.  I have to say that it wasn’t the most pleasant experience that I have had in life, but I think that was mainly due to the fact that it POURED all weekend.

First of all we weren’t able toleave Friday night as we had originally planned as my husband got home late from work.  So, we packed up everything and left first thing Saturday morning.  It was a little overcast but only calling for maybe some light showers.  So, we took the chance and off we go.  After we got all set up at the camping site, it started to rain.  The kids were able to play at the park for maybe an hour when it started to downpour.  This continued for the rest of the afternoon and all night.  So we were all stuck inside the trailer all day and night.  But we learned a valuable lesson, if it is calling for showers we won’t be headed out.

We are going to try again this weekend (it’s suppose to be sunny, fingers crossed) and we will see how it goes.  It actually can’t be any worse.  But, all in all the kids had  a good time so the camping trip was not a complete bust.

With summer in full bloom now, I have been outside quite a bit working on the yard. I have planted flowers, painted my deck and have transplanted two lilac bushes. So, the next thing I need to do is to purchase some yard markers for my yard. As the yard is finally starting to look the way I want it, I think this maybe the final purchase I need to make it complete. So, after I make this purchase then my yard will be one of the best looking ones on the block, and I know my family will enjoy thier outdoor space for years to come.