Sunday, May 4th 2008

filed in: Weekend Update

I am recovering from another busy weekend! What about you? I’m still in a lot of pain from my back, makes thing a bit hard when you have much to do! Did manage to get D to do most of my planting for me!! He’s my hero! We worked on it off and on all weekend! We’ve planted Oleander, Hibiscus, Braided Hibiscus, Mandeville, Ferns, and courtesy of my great, wonderful sister, two huge banana trees (thanks sis ) ! Can’t wait to see them grow!!

D had some digging up to do. He had actually killed three Oleander bushes (kind of hard since Oleander is quite hardy, but he managed! ). We replaced those that were dead and then he had to dig up two large bushes of Pampas Grass (they scratch you when you walk by! ), we planted the banana trees in their place.

Working hard!! He’s so sore, he’s not use to manual labor!

This little area off our patio was very crowded with Pampas Grass that actually covered up the cute fountain! D dug the Pampas Grass up (again every time you walked by it would scratch you, hate that stuff!) and we placed the potted Hibiscus in it’s place. Nice little spot now! Here’s a few photos of our work:

The bunny’s name is Theodore by the way!

More plants on the patio.

Just one of our Hibiscus blooms!!

Fern’s added by hot tub for tropical feel. See our new little friend? His name is Sebastian!

The Oleander is planted behind the hot tub, it’s hard to see in this photo. I’ll wait till it’s blooming really good and take a photo then!

So at least we got that stuff done this weekend, even though I wasn’t able to help much it feels good to have that checked off our to-do list. What did you do this weekend?

Have a great week!!

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Monday, April 28th 2008

filed in: Photos, Weekend Update

Busy, busy weekend! Whatever happened to taking the weekend to relax? Friday night we headed over to see my favorite nephew (only nephew ) play in his very last high school baseball game. It was Senior night so they honored the Senior’s and their parents. My sister cried….knew she would! We are a lot alike in that aspect.

Now the game was not a nail biting drama type of game (they lost ), but I have to admit, just walking up the dang bleachers was enough drama for me! I don’t do well with heights. Especially heights when I can see down below me. I had made it up to the top and sat there but swore I wasn’t ever moving again! That was till nature called, and refused to be silent! If I wasn’t so freaked out, it would have been a great comedy act, but I literally was going down the bleachers inch by slowly inch holding on for dear life to the side rail with both hands! After what seemed like eternity, my feet landed on solid ground, which they NEVER left again!

Since the game was the very last game and it was Senior night, there is a question if this was a Senior prank, or just a fluke….but whatever it was, it was hilarious! Check out what happened during the 5th inning…

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Sprinkler Delay!!

After all that, we headed to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants with the best Margaritas and enjoyed lots of laughs with family and friends! Nice way to end a day.

Saturday, I was up early as Brandon left to go play golf with his future FIL and he woke me up at 6:00 am! A bit early for a Saturday, but oh well. Lots of coffee…..lots.

We attended my little cousins 5th birthday party out at a park early in the afternoon. The last time I saw her she was still a baby when we moved to Georgia! Such a cutie! She reminds me so much of her mommy who I remember at that age. Her mommy was a flower girl in D’s and my wedding!

We were greeted by the biggest butterfly I had ever seen…

Pink Puffy Butterfly!

Was it bad that I really and I mean really wanted to sneak into the bouncy house and jump when no one was looking?

Saturday night we went to a BarB-Q at a colleagues of David’s with about 20 other couples. The chefs were Puerto Rican, and let me tell you the food, it was delicious!! I can’t remember any of the names of the dishes, (blame it on the wine) but I have requested a recipe for the rice dish they had!! It was divine!

Sunday we drove about two hours to meet D’s parents for lunch. And then when we left them we headed to the casino…..so to say the least, I never did get any of my planting done this weekend! I’ll have to work on that this week, weather permitting!