All is quiet

On the home front. Not much has been going on, but yet I've been so busy! I am short handed at work, so that means more hours for me, including Saturdays. Yes, I said Saturdays...those who know me well know that usually on any given Saturday you will find my behind in a lawn chair, lap full of a scorebook, at the baseball field. However as of late, we are taking a little break. Andddd, I must say it is quite nice!!
With the weekend bearing down on us and no plans besides work, I hope to mow this place and play in my garden!!

April showers

April showers hopefully bring lots of veggies and berries to our table!
I finally got my crates for the raised beds for my garden. I went yesterday and purchased some goodies. I got some corn, peppers, beans, squash, cucumbers, cantaloupe and strawberries. I bought a load of potting soil, but it wasn't enough for all of my crates. However, I did get 2 of them filled and planted. Have to run into town and buy some bags of soil for the last remaining one. I will wait til later because a nice little rainstorm is coming thru right now. Hopefully my tender little plants will survive!

We survived Spring Break

So right before Spring break my middle kiddo comes home with a new dog. Just what I needed, he's a sweet dog, just high energy. And of course the one who brought him home, promising to the moon and back that he will take care of him, walk him, feed him, and so on, is....mega low energy!! So between the new critter, beach days, kids spending the night at their friends, friends spending the night at our house, fishing, and a baseball tournament, we survived!!
I'm glad to be back to work sans children! I have no idea what I'm going to pull off for them over the summer. I better get my thinkin' cap on!
I will leave you with a snapshot of a peaceful moment from last week.

Finally Friday!

Yay, finally Friday, not that it really means much to me, I'm still busy on the weekend, but it does make me happy!
We've got a lot going on, baseball tournament in Apopka...love baseball but this means early, early mornings on the road.  Plus I am trying to get my raised beds up and going, house chores/maintenance that needs to be done!!
And....it's the start of Spring Break  'round here, so I'm scrambling to find something for the kiddos to do.  I'm hoping to find a surf camp for them, they've been asking for the past couple of summers, so I'm thinking a full day/week at the beach should suffice in wearing them out!!
I want a Spring Break from work!! C'mon vacation.

Playing in the dirt

Last year I started a small, okay, tiny garden of the raised bed type. Planted some tomatoes, strawberries (the squirrels loved these), and some broccoli. The tomatoes were the most productive! So since I was semi-successful with it, I think I'm going to aim for a few beds this year. I even bought a book for how to's and inspiration. Yes I'm a nerd I guess, I love to read, and I'm a visual learner, you can tell me all day long...I have to see it to get it!! I've got my list of things I need and of what I want to grow. Hopefully I can find everything so I can just plant it rather than start with seeds since I'm a few weeks late already!
So now you know what I will be into this week!

Crossdressing chicks?

So yesterday from my room I hear this strange gargling noise outside my window. I wander out there and the only thing I see are the chickens pecking around the camper carport...nothing unusual.
Today the kids and I are outside each of us doing our own thing, and I hear it again, only this time it's a bit more of a distinct sound. I look around, squinting of course because that always helps me hear better! And guess what, I hear it again, and yes it's coming from my property, not the neighbors across the canal as I had hoped.
It's official my friends we have at least one rooster in our flock. All along I just thought she was a big boned girl, boy was I wrong! Now I have to decide if we are going to keep him, or if I can sneak him over to my friend Brenda's farm and leave him there as a little gift!!
Hey, that's what friends are for!

Rain finally!

I was so excited yesterday afternoon to see they ( the always correct weather forecasters) were calling for rain! So excited that I hustled up to the local garden department and bought some grass seed. Of course I didn't buy enough, but at least we got it spread. And sure enough it rained last night and up until early afternoon today!! Now I can sit here and wait for it to grow, then I can cuss it when it does, because then I have to mow!!
I also found an organic weed killer recipe I can't wait to try. I have some tough weeds I'm tired of dealing with, but cannot use chemicals because my chicks have free run of the yard! However, that will have to wait until I'm feeling better, trying to fight off this crud that has snuck up on me.