RhondaMommy: Happy Mother's Day

Today was a lovely day! Full of good food, none of which I had to fix myself. I got a nap and got to play out in my yard. I finished planting the last of the bulbs (which most likely won't come up this year, but next year they will), and the last of the snapdragons that I had to plant. Overall, it was a wonderful day! Paul is tired after a long weekend of shoveling, moving, and lifting. I am confident that he is thrilled at being behind his desk tomorrow, instead of behind a shovel. :)

This week proves to be busy as most of my weeks are. I have bookkeeping work to catch up on, a musical to find volunteers for, end of the year excitement, lunches, parties, etc... Plus keeping our house in order and keeping up with the yard. We are suppose to have a hard rain day on Tuesday :) followed by 2-3 90+ degree weather days. Air Conditioner get ready! So by next weekend, the flowers should be beautiful and in full swing!

These four pictures are of the flowers in my yard and my favorite tulips. If you notice in the back of the first picture you can see a small section of the large pile of gravel in the drive way.

This is a picture of my garden box that runs along side the fence in the back yard. I have so far planted (or had planted) tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, sweet peas, carrots, zucchini, cucumbers, as well a few others that I am not sure about. :) The sweet peas will be climbing up my picket fence :) So it will look much better in a few weeks when everything is tall and growing--don't worry I will post more pictures.

The three pictures below are pictures where the work is being done in the back yard, around the hot tub and along side the house. Paul and a number of teens have dug down about 8 or more inches of dirt--this has been hauled away in big dumpsters. The next step will be to put down gravel (already done in some places), then sand, and then last, but certainly not least the paving stones. :) We have already purchased our pavilion and it will go next the hot tub in the open area seen in the second picture. Can you visualize it? It has been a huge job--but we are confident that in the end it will be well worth the effort!