PDD’s Awards Assembly
Friday was the last day of school for my kids. Sweet Pea came over the Grandma’s Thursday evening with permission to stay the whole weekend, so she got to attend PDD’s awards assembly with me Friday morning.
PDD received a total of 5 awards at the assembly: Honor Roll, Citizenship (her first time receiving this one!), [...]
Tags: PDD, Special Days
Project Canine Containment Continues…
Now that we have the holes in the privacy fence repaired, Cheerio has figured out she can still get out of the yard by going up on the pool deck and hopping over the fence into the neighbor’s backyard from there. The neighbor’s house is a rental house, is currently empty and has fence gate [...]
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Backyard Progress Report
Yesterday (Saturday) morning, we got up early and met my BFF Patsy at IHOP for breakfast at 8.
After breakfast, we came back here to the house and filled up Patsy’s pickup truck with crap from the backyard and took it to the city dump. Continue reading »
Tags: DIY, Oldest Son, PDD, Second Son, yard work
Tree Frog Chorus
Every place has its own sounds, especially at night. When I was a little girl, we lived in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, and I fell asleep to the sound of trains many a night. And crickets in the summertime. Even today, when I hear the sound of a train whistle at night, [...]
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While the Cat’s Busy, The Mouse…
We tackled the repair of the privacy fence on Saturday. Second Son decided we should just get it out of the way, so I called Baby Sis to see if she’d go to Lowe’s with me to get the lumber (she’s got a truck, I don’t) and called Dad to see if he’d bring extra [...]
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The Merry Month of May
We’re going to have some major fun at our house this month. I know you’ll be wishing you could be here to share the joy, so I’ll do my best to post pictures and maybe even a video or two so you can feel included.
The first bit ‘o fun on the schedule was opening our [...]
Tags: crazy weather, DIY, Home, Venting, yard work