Sunday, May 8, 2011

Always a foremen never a Grunt!!

The best way to garden is to put on a wide brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig.
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/Jokes.html
Ain't that a cute quote?? I found that and thought, "Wow that really described my day yesterday." Woke up early yesterday. I had made my mind up that I was going to start my garden. See to understand what I am about to tell you, I guess I should give you some background. Here on base, we live in what I call a "glorified townhouse." Don't get me wrong, I LOVE our house. Its 4 bedrooms, 2 and 1/2 baths of awesomeness. It is just attached to three other houses. See you don't get a house without others attached until your an officer. Within this "quadplex" is four homes. We live in the second home. The neighbor who lives in the first house doesn't talk. Just assuming, but I think she is a mute because I have said "Hi, How are ya, Have a blessed day." about a million times and she never responds. The neighbor who lives in the third house whom I will call Cali (because she is from California.) I adore. She has that same raw foot in the mouth personality I have. She has 3 beautiful children with whom I adore. Her youngest was born just two days after my son. Next to her in the end house is Texas ( because she is from Texas!) They have the house I wanted because if you if on the end it has a wrap around porch and more yard! They have 3 children. Across the street is Olkie (Oklahoma). They have four children. I told you that story to tell you this story. It all started with Texas. They started sprucing up the front garden. Once they started that, Cali started too. Then Olkie. Each person got just a little bit more creative. It became an unoffical competition. I have manage to stay out of it so far due to lack of funds. Well that and I don't know too much about flowers and such. My mother said she was going to get some flowers for mothers day for me when she comes done (which is in 4 days). I kept telling everyone that my mom would do it when she came. Meanwhile I started looking at edging and flowers to give her an idea of what I wanted. I decided since the neighbors were getting pre made edging, I would do something different. I really didn't want to spend a lot (or any if I could help it)I really like the river rock edging. No river on base. But fortunately there is a big pile of rock on the other side of the fence. Cali recruited her kids and I brought the wagon and we were rock hunting! Once we had a wagon full and headed back up the hill. Boy does your age catch up to you right when you are in the middle of something physically demanding! I started hoeing out the edging and Texas' husband decided to start putting in the rocks. I decided to take a break and never got back to finish. So thanks to Texas' husband, my edging is finished!! Free labor is the best labor.



How cute is Maddy in the bathing suit from her Great Aunt Kay!! Needless to say, I got my edging for free. Now everyone is using the little red wagon to get them some rocks!! Now we just need flowers!!! Hurry up mom.

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