Blogging Blues

Evidently it is time for me to turn and repent in Blogging Land. I’ve been lazy and enjoyed the blogs of friends and total strangers. I even have the audacity to get upset when they don’t update them often enough! In reality I have the winter blues. I am so ready for spring. I’ve been enjoying the fine weather we’ve had, but it will end tonight with a big, fat, stupid storm bearing down on us. Initially, it was predicted that Tuesday we would have “snow showers,” but now it looks like it won’t be that cold. I actually have had things to blog about, but motivation has left the building. So I need to catch up.

I think I’ll start in reverse order…this weekend. Justin, Leigh and I prepared the ground for a garden! I really don’t think that my back has ever been so sore. Really, even when I walk up hill I can feel it in my back. Thankfully my wonderful hubby has connections in the landscaping business and worked his magic with a Dingo, otherwise, I would have been down for the count…Leigh too. Even though we had wonderful machinery, we still had to produce manual labor.

Right now it looks like a burial plot. I want to get a sign that says, “Justice served IMMEDIATELY.” But Leigh prefers the title “Dingo Patch.” In a few weeks we are going to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, onions, corn, field peas, bell peppers and something else that I cannot recall. The garden is in Leigh’s backyard, ours is too shady.

As a side note, Lucy had her yearly check-up. The vet was very impressed with her! He said that there wasn’t a speck of plaque on her teeth. We attribute that to her love of eating/gnawing on sticks. Not only that, but she is obeying so well these days. We can actually walk down to Leigh’s off the leash! And she will stay in our unfenced yard without us having to supervise the entire time!! But wait, there’s more! Lucy has begun playing in the water! After her first traumatic experience in the water when she was 6 months old (that’s when J threw her in the river saying, “she won’t sink.” Splash! Wait for it, wait for it…then finally Lucy surfaces and won’t come to J for an hour). She is hilarious to watch in the water. Her favorite are puddles. We’re such proud parents…