Green Thumb Granny

I am pretty excited. Last night I got our garden going. I am starting the seeds inside and then when it is time, I'll move everything outside. In the next couple of weeks, I need to get the garden bed built. Last year I was not so sure about doing a garden. I was afraid of the commitment so I did it in a kiddie pool. That way it would be easy to get rid of if I hated it. I ended up loving it. I did not get much out of it in the way of veggies but that is because I did not really know what I was doing. I over watered. We got several tomatoes so that was cool. I love tomatoes right out of the garden.

I got one of those Jiffy seed sowing things that will handle 72 plants. I ended up with more seeds than that could handle so I need to buy another one. I split my seeds into 3 types - sunny, part sun and veggies. I got the veggies and sunny stuff planted and will do the part sun stuff when I get another Jiffy thing. I am supposed to have some sprouts in about a week and a half or 2 weeks. I am excited to check it out. Once I put the lid on the Jiffy thing it got a bunch of condensation - it was like it was producing heat in there. Maybe it is. I will have to check it in a couple of days and see if it looks good in there. I probably should not take the lid off too much because it is probably supposed to stay on there and keep the heat and condensation.

I am excited for Braxton to come over tonight. I think he will be interested in checking it out. He loves to dig in the dirt and help me plant things. He has his own tools for the garden. I almost bought him some new ones last night. They had a really cute rake and shovel. I am sure he will end up with it but I had to exercise some discipline and willpower last night. There is also a really cute chair that I want to get for him. I probably want a set of the chairs - let's not kid ourselves... it's not probably :) It is a yard chair but could be used in the house too. It is a blue plastic chair. He loves to have furniture that is his size and just for him.

The house is just about ready for us to go on the trip. I need to put a couple of dishes in the dishwasher and run it tonight and get some laundry put away. I always take out the garbage and recycling before a trip, too. I like to come home to a clean house.

Joelynn is coming home tonight so that makes today my favorite day of a travel week. I like to have the house clean when she comes home so she does not have to come home to a pig-sty. I got the laundry done last night from this week so now all I have to do is put it away. That is my least favorite part of laundry. I am not sure what the deal is but if I don't stay on top of it and get it done as each load finishes, I don't do it and it just sits around. It bugs me so bad but I still just let it sit there. Not sure why - I guess it is my laziness. I need to stop that.

Petie is going to stay at my mom's house while we are gone. She likes to have a dog to squeeze and he like to be squeezed so it works out perfectly. My brother likes to have a dog around, too. Petie knows he is the king of their house, too. He goes and gets in bed with whoever he wants when he wants. My brother told me that he woke up one night the last time Petie stayed with them and Petie was in bed with him burrowed down in the covers. He thought it was cool. It made me smile to think about it. I love it when the dog is snuggled in the bed.

Gage takes care of Jake while we are gone. Jake likes to stay home so he can be familiar with his surroundings and have his own backyard to run around in. He needs space to roam around and he does not have that at Gage's apartment. Jake is not an apartment dog - even thought I wish he was and that Gage would take him to his house. Don't get me wrong, I love Jake he is just so big and it drives me crazy when he jumps on me. I like small lap dogs. Jake tries to be a lap dog but it does not work out so good.