Peer Pressure

Well, we FINALLY got our front yard put in! Everyone has been asking me what it looks like so I thought I would write a post about it. We decided we wanted to do something different this time, so we went for an island. We absolutely had to have the aspen fir/charlie brown trees in the front. Unfortunatly, one of our trees was stricken with scoliosis and had to be "removed". (I am not making fun of anyone with scoliosis, nor do I have any idea how to spell it!) Our landscaper tried to convince me that they were "very popular" and "everyone wants the ones that are crooked". Well, I am happy to report that I resisted the peer pressure and told him the tree had to go. The backyard is another story....they have this funny rule that if you can't pay them for a beautiful backyard, then you can't have one. So, we had it hand seeded and are waiting and waiting for the grass to grow. I think it's like the saying about a watched pot...

I also am going to start a garden next year. I am giving into the peer pressure on that one...EVERYBODY really IS doing it!! Unfortunately, this is what happened this year when I tried to grow lettuce.

Next year I will have to call in reinforcements, namely Daralee, Queen of the Garden!

Here we go again...

Ok, let's try this again. Ignore that last blog site that I told you all about, as it is "lost in space" or something like that. I had major issues yesterday, so I had to start all over. This blog is meant to be a way to keep in touch with those who live far away, and for those not so far. My hope is that the mundane, frustrating, embarrassing, and wonderful moments in our lives, will bring a smile to your face. And also as a way to have some sort of written history, since I do not scrapbook or write in a journal. I have read blogs that are creative, fun, and totally hysterical. I feel the pressure to entertain you as I have been entertained...so, a word of advice...Don't expect much and then you won't be disappointed.

Here goes nothin'.....