Go Green Machine!

Our center forward is still asleep.
But, she will be ready to go to the soccer game.
We missed practice this week.
We took Love Man to the airport and had dinner with an old friend, Kent.
"Did you call the coach," she wanted to know.
"Yes."
"You're sure."
"I would remember talking to Coach Steve."
"He knows I am not coming to practice."
"Yes, he knows," I told her again for the dozenth time.
Okay, I just made up the word dozenth, but I like it.
"Coach Steve is glad you are playing the next season," I told her.
This club team does two month seasons.
We don't play after April.
I think it is too hot for her to play then.
We start in October and end in April.
By then I am totally done!
I don't know about her,
but I am finished.


I am sure the jerseys next season will be green and yellow.
I won't tell the nice folks here that they are John Deere colors.
I don't think the Phoenicians would know what I was talking about.
But, they are John Deere colors.


Once I had a friend who painted her bedroom green and yellow.
I am sad to say,
it made me laugh.
That was the last time she asked me my opinion on her decorating.
If you don't want an honest answer,
it is best not to ask me.

It May Be Spring

The girls think it is Spring already.


"No, not for another month," I told them.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes"


The birds are singing and those beautiful hummingbird almost made me fall.
They are very territorial and must have a nest near our grill.
I was trying to grill our hamburgers and they were buzzing around my head.
I mean an inch above my hair!


One is very beautiful.
I took a photo of him this morning.
Too much light.


I am sure it is a boy,
because the beautiful birds are always boys.
The girls need to protect the nest,
which is my job around here.

Blonde Girl and the Cookies

As many of you know I am the "cookie Mom" for Blonde Girl's troop.

Neighbor John schelped me to pick up the 101 cases of cookies,

which I housed in my garage until the other mothers came to collect them.

You have to order by the case and this creates what is called a surplus in cookie biz.

Our troop has a surplus of 57 cookies.

After all of the cookies were picked up and there were no errors,

I put out an email announced to the other moms what was left.

Blonde Girl was curious to try the Lemon Cremes,

I let her.

She had been nagging me about trying more.

I told her we had bought several extra in addtion to our order.

The matter was dropped.

The other day Love Man told me that he thought she had been into the cookies.

He had caught Sam with what appeared to be a "Sugar Free Chocolate Chip" in his mouth.

I confronted Miss Thing.

She replied "maybe" and then added that I knew about the Lemon Cremes.

I said, "how many boxes have you had and where are they".

She said, "under my bed".

And, so you have it.

The great cookie caper.

No wonder the dogs have been bee-lining it into her room at night.

She will be sad when she pays me the $12 for the cookies.

Here are the surplus cookies!!!!

OMG

I am getting family pressure to harvest my lemons.

Oh God!

I have to have a lot of time to do it.

It involves many hours of juicing and then freezing the juice in 2 cup increments.

I know, I know to have such troubles.

Love Man has returned to CdA.

We won't see him until around Spring Break.

He almost forgot to say good-bye to the girls,

he was very sad to leave us again.

My neighbors are TRYING to give me their lemons.

One asked me WHY I had a second tree.

Happy Birthday Blog

This "little blog that could" is one year old today.
No, the parade of people going by is not for the blog,
but a pilgrimage celebrating the conversion of Paul.
I took the photo a few weeks ago.
Naturally, I asked them what they were doing.
Tons of people.
They walked from St. Simon and Jude to St. Paul's.
Honestly, that is FAR.


Keep good thoughts for my blog's most loyal fan.
She is in the hospital with blood clots in her legs.
By the way, she is one of few to leave comments.
You can click anonymous and do it.
It is easy.
Sign your initials so I can figure out who you are.

TTFN

Love Man

Love Man is in town until Wednesday.

He has been having a lot of fun.

He also did the yard work,

or part of it.

He is trimming trees and taking out shrubs.

Blonde Girl wanted him to lay with her until she fell asleep.
Can you see her head?

CDA

I would like to thank the following people who helped me get my CDA.
Mrs. Ameis who lent me her book for inspiration.
Mrs. Cash, who tirelessly worked to help create and put my book together.
Christie, at PVCC, who critiqued my book and gave me more junk for my book.
PVCC for the classes and the healthy amount of homework.
My children who were shuttled here, there and everywhere.
Amy for helping watch my children.
Love Man, who wasn't the least bit worried I WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SRP for wanting me to do it in the first place.
God and the Girl Scouts.