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Project 366- June 21, 2008

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I wonder where the idea of a "weekend" came from. I do like it very much. I so much enjoy long Saturdays, entire days to do things at home are grand too. Today was one of those days and tomorrow I may not be able to walk. I woke up fairly early for a Saturday. My first task was tackling some of the hoeing in the garden. I still haven't quite figured out why I've warmed up so much to the garden this year. Anywho...I hoed the rest of the tomatoes, two rows of potatoes and around the boxes. Intermittently I was changing loads of laundry as well. I love drying clothes on the clothesline. I know it is beginning to be a lost art, but I LOVE it! I've even come up with a handy little trick for inconspicuously hanging out our undergarments where they can't be seen from the road:) But back to the garden... Brenna helped me out, hoeing carefully around the cantaloupe and watermelon She was a good little helper, singing all the while as she hoed. Quinn came out and superv

Project 366- June 20, 2008

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Eek! A day at work when I am searching for tasks drives me bonkers. It makes me want to say, "Hey I'm going home, I have lots to do there!" I pulled through though and still had a good time with Marci. The back office laptop was being "difficult" and I finally shut it off and gave up. That work can wait for Monday, arg! I took home mom's carrots at lunch. It is so funny how random people you don't know will comment to you when you are carrying a 25lb of carrots:) They say things like, "WOW, that is a LOT of carrots!" I just smiled and said, "Yup." It would be too long of a story to explain that my mom is juicing them for a diet and it's yummy. Every cloud was amazing today, and I mean amazing! It was like a fireworks show, only better and longer:) They did lead to the reason I left work a half an hour early. Dr. Hackel heard there were tornado warnings out and sent Marci to go pick up the kids and me to go home. I will have more t