I think I am in the wrong house.

Someone changed the toilet paper roll in the bathroom.

The Accidental Gardener

I believe there are two kinds of people.  Those who love to garden and those that hate it.  I approach gardening as something that should be done.  I don't dream about the lovely garden I want or make a plan of how my garden will look.  I just go out and do what I think needs to be done.

My mom taught me at a young age how to pull weeds.  It's the old fashioned way with a tool that you push into the ground near the root and pull the weed out with your hands, making sure that you get the entire root.  All these years of practice and I'm pretty good at it.

RT and I do our own landscaping.  We have been doing it in stages.  The front of our house is just about complete.  We just need to add some mulch and do a little edging.  The back yard is our work in progress.  Every year we add something new to beautify the area.

I have two gardens where I grow tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, garlic, oregano and basil (to name a few things).  I have been using companion gardening for the last few years and have noticed a difference in my harvest.  Oh and I forgot to mention, I compost in the garden.  The soil seems pretty good in our first garden.  The soil in the second garden (the newer garden), is coming along quite nicely.

The neighbors comment how well my vegetable gardens are doing and ask me how I do it.  I feel they are looking for either a technical or magical answer.

"It's because the acidity of the soil is _____"

or

"The secret to a successful garden is ____"

Instead, when they ask me how I created such a great garden, I reply, "I don't know."

Hanging out at the pool is always an interesting experience.  Bella is usually running around with friends and I'm hanging out reading, writing and people watching.

There are quite a few teens that frequent the pool.  They can come on their own (no adult).  It's rather entertaining to sit and listen to their conversations.  Everything is "annoying" or "boring."  There is a lot of "what?" and giggling and, "No way!"

Makes me glad I'm past my teenage years and have developed a vocabulary.

FAQ's - Frequently Asked Questions

I thought I would start a list of annoying FAQ'a that I get asked either at home or at work.  I'm sure I'm missing some.

At home:

What's for Dinner?
Where is _________? (person or item)
Can you take me to _______?
Did you go grocery shopping?
What's for lunch?
Is there anything to eat?
Do you work today?
Did you work today?
What did you do today?

At work:

Did you take the price tag off?
Did you already ring this up?

I'm sure I will be adding to this list in the future.

If you can think of any, let me know.

Song list for the week

I thought I would come up with some songs that describe my week.

Live While We're Young - One Direction
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
One Way or Another  - Blondie
Don't Stop Believing - Journey *
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Thrift Shop - Macklemore
Trouble - Taylor Swift

* I think legally this song has to be on every play list

We have a new driver in the house.  Alex just got his Drivers License the other day.

It's funny how teenagers get their license and feel they should get a car.  Currently, we are sharing my car.  If he drives me to work (and picks me up) then he can have the car during that time.  I have let him drive to work.  I even dropped the car off at his work and walked home.  It's only a little over a mile walk.  Free exercise for me and I didn't have to run out and pick him up late at night.

He is saving his money for a car.  He really needs to save his money to pay his car insurance and forget about the car.

The law states that new drivers are only allowed to have one passenger (not related) for the first year. Of course, there is no limit on the number of siblings that can ride in the car.  This sounds great in theory, but, then there are more kids borrowing the car to go hang with their friends, which means more cars on the road with young drivers.  (There are also those kids that think they can get away with  it and drive with more than one kid in their car)

My main concern is working out a schedule so that I can use my car when I need it.

Wish me luck.

*We don't pay the kid's car insurance.  If they want their drivers license, they have to be able to pay for their car insurance.

Random Act of Kindness RAOK

Paid it forward today.  The customer in line ahead of me was short a couple of dollars, so I help him out.

What Random Act of Kindness will you do today?