|
Welcome to My Blog!
Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for!
I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all!
This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here.
Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do!
Blessings!
Our Curriculum
- Mystery of History vol. 1
- Saxon 5/4
- Horizons Grade 2
- A Beka Language
- Spelling Power
- Apologia Zoology 1
Books I'm Reading
- The Bible (Isaiah)
- Invitation to the Jesus Life
- Discover Your Child's Learning Style
- The Way They Learn
- Archimedes and the Door of Science
- (all things Trojan at the moment)
Favorite Links
|
Friday, July 25, 2008
If You Give a Mom a Garden. . .
Posted in Mom Things
If you give a mom a garden . . .
She'll want some compost to go in it. And, once she's worked that in to the soil, she'll see it needs more amendment.
Off to the store she'll go, hoping to get a good price on topsoil and peat, too.
While she's at the store, the mom will notice the aisle of shiny tools: shovels and hoes and bulb planters and trowels. She'll have to test each one for weight and durability in her very own hands. After she sees they are not as nice as the heavy tools she has at home, she'll remember she was in the store for the garden she's making.
She'll walk toward the topsoil and peat, and the aisle of fertilizers will be right in front of her. The mom will have to look at the various kinds of fertilizer and think about what she'll need. Knowing there are no plants in the garden yet, she has no need of the fertilizers. But, that reminds her that there are no plants in the garden, so the mom will have to look at those, too!
After the mom experiences *all* of the lovely plants, she remembers she came only for soil amendments. She gets them and pays for them.
When the mom returns to the garden, turns in the amendments, and steps back to look at her job, she is happy. This reminds her that a job well done is really a joy, but also a lot of work.
The mom soon realizes she is thirsty, so she goes in to enjoy the air conditioning and a cup of tea. The tea reminds her she is hungry, so the mom also eats a cookie. The cookie crumbs remind her the kitchen table is dirty, so she finds the spray and paper towels and cleans the table.
Seeing the clean table reminds her there is dirt on the floor, too. So, the mom gets the broom and dust pan and sweeps the dirt from the floor. She dumps the dirt into the garbage can under the sink, which reminds her she was working in dirt earlier in the day in her new garden.
The mom goes back out to the garden, sees there are no flowers, and ponders the situation. Seeing there are flowers in other parts of the yard, the mom decides to move them to the new garden.
Three hours later . . .
The mom steps back from her nicely planted garden, rubs her sore back, looks at the huge pile of extra Brown-Eyed Susans, and thinks, "I really need to make another garden over there with the extra ones."
*sigh*
And, after she has cut the new garden in to the barely grassy area in another part of the yard, she decides she needs some compost to go in it.
Have a great day! This is a bit of a dramatized version of my day. I thought you'd get a kick out of it.
|
| •
Post A Comment! •
Send to a Friend!
|
Comments
Last Page | Next Page
|
Blog Things
My Thoughts
I love comments!
Categories
Blogging Friends
|
Posted by 
Posted by 
Posted by 
Posted by 
Posted by 
Posted by
Friday, July 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Glad to hear your garden is coming along. I love black eyed Susans. You should post some pictures.
Have a blessed weekend
Kristie
(who did get a couple of clearanced perrenials from Home Depot when she went to buy yard waste bags only and will be spending endless hours outside planting and transplanting this weekend. Sorry about the long run on sentence)