Mommy Rules?

His shirt may say Mommy Rules but Grandma got his smile! All I said was "You're such a good boy!" (And he really is, not just a new grandmother talking.)

Gardening time

Phoebe checking out the planting beds.

We have been trying to do a little gardening today. Put out a few tomatoes and peppers. I purchased a few seeds to try this year. Phoebe tried to help me decide what and where to plant them.

She loves to walk in the beds more than work in them with me. I don't know if you can tell, but she is on top of our picnic table. She is a regular goat! I didn't let her jump down. We have to watch that we don't leave the benches out or she will jump up there and try to jump down. ( She did jump off one time to run chase our neighbor's dogs at the fence line and sprained her leg. )

Are we through babysitting yet?
This has been a busy week! Daughter went back to work and I am babysitting for her. Haven't had time to post or take pictures. Had volunteers come to work on our church's new building. The steeple was put on this week. The first day I babysat, I had 4 pies to make and 3 gallons of tea. Made pecan pie, fudge pie, an ice box pie, and a buttermilk pie. I hope they were all good as their wasn't any left!

Won't be back till next week!

Simply Maggie

Maggie is posing for this shot. She wants me to tell everyone that pet adoption is a good thing. She was adopted 2 years ago. Three sofa pillows and two rugs later we are having a ball with her. (Or maybe she is having one with us?)

Rescue a dog or other pet today!

Easter 2009

The little man's first Easter. Camera person a bit off that day.

Egg Hunt

Our church had an Easter Egg Hunt for our kids. This little one found a "special" egg. She was so proud! (We did take a picture with her face showing but she wanted to make sure we got a good shot of the egg!)

The sky here is usually so pretty. The sunsets are amazing sometimes. You can usually see for miles! Not today though. I would go out and take a picture but I might lose my camera. It is a windy day. We have gusts up to 60 miles an hour and sustained winds at about 30 miles an hour. What does that mean? Dirt! Dirt flies up in the wind and turns it all brown. You breathe dirt, you dust dirt, you smell dirt, and worse of all, you SEE dirt! I'll come back on a "cleaner" day. Today I am fighting the dirt.

I can hardly wait until spring really gets to our area. Temps are suppose to be in the 20's tonight. I love geraniums in my husband's grandmother's old washpot. We have had this pot in our yard since we first got married. It has seen many different yards and even went back to my mother-in-laws home for a time. Some years I go pink, but mostly red geraniums as they are my favorite. I first filled it full of moss roses and it was so pretty but a bull got out of his pasture and ate all of them that year. That was the same year my dogs ate my catus garden and a skunk ate my baby chickens. Now I mainly fight the drought and wind in our area. Those red geraniums really make my day though!

1. Maggie's favorite game - Frisbe
2. Maggie's most favorite game - Frisbe
3. Maggie's very most favorite game - Frisbe
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easter

What do you get a baby for their first Easter? I sent a card, bought a bunny, and fixed this simple basket.

Just getting some sun!

This is one of our dogs favorite activities. The pug is Phoebe Faye ( my daughter's dog). Maggie and Phoebe have a love/tolerate relationship. When it comes to the sunshine they do share and enjoy it together. This is a morning ritual for them.