Garden Gone Crazy

It's been awhile since I last posted (again! I'm great at composing blogs in my head...not so great at sitting down to type them out).

In the 2 months since we planted the garden, it has gone NUTS! These are the most recent pictures:

We've been enjoying so much lettuce and yellow squash.  And now, the green beans are producing so much, too.  The pea plants look horrible.  We're having a drought here in Central Texas, and some unusually high temperatures.  I've been trying to keep the garden watered as best I can - I use the water I wash the lettuce in to supplement any short waterings I do.  I just dump the water from the rinse bowl into a bucket and haul it out - feels like pioneer times.  Haha!  But, the peas plants get browner and drier.  The funny thing is, the browner they get, the more pods are showing up, and the bigger the peas are getting.  The pods look terrible, but the peas are really yummy - so far, anyway.  Probably won't end up with all that many, but that's okay.

Here is what I picked today - 22 ounces/2 bowls full of lettuce, today, alone!  

See, the peas, once they're out of the pods, look so pretty!

Well, tomorrow is one of the two days I work each month, so it's off to bed I go. 

I hope Memorial Day weekend is a good one for all - hopefully this crazy, tragic weather is ending for the year. Praying so much and so often for those who have been affected by all the tornadoes. 

'Til Later!

My Silly, Sweet, Precious girl

Hubby bought a new weed whacker (okay, probably not the official name, but it's what I call it), as our old one died a sad death (think flames shooting out of motor). Is there anything better than a nice big box?

One day, a couple of weeks ago, our former MOPS group hosted a Pajama Party, in the morning, for the kiddos. We were invited to go, so we did! Though Isabella wouldn't wear pajamas. To her credit, she doesn't wear pajamas when she sleeps, either. She picks out the clothes she wants to wear the next day and sleeps in those. Her own very efficient idea. The first thing the kids did, at the party, was decorate a box for the loveys they brought.

Isabella made sure her flowers had butterflies on them.

After the boxes were decorated and the loveys set into them, it was time for a parade (oh, and notice, even if she wasn't wearing PJ's, Isabella did wear her new slippers):

Later, that same afternoon, Isabella and I headed into the City for a service project with a volunteer organization we're part of. Izzy fell asleep, on the drive up. Since it was a busy morning, and I wanted her happy at the service project, I let her stay asleep on the drive. Normally, this isn't allowed, as we like a somewhat consistent bedtime, and car naps (even 5 minutes) then result in an extremely late bedtime (ie: Mommy ends up going to bed right after Izzy, and there's no time for TV and relaxing with Daddy). Isn't she just precious?

Our service project, this time, was assembling sandwiches at a food kitchen for the homeless. Isabella had a blast, making the sandwiches. All I did was get things ready for her - she assembled all of the ones we made, herself.

After each sandwich was put together, she'd pat it before putting it in the bin. She said she was giving it love, so that the people eating them the next day, would feel the love. Again...isn't she just precious?

Yes, I know...all Mommies feel that way....it's the way it's supposed to be though! :)

'Til Later, Gator!

Our Garden is Growing like Crazy!

In spite of the drought we're in, and the minimal watering I'm doing, our garden is so beautifully green! Here are some progressive pictures:

Our first little harvest - 1/2 ounce of lettuce.  We've since picked 18 more ounces.

Can't wait to taste this little guy!  :)

Some crafting...

My niece is almost ready to graduate from college. She is going to be an early elementary school teacher. So, I made her some blocks to use in her classroom (if she so chooses). They spell out the 4 seasons. I hope she likes them.

One day, I was antsy to do something with Mod Podge. I found an old mousepad that came with a computer, once, that we never use. So...I took the mousepad, and went to town repurposing it:

Little Easter Craft

I apologize - I cannot find the blog and post that gave me the idea to do this. But, I thought this was sooooooo cute! I'm not any kind of artist, but somehow, I managed to draw a bunny on a brown shopping bag and cut it out. Then, Isabella decorated it, and hung it in her room:

I thought, between the two of us, we did pretty well!

'Til Later!

Foam "Floral" Tree

I made this little "tree" for Isabella's room.  I want to find and make things that are a little more "Big Girl" for her room.  I got this idea after seeing so many spring wreaths on different blogs.  I had bought the foam tree at Goodwill for practically nothing, for an Easter project that I never got around to making.  I raided my fabric stash and found straight pins I didn't even know I had. 

Isabella loved watching me work on it.  And is thrilled to have it on her dresser.

Long time...

I'm really the worst blogger!  It's not that I haven't had things I wanted to post.  It's not even really that I didn't have time.  Well, maybe that's part of it.  I did get busy with some digital scrapbooking, which I hadn't done in a few months.  But, I've done a few craft projects and the garden has gone insane!
It's so hot, here in central Texas, already.  WAY too early to be this hot, and lately so muggy, too.  That never helps me be productive, as I only want to sit on the couch, under the ceiling fan (yes, we have A/C, but hubby is appalled at our power bill, so the A/C stays off until shortly before Izzy's bedtime...and then only for an hour or two, to make sure she's comfortable while she falls asleep).  Tomorrow, it could get as high as 98!  YIKES!  When did we jump ahead to July?

I have some miscellaneous photos from the last month to share (I'll do garden pictures as a separate post):

 Isabella, admiring a turtle at her favorite place - Cabela's.

A bulletin board I set up for Isabella and I to use for Letter and Number of the week, Day, Month & Date, and Weather.She loves helping me change it out...especially the weather.

I found a frame at a local thrift store!  I was looking for one like this.  We're hoping to paint Izzy's room this summer.  So my plan is to paint this frame in a complimentary color, and paint chalkboard paint on the wall that will be behind this frame.  Then she can have ever changing art on her wall. 

Well, blogger is giving me some issues, tonight, with posting pictures.  So I'll jump on, again, soon and post some more.  I have 3 different crafts that I did, that I thought turned out kind of cute.  So wanted to show them. 
In the meantime, I hope your week starts off well!
'Til Later!