Should We Try for Three Posts This Week?

 

Things are not going well on the front porch of the house with the picket fence.  I spent $25 each on hanging baskets for my front porch and this is the condition they are in.  I have hung these baskets on this porch since it was built in 2004 and my gardener/husband has provided the same care every year. With the use of a magnifying glass and a microscope he discovered they are full of tiny little bugs.

My daughter is forcing me to get up and dressed and leave the house early every day. Today it was back to the Amish nursery where everything was half price. There was the sweetest owner/mother and an adorable truck driver who was no help at all. 

I am going to flood your brain with flowers.  

I was overwhelmed. 

So pretty. 

I was starting to forget what I was looking for. 

My daughter bought this planter for half price - $15. 

I decided to go patriotic. 

I paid full price for this wooden garden. (of course)

The truck bed. 

Might as well stop at the Mennonite Grocery Store. 

I think this is cereal. 

Oh yes, some came home with me. 

But they were out of peaches. 

The tomatoes were HUGE. 

My son and his sons have been coming to dinner on Tuesdays. Yesterday I baked a 10 lb ham and it turns out that they were only coming during the school year. I bought cheese for ham and cheese sandwiches for the next week. 

When I would bring my 4H club here, I gave them a scavenger hunt sheet. One activity was to count how many sprinkle varieties. There are hundreds. 

I used to buy the 25 pound bags of sugar and flour before we had an Aldi. 

They were out of the donut mix. 

I used to buy the paper plates of homemade hoho cakes for my kids. They were $2-$3 for a half dozen. Now they are $8.25. 

Came home and redecorated the front porch in the new theme. My gardener is treating the new plants in the morning. Please ignore the dead iris blooms. 

New flowers in the bike basket only because I accidentally bought an extra basket of flowers. 

By afternoon it was in the 90's. But it was the first summer free concert at our new city amphitheater. I couldn't believe I talked Mr Merry into going. But he did. 

This is a dad, three daughters (the bass player is 15, lead singer just graduated) and a son, the drummer, who is the youngest. The band name is Townline 26 which is the road where they live. 

And tomorrow is my church charity office day. I need the rest!