What time is it?.........SUMMERTIME....it's our vacation!!!!

I remember as a kid my mom always loved the last day of school. I couldn't understand why because she had 9 kids, and the house would be crazy for the summer. My senior year there were 7 kids in school. Kindergarten, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th! WOW. Since I became a mother of school-aged children I haven't exactly looked forward to the last day of school (kind of sad to admit.) However,I couldn't be more excited for my kids to be out of school. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that we are leaving to Houston in the morning, or no alarm clocks all summer, or maybe it has to do with no rushing to pack school lunches. Whatever the reason (or reasons) I am thrilled that school's out!!! And so are the kids....they had a great time playing with the water shooters this afternoon - I'm trying to wear them out so they will sleep good tonight.

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

I don't think we've ever had a more rainy Spring, but it has done wonders for the green things in the ground - I love watching for new growth each day, especially from the newly planted garden. We planted 2 weeks ago - using seeds for everything except tomatoes and green peppers. And thanks to the rain, I haven't had to water a bit! The seeds we planted are: spaghetti squash, watermelon, zucchini, crookneck, butternut, lots of green beans and beets, peas, strawberries, onions, 4 types of lettuce, jalapenos, cilantro, several different herbs.....can't think of anything else - oh yeah, carrots.
Also, last week we took advantage of a friend's free offer of a kitten. We named him Sprite - he's 2 months old and still an adorable cat. I haven't been able to get a good picture because he won't sit still,but I'll include the silly one of him climbing on a bike. To any friends who might have cat allergies - he's not an indoor cat :) He sleeps in odd places in the garage...preferring the engine of the car and shelves to his comfy bed that we made him.
I guess that's all - I'm going to attempt to add some pictures now....this is why I don't blog very often. I really need someone to sit down with me and show me the basics.

ONE MORE THING - PLEASE POST PICS OF YOUR GARDENS _ I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE!! :)

Giveaway!!!!

My first giveaway!The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice.For YOU!I saw this on a blog and I thought, "humm, in my attempt at being a better person, why not do a little service for friends and loved ones." This is going to be fun and I can't wait to start some new projects. It must be something to do with spring because once the sun comes out I all of the sudden get this huge urge to take on tons of new projects.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!2. What I create will be just for you.3. It'll be done this year. Hopefully sooner than later.4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be sewn, painted, written, scrapbooky, or be something totally random that I come up with on a whim. I may even bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. Let's spread some love! So, the first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they are doing it too win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! (I know...that could either be cool or scary) Who knows! :)Be sure to post pictures of what you won when you recieve it! :) You better hurry!BTW- If you go to http://decourseyproject.blogspot.com you can enter to win a box of awesomeness! I am ALL about winning things. Aren't you??

I've got the gardening bug....now when is that last frost?

So I realized that I can post something and not have to post pictures....that's usually why I blog - I have pics to share - but not today. :) A week and a half ago, Dave and I visited Lowe's and found this book on Square Foot Gardening. Long story short......we now have 6 nicely put together (thanks Dave) and painted (thanks Cori and Megan) 4X4 wooden boxes to start our garden in. We've had a garden every summer since we've been married, but neither one of us enjoys weeds. This method mostly does away with weeds and to make it even more inticing - you never have to till the ground again!!!! I will post more later with pics - I just had to share my enthusiasm with you all.