Leatherheads

Jack and I went to see Leatherheads last night here at our little theater. I believe it is one of the best movies we have ever seen. I think George Clooney is so hilarious! There is some bad language... but overall a great flick. It is about the beginnings of professional football in the 1920's. Try to go see it if you can... you will spend the evening laughing! Hope your week is great!

backyard garden

Well... the big news of the weekend is the vegetable garden. We've gotten everything done except putting in some of the plants and the drip system (which Jack is studying on). Between Jack's strong back, my design abilities, and Lowrider's dedication to eat all the grub worms, it has been a very successful project! Of course we could barely move last night when we finally came in the house. (All three of us!!!) Above are before pictures. Jack had to take out three bushes that were mostly dead.


These are the after photos. We put newspaper down in the path areas to try to help with the weeds a little. The snowball bush looks like it survived the extreme pruning we put it through! Lowrider got a new little house that he loves.

Planted in the back, we now have ; onions, purple potatoes, garlic, radishes, carrots, okra, heirloom tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, eggplant, butternut squash, basil, rosemary, lavender and chives. I still plan to put out bell peppers, poblano peppers and soybeans. We are looking forward to good organic "eats" this summer!

We spent today working at the church this morning. (we had a work day) Then, we napped and laid around the rest of the day. It was too COLD to work in the yard! Tonight I did try my hand at making pecan pralines. They are presently under the "diner dome" on the bar! They turned out pretty well... maybe I used too much butter, if that is possible, but they are YUMMY!

I have been going through Philippians lately and I am fascinated by the verse in chapter 2:13 that says "for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose."

Today I had this thought: God is always faithful to lead us, but sometimes we are not faithful to follow. When we get off track, it is because of our choices... not His leading.

If you have any thoughts on this verse, comment me. I would love to hear them. Hope your weekend is great!

cake plate

I found this great cake plate at an antiques store here in town. Now my kitchen looks like an all-American diner with goodies under the dome!

birth of a blog

Well, I guess Jack and I have succumbed to peer pressure from our daughters and are setting up a blog, too. It has been so fun to keep up with their lives that we would join the trend an post our news. There will be more forthcoming....