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Your gardens are so pretty! Ours in Upstate New York are finally thawing out and blooming I can't wait to hear all about your trip to our favorite resort, the Poly!
your yard is just lovely. I wish I could spend the time and money to have my yard look nice. I barely have time to get the grass cut and with the dogs and the kids - what is the point of anything else, I'm just fighting a losing battle.
Oh my goodness, I love those little tulip trees! I so hear you on sweaty workout clothes smelling up the laundry room. You guys had another fun, productive day. Soon it will be time to get those suitcases out!
Such a pretty yard! I'm very envious and can't wait for things to really start growing here--
I'm with you about wanting to come home to a clean house. Unfortunately what I want in my head and what (mostly) happens can be two very different things.
Have a wonderful weekend!
You really do learn something every day - I'd never heard of tulip trees, but I went and looked them up on Google and I'm familiar with them, I just never knew any name for them.
I'm not sure anyone could tell what our little trees are right now as the leaves or so tiny the distinctive tulip tree shape isn't visible yet. My dad had two large tulip trees that were beautiful and quite shady.
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Love your garden Cam! It's coming along nicely! Glad you've been able to get out for your walks in the mornings!
I leave most of planting to Luke and I do the weeding. We joke that if I touch a plant before it really takes off I have a black thumb.
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We're seeing Avengers tomorrow! And the boys all say Thor is my 'boyfriend'.
I can't believe it's almost time for you to go! Just doesn't seem possible. I think we went straight to summer from winter. Im seriously considering turning on the AC! I love the 'this time next week stage'!
I was just saying to Luke today that our part of the country doesn't change weather gradually but by extremes -- 60s one week followed by mid 80s the next.
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Beautiful Garden. I wish I had your green thumb. I can't wait to hear about the trip. You always have a FABULOUS time.
I'm not the one with the green thumb that is Luke. We joke that I have a black thumb. I doing the weeding and some watering, but I don't plant.
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Your gardens are so pretty! Ours in Upstate New York are finally thawing out and blooming I can't wait to hear all about your trip to our favorite resort, the Poly!
Glad yours are finally thawing. I won't believe I'm actually getting to stay at the Poly finally until we walk into the lobby.
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Love all your landscaping, it beautiful. I am a garden person and love planting. for less rain and more sunshine.
I love gardens and flowers, but I wouldn't be so good without Luke's help.
your yard is just lovely. I wish I could spend the time and money to have my yard look nice. I barely have time to get the grass cut and with the dogs and the kids - what is the point of anything else, I'm just fighting a losing battle.
We are doing so much better with the yard and flower beds now that we have time. When I worked, I would pull into the driveway after work, and realize I had forgotten about the plants on the front porch. We'd just be too tired after to work to even give them a thought.
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Oh my goodness, I love those little tulip trees! I so hear you on sweaty workout clothes smelling up the laundry room. You guys had another fun, productive day. Soon it will be time to get those suitcases out!
Your yard looks beautiful! I'm very impressed and a little motivated by how productive you two are! You always seem to get so much done!
Being retired does help in the getting of things done.
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Such a pretty yard! I'm very envious and can't wait for things to really start growing here--
I'm with you about wanting to come home to a clean house. Unfortunately what I want in my head and what (mostly) happens can be two very different things.
Have a wonderful weekend!
With the two of us here all day, we do a pretty good job now of keeping things picked up and put away, so cleaning doesn't seem to take so long.
Today found us taking an early morning 4 mile walk through our neighborhood. With the weather much warmer now, early morning walks will probably be the routine. We didn't stop when we got home. First, we pulled out and organized CDs that we'd like to listen to on the road trip. Some of you may remember that we tried to get through all our Christmas CDs on our December drive to Orlando and back. Luke has pulled several oldies, mainly a Canadian band called Klaatu, Styx, and Boston. I've dug out a bunch of Disney CDs that I've had trouble listening to since my little partner left. Some of you may remember that Stefanie and I listened to Disney CDs for about 3 months prior to each trip.
Then we pulled weeds, watered our little trees, and picked up willow branches before we moved inside to clean the hardwood floors, tile, and carpet. Luke does all the vacuuming as he is much better at wielding the vacuum than I am. I do the steam mopping of the tile floors and wet mopping of the hardwoods.
When we'd finished the floors, Luke checked the weather and decided to mow one more time before we leave. We have a nephew who owns a lawn service/landscaping company who mows for us when we're gone, but he only services our neighborhood on Thursdays. Luke was afraid our lawn would be looking pretty scruffy before next Thursday. While he was sweating away outdoors, I called my dad, cleaned the kitchen, dusted, and vacuumed the Edge again (we must have the dirtiest feet ).
I had also eaten lunch while Luke was mowing and checked my e-mail, but I sat back down with him when he got done. Afterwards (around 1:30), I sat down to read and finish e-mails. I remember around 2:00 thinking I'd just shut my eyes for a little while as I suddenly felt so tired. Next thing I know I'm having a crazy dream that Luke has gone out to get the mail and come back in with to upper elementary age kids. He keeps telling them to be quiet as his wife is asleep. The boy begins opening and slamming shut cabinets on our desk right behind where I'm sleeping on the couch. Our desk does NOT have any cabinets, but this dream seems so real. I try to open my eyes but they won't. Finally, Luke takes them to our candy jar in the kitchen and gives them some treats. They then walk behind the couch where I am again and head out of the house by themselves. But they have trouble with our front door not staying shut (this is a real problem unless you know the trick). Now I'm frantic that our front door is going to remain open. I again try to open my eyes and even to call for Luke, but neither my mouth nor my eyes will open. I'm getting scared when I finally manage to wake up completely though still feeling a bit scared. Weird dream!
I check the clock; it is 3:00! So much for a few minutes nap. I've been asleep for an hour. Suppose I had worn myself out. Luke was already done with his shower and was shaving when I came in to the bathroom to share my nightmare. He had gone to get the mail while I was asleep but didn't see any children.
Once we were ready, we headed out for Friday night date night. First stop, Hallmark to drop off my Wish List for ornaments. At this point the skies were threatening a storm. We managed to drive across town to Cheddar's and get inside before the rain came. Our dinner took much longer than normal as we had a brand new server who had to ask for help several times. But he was exceptionally courteous. Now for task three -- Target. I know I said earlier this week was our last trip, but that was before I realized I'd forgotten to get another travel size Clear Care for cleaning my contacts and before I knew that Luke had eaten all but one of the Fiber One breakfast bars, and he had checked his toiletries to discover no shave gel. We had also run out of yogurt at lunch today, and we both love our yogurt, so we picked up one each for tomorrow. I also wanted to check out the C9 active wear for a few more tank tops, which are much more comfortable for hot, humid walking. I got very lucky as usually I find only one I like, but tonight there were three (which you will probably see in some pictures. We've talked about visiting the fitness room some, especially at the hotel our first night as we won't have walked in the morning, but who knows if we'll actually do this.
We also stopped at Ulta, which is just down from Target for us. I wanted another one of my Chi hair sprays but they don't carry the particular kind I use. My hairstylist was out of it. So hopefully, what I have will last until I get back home. By the time we get back home it is 7:30. So just a bit of TV while checking out the boards.
Plans for tomorrow finally include packing.
This time next week we will experience the first day of Star Wars Weekends and dinner will be the Jedi Star Wars Dine In at Hollywood & Vine. By the way, I decided after checking accuweather tonight that there is no knowing what the weather will be like each day until we live them. The rain on Wednesday I saw earlier this week has been replaced with sunshine, Monday which was to be sunny now has storms predicted, and on and on.
See you for one last update tomorrow. Will we get packed???? Of course, we will because we're going to Disney.
Your yard looks so beautiful with all your trees and lawn decorationsWith all your walking that you've been doing, you're both going to be ready for those long days of walking around the parks! Don't worry to much about the weather forecast at Disney because when I was there a couple weeks ago, it was suppose to rain every day and we didn't have any rain except for when we flew into the Orlando airport!
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I wish I had your green thumb. I can't wait to hear about the trip. You always have a FABULOUS time.
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You guys had another fun, productive day. Soon it will be time to get those suitcases out! 
- I'd never heard of tulip trees, but I went and looked them up on Google and I'm familiar with them, I just never knew any name for them.
It's coming along nicely! 
I leave most of planting to Luke and I do the weeding. We joke that if I touch a plant before it really takes off I have a black thumb. 
So much for a few minutes nap. I've been asleep for an hour. Suppose I had worn myself out. 
Luke was already done with his shower and was shaving when I came in to the bathroom to share my nightmare. He had gone to get the mail while I was asleep but didn't see any children. 
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