Beckys Blog

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I'm on facebook much more then I am over here. If you don't have a facebook account, you should get one. It's much easier to keep up with people on there then to go read 10 different blogs! Anyway...I figured I should take some time and post all the stuff that is already over there to my blog, for the poor few who have not yet discovered the joy of facebooking (is that a word?). We have done a wonderful job so far of transforming the dead backyard that was here into a functional garden and play space for the kids. Here is Keziah enjoying her outside swing. Raquelle and her cousin Mikayla playing in our new sand box. Titus, Raquelle, and their cousins Lily, and Mikayla playing on our new climber. I love that our backyard is now a space to play and enjoy instead of one giant hazard for the kids! We have peas, cuccumber, brocoli, beans, lettuce, pumpkin, tomato, and zuccini planted in our vegetable garden. We have a row of baby raspberry...

I'm not sure where this came from, or I would give credit. Someone e-mailed it to me though and I thought "how true!" This totally describes my day almost every day! Anyway...I think this is actually from a childrens book. "If you give a mom a muffin, she'll want a cup of coffee to go with it. She'll make herself some. Her three year old will spill the coffee; She'll wipe it up. While wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks. She'll remember she has to do laundry. When she puts the laundry in the washer, she'll trip over boots and bump into the box of Goodwill items. Bumping into the Goodwill items will remind her that she has to get these boxes out of her basement and into the car. When she puts the boxes in the car, she'll find a bag of groceries; This will remind her she has to cook dinner. She will get out the chicken defrosting in the fridge. She'll look for her cookbook, "101 Things to do with Chicken." The cookbook...

It is the beginning of strawberry season! For all of you that don't know, not all packages of strawberries are created equal! For example... I went to Winco for groceries last night and I see 4 lbs of strawberries for $5.50. What a great price. I always weigh my package before I buy it. I put the "4 lb" pk of strawberries on the scale and it weighs 4 lbs. Big surprise. I put it back and get the next one. It is 4.25 lbs. I try another and it is 3.8 lbs. At this point there is another customer checking out the strawberries and looking at me like I am crazy. I grab another package, put it on the scale....5.5 lbs! That's the one I was looking for! I smiled at her and put my 5.5 lb package in my cart and walked off. I looked back and saw here weighing the packages of strawberries too. It's not so silly when it makes you get a lb and a half of strawberries for free! So, the moral of the story, the great strawberry sales are even better if you take the ti...