Yep, we have a new froggy! He's getting around in the tank better than the last froggy. He's just as cute, these tiny little froggies.
I spent yesterday afternoon running errands (I went to Home Depot with Griffin and Lachlan. In over 90 degree heat. Is it any wonder I was grumpy when I came home?). I wanted a tomato cage, but they were all out. I did get some weed blocking stuff that I'm going to put around my gardens today, and under my rogue pumpkin plants that are just growing in the yard as opposed to the garden, lol.
We have ONE actual pumpkin so far, and it is on one of the rogue plants. I think squash bugs are attacking the rest of my plants. Ooh, ooh, I also have one yellow squash and one zucchini plant that are alive and producing!! I'm so excited! I thought all I had was pumpkins. I need more zucchini. My tomatoes are producing like mad, although like any good Southern girl I have a hard time letting them get red. Mmmmm, fried green tomatoes. That's really what it's all about, isn't it?
I've got a baby bell pepper, some teeny strawberries, and some parsley that has finally sprouted. Looks like some thin carrots, too. Why do I always have such bad luck with carrots?
I also have one HUGE thing that I think/hope is echinacea (well, I planted echinacea, anyway). Susie the Crazy Breastfeeding Lady thinks it's a weed. I will not be happy if I have given this much garden space to a weed. It's a monster, though, probably three feet tall.
Susie came to spend the evening with us, and left me with a stack of Miquon books. Whee! Do regular school teachers get this excited over new curriculum?
Susie also told me about Operation Special Delivery, which is providing free doula services for women whose husbands will be deployed at the time their baby is born. Please spread the word about this wonderful resource.
OK, it's lunchtime. I don't know what's wrong with me this morning. I've done housework. Wow. No school so far as we are impromptu babysitting.
Posted by Steph at May 30, 2003 12:09 PMThe frog was released, yet there is no followup post...
Posted by: Jeff on May 31, 2003 10:55 PMWow, and here I thought echinacea came from barnacles . . . hmmm, maybe botany would be a good science study next? LOL! Be sure to post the progress of the echinacea- I would LOVE to grow some when we (finally) get a garden of our own!
I've loved getting caught up on your blog- don't you just love it when the kids really soak it up? I like to save those moments for a whiney day . . .
Posted by: Dy on June 2, 2003 04:21 AMYou wrote:
>Do regular school teachers get this excited over >new curriculum?
Of course we do! :-) It is fun to see what someone else thinks we should teach at what time and especially to get examples of how to do it. I have 4 or 5 music curriculums (curriculi?) on my shelves at school.
Posted by: Jennifer S. on June 2, 2003 09:38 PMCool, Jennifer :) And hey, since you don't have comments on your blog ... I'm totally jealous that you got to meet Trout Fishing in America. We manage to miss them every time they're here. And my favorite of theirs is "Carry Me" too.
Posted by: Stephanie on June 2, 2003 10:51 PM