Good Friday=Good Friday

What a fun day yesterday was!
The children went to town to eat lunch with daddy...yes, all four of them. I anticipated getting alot of housework done while they were gone, yet found myself doing a whole lot of nothing/non-pressing task and enjoying the serenity of QUIET! When I got the call that they were heading back this way soon, I went into Super-Woman mode, starting with lighting the candles and spraying the furniture with fabric freshener(Psychs the mind to think that mama has been laboring for hours..hee-hee) then cleaned bathrooms and toilets, and the rest of the house (all but the upstairs guest room and playroom). I love the look on their faces when they come in and see the candles lit. They began taking their shoes off at the door and tip-toeing through the house in fear of messing up the tidy. Maybe I should send Yankee Candle and Fe breeze my story...hey, they make me their spokesperson!

The afternoon was spent in the garden. Libby and I enjoyed working in our Herb Garden. We have planted Sage, Basil, Chives, Scallions and Oregano. I also planted our Georgia Sweets and some of our Tomato plants there as well. I love having the convenience of fresh veggies close to the house (especially green tomatoes...YUM). After working very hard on our lil' herb garden, our chocolate lab, "Jericho" a.k.a. "pleasantly plump" came over to survey the garden. It was at this time that she began eating/licking the dirt around our plants. That lil' heathen was eating my organic fertilizer near my tender plants! Warning...Keep dogs away from organic fertilizer, it tastes wonderful to them...GO FIGURE!?!?!

In late evening, we began working in the big garden. It always starts out small and tends to get bigger and bigger. In reference to my husband, my In-laws say, "if he was going to pop popcorn, he would want to pop all that there is in the world"...so if this gives you any idea about our garden. Come to think of it, with all the corn we are planting this year, popcorn for the world seems feasible!

Family is such a precious gift. I enjoy and savor the moments lately. As each lil' plant goes into the ground and is patted down by those lil' hands, it brings such pleasure. No, not the planting that brings pleasure, but rather the sweet moments that are generally followed by the question, "Mama, is that good?"and my reply is always "Yes, it is just perfect".