Whew,

After this last week I just feel beat, tired, and ready for the next few weeks to pass quickly.

As you may know I am retiring from derby.

This weekend I reffed one of my final bouts. It confirmed for me that it is time for me to retire.

With all the goings on this weekend. (Rink lock in, Mayfest, Working Sat, make - up mothers day with Grants Family, Chruch, Fellowship dinner, helping Grandma, and the bout) I just feel like I did not even have a weekend.

The lawn needs mowing, and I just want to lie in the hammock and relax.

In the farming / gardening front we seem to have taken on quite alot. We are up to 4 tomato plants, 3 peppers, spearmint, and citronella plants (x5). Will I never learn about too much of a good thing?

Ahh the title of the song I sang and danced to in the musical OKLAHOMA my senior year. I have always considered myself from the cowman camp. But this year we are trying something new.

Grant and I are farmers, ok not farmers. Gardner's and that is gardner's with a little 'g'. Looks like this year at our house we will have 4 tomatoes (Cherokee Purple, Brandy wine, Chocolate Cherry, and Early Girl) and at least one Habenaro (chocolate habanero). And I am giving it a shot with the topsy turvy planter. Now since I have planted all heirloom tomatoes they must be planted 10' apart, best solution I could come up with was hanging them on the death trap that doubles as a fort in our back yard.

Last year I gardened (also with a little 'g') but it was only a beef steak and grape tomato. Both of which I planted in the shade. Grant wanted nothing to do with my tomatoes last year. He promptly declared I was going to kill them and that this was a bad idea. I only got about 10 tomatoes total off the both of them. Hopefully that will work out better this year!

This year in addition to the small gardening we are doing at our house mom has put in a large Garden at her house. Notice Garden with a big 'G'. She has onions, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, squash, okra, green beans, water melon, and peppers. I am sure I will do most of the looking after of her Garden as well.

If you are gardening as well I would love to hear about it. I believe more people are gardening this year than ever before in my lifetime. But for now I will leave you with some Aunt Eller wisdom.

I don't say I'm better than anybody else,
But I'll be danged if I ain't just as good!
-Aunt Eller