Hello, April!

Bring on them showers!
Because I'm lazy and can't remember to water the plants I just spent $100 on. XD Ah, and it is also helpful in keeping the grass hydrated, so that I don't need to bother with it, either.

I don't have any pictures of the back just yet. It wasn't complete when I took these (Mini Sarge decided that mommy couldn't finish while he was awake, so I finished the backyard in the dark, ha), and yesterday it was raining when I was in the picture snapping mood.

I did manage to salvage the hastas that our dog and the dog I watched for two weeks in December managed to dig up/trample. I hope they make it. :) Because, I'm not doing anymore gardening beyond the occasional weed pulling, haha.

We are about 2 weeks from the official mid-deployment mark. I can't wait to be on the other side of that curve. I imagine, if I had to illustrate, it might look something like this (hopefully you can click and see. If not, I will work on something!):

The good news, we are less than 8 weeks out from R&R. Which, unfortunately, is about a month sooner than we normally do it, which has it's purpose believe it or not, but oh well. I'd rather him be home for his son's birthday. And July is just too damn hot to be traveling around in. 

Anyway, I've been keeping busy. I tackled gardening a week or two before I had planned, but it was eating at me. ^^ And, I want my yard to look nice, specifically nicer than my neighbors'. Haha. Soon, I will be getting that damn dress altered. Rant about how much harder it is to be doing this crap alone with a kid and how people really just don't understand for another time, but I promise it's coming. ;) I hope it's a doosey.

I've been working on birthday crafts. When I finish the next set, I'll post pictures of the completed collection. I've about finished gathering supplies, too, so that's nice.

Um, still waiting to deep clean the house. But I have been Googling ways to make certain tasks easier, such as dusting these stupid blinds! When I have my own home, that I'm not renting, I am going to spend the extra money to install the ones that are -in- the glass. I shall never have to dust another set again. Nor worry about the cats or dog destroying them (they have formed a little peep hole in the set in my front bedroom. I will post photographic evidence at a later date), or children choking themselves with them... 

Cars are still on the waiting list. Waaaay too much pollen right now to even  bother washing them, and it's way too windy/rainy to try to vacuum out the interior. I've got time, though. And possibly a neighborhood child to pay to do so, haha.


May the next few weeks pass quickly!
<3