I have a problem. It’s called life. Well it’s not actually a problem, but since the last time I posted I have gotten a job and a boyfriend and had my 21^st birthday and only ridden horses ONCE (SAD DAY!!!) and my sister has moved from NC to CA and the average daily temperature has gone from 50 to 90. Oh, and my other sister graduated high school, and I went from 40hrs a week at my “new” job to 15, so now I am looking for a second job. And you know how I hate job hunting… ugh. But all of that to say- I got so busy I forgot about YOU!

On the other hand, I havent forgotten my garden, and it is looking amazing….except for one thing. Darn raccoons. They insist on ravaging every single plant in the garden at LEAST once a week! Yesterday I walked back to check it and seventeen plants had been dug up. So like the faithful gardener I am, I re-planted and watered them so that the little pests could dig up four more today. I go through this at least once a week, it is getting on my last nerve! My lovely ferns and impatients and blue star creepers and ivy and columbines are not having an easy time of it this year. Neither is the lone gnome statue…he gets drug from one end of the garden to the other every night. On the bright side, my hanging baskets are doing lovely!

I watched the movie Julie and Julia today, and it inspired me to do two things- return to my blog and cook! Alas, my mother has taken over the kitchen with her applesauce making (yes, I still live at home….hopefully not for long!) so I cant cook. So I am blogging instead. Not that anyone particularly cares that I blog, but I enjoy writing, so I’ll blog if I darn well want to! I’ll probably eat something instead of cooking something. I enjoy doing that too J probably too much…but then who DOESN’T enjoy food?

Well, I’m off to call the boy and pester him out of his mind…. Lord bless him, he’s so patient with my chatter!