More from the front porch garden...

The gardenias in the front garden with my roses have just started to bloom...three weeks later than usual. I think the heavy freezes this winter and spring set them back a few.  But, late though they may be, they smell heavenly. Speaking of heavenly smells, I know I mentioned my jasmine the last time, but I just can't get over its fragrance each time I enter or exit the garage. Divine. My front porch garden is doing very well. I have a few ripe, and a lot of green, cherry tomatoes on my tomato plant. Can't wait for them to ripen. I am going to take off the first two this weekend and see how they taste. My sweet mint, chives, basil, rosemary and lavendar are all flourishing, and I am going to have to start using the herbs in all of those new recipes I'll be trying (please see my last Literary Corner post for this reference). I am so excited the plants are doing so well. I have been watering them like crazy as it is already reaching the 90s during the day, and I hope they survive (I do not have a green thumb, and it is even darker black due to full-time employment syndrome). As I am making an effort to get back into the blogging, I hope that I can come up with some new recipes to share.

See - all better!

Danny's lip looks great, doesn't it!

An update on my Danny Boy

Wanted to give everyone an update on Danny. He was bitten by a dog on April 19th, and had to have six stitches in his lip. Thanks to Papa and Aunt Debbie, he was seen quickly, and the physician's assistant at TMH Urgent Care managed to do a really decent job with the stitches. This pic was taken the same day, and now, you can't even tell his lip was damaged. He was a trooper, too! He layed still for nearly 2 hours during the stitching. I don't know that I would have been so brave. I am so proud of him, and so happy that he is completely healed. I love you, Danny!

I love our garden!

Right now, our garden is in full bloom (except for the azaleas, which sadly have all bloomed for the year). For Mother's Day weekend, I picked some roses, lavender, and cilantro flowers from our front yard, and some hydrangeas from the back and side yards. The kids gave me some beautiful roses for Mother's Day, and I have enjoyed all of the blooms being in the house. Our confederate jasmine next to the garage is also blooming, and I can't get enough of that scent. I love this time of year.

Mother's Day Survivor Series

My friend Jen sent this to me for Mother's Day, and I just had to share. This is too funny.

SURVIVOR SERIES
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and take either music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money. In addition, each man will have to budget enough money for groceries each week. Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing. Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Emergency Room.He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a school function.Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside, and keeping it presentable at all times.The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn themselves with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished, and eyebrows groomed During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, backaches, headaches,have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties. They must attend weekly school meetings and church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:30 am.A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size, doctor's name, the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear, and what they want to be when they grow up.The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice. If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years, eventually earning the right to be called Mother!