Roses and our Garden.

The daffodils are out already. My dad calls them Daffy-down-dillies.

My dad and I went and picked out roses for our front garden yesterday. I chose a white one with blush edging (Kordes Perfecta), and a dark red one (O. L. Weeks), and my dad chose a brilliant white one (Anastasia). He ripped out the bushes which were overcrowding everything to replace them with the roses. We already have a peace rose in there as well. So I will have my fill of roses this year, especially since they are by my bedroom window.

The Alyssum will probably take over our garden again this year. I'm not sure I like alyssum anymore. It smells really good if I get a stray whiff now and then, but all the time is a little overwhelming. I remember when I first smelled Alyssum, I was up at school in Logan and I walked by the school library, there was whole plot full and a light breeze brought this heavenly smell to me.

I also love a weed, it is part of the mustard family named Moricandia. It only grows in early spring and usually in disturbed earth. It smells wonderful, my cat used to go roll around in it and then he would come and rub against my face and I would smell those flowers and sun on his fur. It was wonderful!

GameTap

Have you ever longed to play those old games you used to play when you were a kid? Well there is hope! Gametap, which I have just discovered, has a lot of those old games and you can play them anytime, you just have to pay a monthly subscription fee. Unfortunately, I am unable to continue with my subscription and will have to wait til I have more money to play some more. Until then, anyone that reads this ought to try it out, just for fun.

Being Silly

While filing I found my old Halloween makeup and these wonderful eyelashes, so I went and dressed myself up so I could take some pictures. My hair was fairly wild and I really messed it up some more for the drama. I think I look good with long eyelashes. What do you think?

Filing

For tha last 4 years I have been doing something that doesn't create happiness in my life. Instead of filing everything, I have been stuffing everything in boxes, either because it's on my countertop or computer desk. I then put those boxes in my closet and close the door.

I finally got the courage to open that door and take everything out. I emptied at least 10 boxes and filled up 3 Charity boxes. Now I have 4 boxes of papers that need to be sorted and filed. Thank goodness it's almost over! :)

St. Patty's day

For St. Patrick's Day we invited our friend named Steve and his family to come have dinner with us. My dad grilled Chicken and hotdogs, Vickie made a Veggie tray and a green salad, and I made Pasta Tuna Salad. Steve and his wife Kathi brought Sierra Mist and Lime sherbet for dessert.

After dinner Glen, Steve, and his son Tyson all played Chess while my dad watched. The girls, which included my mom, Vickie, Kathi and I all sat in the living room and talked and played with the kids. The kids, Grace and Ethan played Marble Magic and some pull apart dogs. Then they drew on the marker board. My mother was concerned with such little kids about the white carpet so we put a big blue towel under him. When the kids started wanting the same marker, we switched to reading books.

About 9:30 we reluctantly parted with plans for a barbecue at Steve and Kathi's.

Overall it was a good St. Patricks Day!