Outdoor Play & Crochet

We are outside a lot these days. It's been humid and unbearable, but the kids love it.

Me? No. I could do without 90 degree days and humidity that makes it feel like you are always in a sauna.

I SPY a habanero in our garden!

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I made this for Mimi. It took a couple days. She picked out all the yarn. I hope she will wear it a lot in the fall.

Have a great week!
~Karen

Funny!

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black---glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s

Organ Donation: Save a Life

I have a family member who needs a kidney. For various medical reasons, none of us can give him one. We've known that someday it would be needed. The waiting game continues. Once you get on the registry, you wait and hope.

I guess this is why I always sign my license and mark "full body donor." And I tell my husband, if something bad ever happens, to tell the doctors to take what they can and save/improve another's life.

For whatever reason, I have found this topic--organ donation--to be a sensitive one. I don't understand why. I can't think of a better, more lasting mark to leave on this world than to save or improve a life or lives.

Karen

A Good Book, A Silly Kid, & A Good Find

This book is good. I recommend it to anyone wanting a quick, witty, satisfying read.

The book contains only letters from the characters. I enjoyed it. I admit I rarely write letters anymore. Usually I send out an email. Letters are nice. I think I may write a few now.
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Miles drew this:

It's a boy who is hot because the sun is shining on him. Oh, and his parents are making him mow the lawn. Yes, we are mean. We often make our 3 yr old mow the lawn! I don't know where he gets this stuff.

Later, after a lot of play, he proved you can sleep with your eyes open.
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Here is a yard sale treasure I found this past weekend:
The glass is broken in the bottom right corner. I am tempted not to replace the glass. Somehow it gives it more charm broken....If that is possible? But, a solid piece of glass would keep the dust out.
Isn't it lovely? I haven't found a special place for it just yet. I really do love it.

Recommend a book. Please don't recommend Twilight. I would rather poke my eyes out than read that book! Okay, maybe not really poke my eyes out. I do like seeing. But seriously, recommend a good book. Thanks.
Karen

Not sure you can make out the entire first word? The note reads : Thank you for toys.

It was given to Kevin after I yard sale shopped on Saturday and came home with some toys! Amelia's explanation was simple. Daddy makes the money.
Gee whiz. Talk about being appreciated!!!!
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Miles wore these most of the weekend. I have no idea why, but later he asked me to take this picture:
I think he is going to be a comedian someday. That kid is a joker.
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Have a great week!
~Karen

Grow! Baby Grow!

Chives
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We planted this past weekend. It was rainy, muddy, and messy. We are mostly doing seed. It's cheaper, and a lot of what we wanted to grow we couldn't find in plant form.

(cue drum roll.....)We're growing: swiss chard, spinach, eggplant, tomatoes, green peppers, red peppers, zucchini, summer squash, butternut squash, acorn squash, habanero peppers, serrano peppers....and maybe even some veggies I've forgotten....Yumm-o!
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Also, a side note: I hope Arizonians stand up! This is wrong.
Harassing Latinos with racial profiling isn't an inevitable side effect of Arizona's anti-immigration law -- it's the entire point.

~Karen

Drawing & Outdoor Fun

Mimi's drawing of our two gerbils:And here is one of Obama!

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One thing I love about our back porch is we have a pretty cool hand laid brick porch with a tin roof overhead. I seem to forget how awesome that back porch is every winter....and when spring rolls around I fall back in love!

It's also fun spending more time with our outdoor dog Rudy. He is getting old, and I can't even imagine him gone. He has been with us for 12 yrs now. He is calm and protects us. He is the opposite of our puppy.

Ralphie will be a year old soon. He has been quite the adjustment. It is difficult to start with a puppy. He is so energetic...and well, quite frankly neurotic. But, we love him nonetheless.

Have a great week! Karen