Ms Elizabeth's Journal, 26 April 2013

I'm so excited. In our back yard we have a massive deck we installed last summer and a giant dead flower garden next to it. I didn't kill it. It was already dead. It's been dead for 2 years so I know for a fact it's dead. Last night I was pulling all the old plastic and weeds out of it so it looks like a nice big blank slate. That's when I stepped back and played with my hair and got a bunch of black dirt in it. What the heck do you do now?!?! Where do you put things? What kinda things do you put in it? It's near the septic tank so it looks like it would grow things really well.... if it's near a septic tank do I have to water it? I would think the septic tank would water it. I was in the middle of this discussion with myself when the neighbor who is a garden godess came over. She's going to split alot of her plants and needs to thin some things out so she's going to be my supplier. She's tried giving me plants in the past and I've killed every single one of them. Except maybe one... it's a stick coming out of the ground and she claims its still alive. I was going to pull it and she stopped me. So this weekend I'm getting a new flower garden finally! That I can kill... Yup.. Dairyfarmer's wife has a black thumb of death when it comes to all things plantlike. It's a good thing hubby only lets me drive the tractor around when he needs fields torn up. If was anything else all the crops would die.

Also this weekend I've been given the go ahead to make some giant planter boxes for a veggie garden! Hubby has a wagon full of old wood that he "plans to use" He's planned to use them for over 5 years. I get to chop them up and screw them together. I can build things! I can use power tools! I can't grow veggies! So.. worse comes to worse.. the kids have a giant dirt box to play in. It's like a sandbox only messier and more fun. The neighbor also offered some dirt aka old horse poop for the planter boxes. I love my neighbor. Although.. the kids playing in old horse poop seems questionable until you realize you're surrounded by poop on a farm. Then I was informed I get to ride a tractor and rip up the flat fields and run the disc. Something tells me this is going to be a busy weekend. The good news is I can't eat crap if I'm busy with hands caked in dirt. Well I could... but I won't. That dirt's over the septic tank and that's just well.. gross.

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1380 kcal

Fat: 80.92g | Prot: 50.35g | Carb: 112.48g.   Breakfast: Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Cream (Half & Half), Sugar, Borden Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Great Value Pork Sausage Patty, Egg. Lunch: Dove Silky Smooth Dark Chocolate Bar, Blackberries (Alaska Native), Wegmans Spicy Salmon Brown Rice Roll. Snacks/Other: Chocolate Cake (with Chocolate Frosting). more...