I watched 'Shirley Valentine' with my dear friend Sue yesterday in honor of her birthday. I had never seen the movie before. For the uninitiated, it's the story of an unhappy middle-aged housewife who decides to take a trip to Greece with her friend and ends up changing her life. It reminded me that a little over 4 years ago I decided to change my middle-aged-soccer-mom life in for a new one. I didn't know exactly where it would end up, and I still feel like the story hasn't fully unfolde... read more

The squirrels attacked my beautiful pot full of bulbs artfully covered in winter pansies (as directed). They made off with about half the crocus bulbs. I bought more bulbs, another pot, some landscape netting, more pansies and replanted everything today. Hopefully my bulbs are well protected from the garden predators. I couldn't help myself, the promise of crocuses, tulips, and daffodils in the spring caught my imagination.

Back from my sojourn to Portland. I LOVE the color of my house, but now it needs trim (actually new windows would be even better), the front planting beds look all wrong and I definitely need new front steps (a new porch would be nice!). I'm itching to replant, but I just talked to my friend who's an expert in these matters and she told me to wait until September:-(. I think I'll go dig and trim and make things look better in anticipation of the fall planting season.

I never go to live jounal anymore, so I'm putting my blog back on Tribe. I'm getting over my fear that someone will actually read what I write.

I've been so busy with work and my house beautification project that I haven't had time for much else. I've done a tester of the color that my house is being painted, but I'm still afraid it will look like shit when it's all done. This actually happened to a friend of mine and she just had to live with it. It will be done by the time I get bac... read more