It's going in on Saturday. Whoohoo! DH has put a strict limit on tomato plants. Last year I went a little crazy. However, I still have my spring garden in full force, so it's going to be difficult. I'm in the middle of harvesting peas, lettuce, spinach and kale. My fennel isn't quite mature and my cauliflower is still.... not there yet. But, I'm planting tomatoes - both for eating and Romas for canning. Cucumbers, peppers (sweet and jalapeno), canteloupe, pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash, strawberries and my herbs are ready to put in as well. Oh yeah, and green beans. And I have a whole bed of green onions that is kind of a perpetual thing. I love growing green onions. They smell so good.

It is genetic. My cousins and I all have it relatively mildly. We just lived with it.

We read Snow Treasure when I was teaching 5th grade. It is an excellent book. We really enjoyed it.

Really wonderful. My mil comes over every Monday morning and folds laundry for me. She doesn't drive, my fil drops her off while he does volunteer work. She enjoys the company (chaos, insanity, etc.) and spends time with her grandkids. I get most of my laundry folded. It's a win-win situation. I love my in-laws. They are truly good people. They are perfect in-laws. They are there when we need them, but they mind their own business and only give advice when asked for it.

I quit caffeine cold turkey. Now I drink it only occasionally. It was two days of a splitting headache, but the funny thing is... the headache has kept me from going back to my old habits. I drink herbal tea mostly and decaf coffee only once in a while. I feel so much better. I sleep better at night and have more energy. It's worth it. I wish going off junk food was like that. The headache part. Might keep me on a diet.

I, too, would suggest determining your expenses and making a budget, first. Then eliminate things you could do without and wouldn't really notice you cut. That would make it easier to stick to. Then, if you still need to, do a second or third tier of slashing until you get to where you want to be. Budgets, like diets are harder the more yu feel deprived.

DH is going to Germany and Great Britain next month for a week and a half on business and his cell phone only works in the US. We have the pay-as-you-go plan, we are not techies,. no smart phone here. He's wondering how he should best communicate, so I said I'd ask around the Hive. Any suggestions?

... I use these all the time.

We bought a new Toyota Sienna 9 years ago. We are absolutely not "new car people" , but re-sale value on Siennas were so high we figured we might was well. I'd do it again. ,I love my Sienna. It drives well, gets decent gas mileage, is reliable, comfortable on long trips, lots of cargo room if you need it. It's an awesome car.

It started off well - I slept till 8:15. Finished with breakfast now and will clean up and go outside and play in the yard. It's going to be a beautiful day. This is the first Saturday since Christmas (I think) that I have not had anything to do or place to be. It feels delicious.

We took last week off. Our schedule is 9 weeks on and 1 week off, so last week was it. We do take two weeks off at Christmas and 6 during summer and the various holidays as well.

Praying for you and your little boy!

Today I asked the kids in our co-op if they knew what day it was and the significance of it. I honestly wasn't expecting many to know, but actually... no one knew. So, Hive..... what day is it?

We try to eat healthy, and I really could stand to lose 5-10 lbs., but we eat Mac & cheese, we have chips, we have dessert. I give the kids sweet cereal mixed with Cheerios 3-4 times a week for breakfast.

I do. The link is in my siggy. I'd love for you to drop by. I'll drop by yours when I have a chance!

I just started it a month ago and already I am completely addicted. It's bad.

Meat-chicken, pork tenderloin, hamburger Milk Lettuce Canned chicken Refried beans Chicken broth Butter Cheese Almonds Bisquick Brownie mix Diapers & wipes Catfood Batteries Laundry soap Dishwasher soap Chinese chicken salad

We are going to have a good day. We're on Spring Vacation from school, the weather is in the 80's and dh is taking the day off and we're going to the zoo. I can almost hear Curly McLain singing "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" in the background.

Yes. Everything. I have no answers. There is no hope.

I'm sorry. We're suffering with allergies here, but have the nose problems, too. Goopy. Yucky. Itchy. My sympathies.

I prefer the tankini. I actually think it's more modest than a one piece, especially if the girl has a long torso. Keeps the top from stretching down and also helps prevent the inevitable tugging on the seat.

No. TMI about a child, in my opinion.

My son was prescribed Singulair, but does just as we'll on Zyrtec, which we prefer. He's got cough variant asthma and it's allergy-induced. He didn't have any problems on Singulair, but I just felt uncomfortable with all the controversy.

Well..... I'm starting on my 5th child to potty train. She's 2 1/2 now and when I think about it, I put her on the potty. She's peed in the potty. But honestly, I'm not really inclined to push the issue. My other two girls were closer to three years old and it's just much easier when they're older. When it gets warm I'll probably put my baby in panties and let her figure it out, but I don't have the time to put her on the potty every two hours. My sil started doing that when her baby turned two and basically her life revolved around potty training. And her daughter is still not trained. Mommy is trained, though. When I started number 4, she was almost 3 years old (we started that late not intentionally, but she was almost 2 1/2 when she came to live with us, and I just didn't want to start potty training so soon after the upheaval of a new family, so we waited about 6 months until we started training her and it was very easy) and we just put her in underwear and she had a few accidents, but figured it out when she decided she didn't like urine running down her leg. It was a very painless experience.

love 'em!