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“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!” I’m feeling a little Mad Hatter this Tuesday. 
My coffee cup is still sitting where I left it this morning…before the ortho and an impromptu fishing trip. With 9 lakes in our city limits, it’s not hard to find a pier somewhere close to fish from.
The good news…for us… is that we actually caught a couple. More of an appetizer than an entree.
Happy T stands for Tuesday!
I’m very late getting to my T stands for Tuesday post. I really wanted to get a workout in this morning…then there was grocery shopping to do. After that we had a date with the beach. I, of course, had my trusty water bottle with me…
Our local beaches had been closed for a few days due to exceptionally high lake levels. All the area lakes are “wake free” zones. No speed boating, trolling for fish, jet skis or anything that moves enough water to create a wake….that’s the V-shaped pattern in the water behind a boat for those of you without lots of water around. 
The sand beach usually goes out to where the kids are playing. They don’t’ seem to mind though. There were still tons of families out enjoying the day.
It was just perfect.
Now since I’m well hydrated but still a little thirsty…
I think it’s time for one of these.
Hello…I’m back for T stands for Tuesday. Did you miss me?
I took last week off to attend Little J’s all-district track meet. She did awesome! First place in her school for girls 100m run and her relay team finished a good 3 seconds before anyone else in their heat. She was the anchor, so this photo appears that she is running unopposed. What a great way to finish off her elementary school years! The meet brings together all 7 elementary schools in the district at one of the high schools…too bad it wasn’t the one she’ll be attending since that would be cool at that age. 
If you look at the way the adults at the finish line are dressed, you’ll get an idea of the temperature that day. Real feel of 39°F.
Anyway…I named this post gardening edition…so where the heck is the gardening?!?
Here we have my tiny seedlings waiting to be strong enough to live outside. Notice the plastic barrier I had to erect around them…I’m sure you can guess who that is for.
Mr. G and I worked outside most of Sunday prepping the garden.
He built a gate for me this year so I no longer have to climb over the fencing. 
The beans are planted…tomato cages are ready and the flags are blowing in the breeze both for decoration and deer deterrent. 
My deck box garden is also ready for planting…my cherry tomato plants and cucumbers will live here.
And where was Miss Gracie…
Running from door to door begging to come out. Nope. Not going to happen. Not since she chased that squirrel up a tree. Too strong of hunting instincts for that one.
Lots of things on the list today ending with an evening choir concert, so I better get at it!
What are you doing today?
Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday.
I’m back from a whirlwind weekend of fun with my favorite girl. Little J and I were on a Mother/Daughter retreat with a bunch of friends up in northern MN. Unlike last year, the weather cooperated this year and no one got sick! Hooray!
We did lots of outdoor activities such as horse back riding.
Little J conquered her fear of heights on several stations at the high ropes course.
In addition there were crafts…
including the leather shop…
These are just her practice pieces…she must have taken the finished product to school.
We were all surprised that the ice was out on the lake this year after the brutally cold winter we experienced. Last year, this same weekend, it was still completely covered in ice.
I’m still working thru the piles of laundry that seem to come with traveling. Hopefully I’ll get my creativity back in gear then.
What are you doing today?
Always a great way to start out the day…
I’ve been very inspired lately by paint and canvas. I have 3 canvases drying. Wow! That has never happened. Can’t wait to show them…
Ok, in the grand scheme of things…this wasn’t that messy at all. Little J spotted this recipe for homemade flubber on Pinterest.
I was careful to use glass bowls and disposable plastic spoons to begin with.
After pouring off the excess water…it was time to dig in with my hands…at least I remembered to take off my wedding ring. ;)
Little J thought it looked like I was having way too much fun with her flubber so she traded off the camera to me.
We made the flubber a pale lavender color that doesn’t show terribly well in the photos.
Finally it was time to play. The flubber is more viscus than silly putty and a little wetter feeling. It’s a solid that behaves as a liquid. Some cool science going on there.
Of course, I had to show the kids that when stuck in a jar with any air gap, pushing on it makes the most satisfying “toot” noise. You know…passing gas…breaking wind. I’ve always used the word “toot” instead of the version of that word that starts with and f and ends with a t. I hate that word….not sure why but it just irks me…even more so when I hear young kids saying it. There, now you’ve just learned another quirk of Halle…you’re welcome.
T stands for Tuesday…you know what that means…I’m linking up at Elizabeth’s blog for our weekly virtual tea party.
I’ve got my snack…how about you?
Just look at the size of that Mammoth muffin from Perkins. No affiliation…my kids just love the place. We went out with my mom and I skipped the toast and brought home a little bit of sin. Now that my muffin is out of my mug I can enjoy a bit of coffee with my sin.
Last week for T Tuesday…on Wednesday I mentioned I would be sharing some news. I finally got an interview for a position I applied for about 7 weeks ago. Sadly, I didn’t get the job. Not the news I was hoping to share but I guess it wasn’t the right place for me right now. That’s ok…I’m still subbing and this way I have a lot more flexibity.
Over the weekend I started cleaning up my crazy workspace…only to get sucked into art journaling. I saw that nice empty space and there is just some sick need of mine to immediately fill it with something. I got called away from creating and cleaning for that matter when it was decided that it was time to do some rearranging of the house.
I executed some fish gave our fish a whirlpool ride…then took down the aquarium. It was sitting on a desk that would be much better served as a homework station than supporter of several hundred pounds of water.
In its place we put a much smaller antique desk that holds misc game supplies such as cards, dice, paper and pens. Since this is in our game area we decided to group some vintage toys and games to fit with the theme. The mason jar is filled with random bits and pieces from old games.
The other desk went into Little J’s room…where the antique one had resided previously. But we still were not done with organizing…
Little Js room has this very awkward space that is about 4ft off the floor. The space has always been a collector of crap junk treasures. While measuring for the desk we realized that one of these 9 hole cubbies would fit perfectly in the opening. We left the back off the bottom three squares since there is still a good 2.5ft behind it…just in case stuff fell behind, we’d be able to retrieve it. Look…someone has her own clubhouse now…
I’m not entirely sure what my plans for the day are but I do know I’ll be checking out the other T stands for Tuesday posts. :)
What are you doing today?
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