WWay to go Schmoodle on the raise

Congrats, Schmoodle on your raise!

Congrats, Gonna on your size 14s!!


Lots of NSVs for us South Beach Chicks!!!


Do any of our gardening chicks have experience with Arapaho Crape Myrtles? Here and here is some info. I love how it looks and it seems to be a great, moderate maintenance tree to go in our front yard in front of the bay window. We're in Zone 7, which is a good zone, but I have little experience with the Crepe Myrtles in general.

Congrats on the raise Schmoodle!

Ruth-recently we have been wrapping a paper towel or even a cloth napkin around the veggies and then putting them into a bag, but leave the bag open a bit or poke a couple holes in it with a knife or fork. If the veggies can remain relatively dry, especially the green leafy ones, then they last longer. We do put them into the crisper drawer. Some of the prepared lettuce/green mixes come in "breathable" bags now, they say to leave them in their bags. These 2 things seem to give us a longer "shelf" life on the veggies.

There are commercially available bags...I think they are called green bags. They are supposed to do the same thing.

Schmoodle, Tommy's still not feeling well. He thought he was good as of last night but he blew the toilet up again today. Too many bathroom celebrations.

Kim, they're moving in for good. Tommy's son has been with his mother for a few weeks, and when he comes back, he gets a big boy room! Holy cow, a place for all his toys! We'll have to see if we can fit the child in there with all the toys he has.

Yay, Lisa! Congrats on the new roomies! Judging by the looks of his daddy, that little boy is quite a charmer. You're going to have your hands full now!

Lisa, I was literally laughing out loud about "too many bathroom celebrations". I'm STILL laughing! The kids think I'm crazy. (They probably did before I started laughing, though...)

Ruth, I keep my greens in open bags as well. Rachel Ray washes hers and then wraps them in paper towels and puts them in the fridge. Are you sure your fridge is a good temperature? Are you sure the greens haven't been travelling so far that they're already sour when they get to you? In Korea, I had to literally use baby spinach the day I purchased it or it would go bad. I think it was a combination of bad refrigeration and long travels for the poor babies. Your worms should keep relatively well, though!

Schmoo, thanks for asking about Connor. He's back to 100%. Did a full day of school today and is now resting on the couch watching PBS.

Cat, I love the idea of converting everyone to the Beachy way of life! What a splendid idea!

Kim, we had a Texas Crape Myrtle when we lived in Maryland (but not when we lived in Texas - ???). We were in base housing, so they took care of the maintenance of it, but I remember it being cut WAY back every year, like nearly to the trunk! It always bloomed beautifully, though.

Congrats on the NSVs all you skinny-minnies!

Hi to everyone else! (I've just forgotten all of what I was going to write to the remainder of the posters...)

We're off to Tom's mom's for dinner tonight. Heaven knows what she's cooking, as I believe she uses her stove maybe once a year, if that. I'm bringing broccoli, and I think I will try to whip together something else as well so I at least have two solid choices for dinner. She had mentioned macaroni and cheese, which likely will be orange and boxed and my kids, quite hilariously, turn up their noses at that, so I'll have to figure out how to bring enough for them without hurting her feelings. Tough call. Maybe I'll just feed them before we go?

Avery's up, so I've got to run. Have a good Friday afternoon, all!

Kara

hey Kara have fun at the inlaws...so much fun to deal with others food issues.

Oh dear, Kara, I hope your dinner at Tom's mother's isn't too awkward. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that she has something healthy choices for all of you! I'm glad Conner is better, maybe you can tell your MIL that his tummy is still a little tender and has to be very careful about what he eats.

Schmoodle, a turkey London Broil is a turkey breast cut in the shape and size of a regular London Broil. It's made by ShadyBrook Farms, so you should be able to find them in your area. Very yummy! Congratulations on your raise!

Kim - There are crape myrtles all over the Dallas area. We have one in our backyard that was here when we bought the house 11 years ago. We've never done anything to it although I do know some people that cut them back but most don't. I'm not sure how well I'm going to like it being so close to the pool though. It depends on how many flowers end up in the skimmer.

I have tried posting a couple of times and keep getting interrupted so I'm not going to even try personals. I've been working on a slideshow for the Arrow of Light ceremony tomorrow. I had all my pictures in there and then was given a DVD of over 2000 pictures last night. I've gone through every one and have built the slideshow with the best 204 pictures. That's about 7 minutes which may be too long but maybe they can do other stuff while the show runs.

Tonight is the school carnival so I need to leave work and get Brian fed before we go back up to school. Tomorrow we want to try to do yardwork before the ceremony in the evening but the weather may not cooperate. It was 85 yesterday but we had a cold front go through so rain is expected.

Kitty, I'm cheating a little here the thyroid is acting up in addition to a lot of work and diet.

Kim we're in Zone 6, and we have both the regular and dwarf Crepe Myrtles. We don't do anything to them except for some light pruning now and then, and just have them growing in sunny areas. They are just gorgeous. I used to snip off the spent flowers every year, but now they are too big for me to do that.