Day 354: No Hail

Here is a picture of the rain storm. That's all it was. The weather people had me all excited for hail, but we didn't get any. Just 15 minutes of rain or so.

Day 353: Memorial Day Marigolds

Ashley and I picked up two flats of Marigolds to plant around Mom's garden. We planted them today, but I completely forgot to take a picture of them until we were driving home at 9:30 at night. Luckily, we drove Eastman Road, which is lined with Marigolds. So, at a stoplight, I took a picture.  ":)

Day 352: Family Portrait

We did a family portrait to update Granny's photo wall.

Day 351: Painting

Ashley and I decided we're going to make homemade treats for the boys, so Ash decided we needed a jar to put them in. She bought one at the craft store and the boys helped her decorate it. Neither one was really interested in helping, but did so anyway. (The pink shirts in the background are the tie dye shirts we made for the Dow Run/Walk.)

Day 350: Artichoke, Chicken & Salsa

Day 349: Pasta

I can't wait to try out this hand-me-down pasta maker from Sarah's family. I am all about making my own food this summer (canning, dog treats, etc), so I really can't wait to try this out. I hope it works well.

Day 348: New Wiper Blades

Why is it that windshield wipers are such a pain? They really aren't all that difficult, but for some reason I always have such a hard time with them. It took me awhile to get them changed, but Alcatraz has three new windshield wipers and she is very happy (and so am I).

Day 347: Lone Tree

Day 346: Spring Flowers

Spring flowers are popping up all over the backyard.

Day 345: Memorial

For my last class I'm writing a paper on the Bath School disaster of 1927. On the way home from Grand Rapids, we stopped by the memorial in Bath so that I could check it out. It was kinda creepy.

Day 344: Waterfall

While visiting Ashley in Grand Rapids, we went to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. The place is huge, and there were a lot of sculptures and flowers, but the place wasn't quite as cool as I thought it would be. Still it was pretty cool.

Day 343: Girls' Weekend

This was picture number three in the series. We were trying to take a good photo of the three of us when they plotted against me.

Day 342: Team Pink

We formed a team for the Dow Run/Walk in June. We're going to make pink tie-dye shirts for the walk. I'm very excited.

Day 341: Salsa Chicken

For dinner I had grilled chicken topped with homemade salsa. It was so good, I should really make that more often.

Day 340: Salsa

Tomorrow is a potluck at work, so I made homemade salsa.

Day 339: Leaves

Day 338: Backyard

Day 337: Castle Museum

Mandy, Sarah, Lily and I went to the Castle Museum in Saginaw.

Day 336: Screen

I'm so glad that it's finally screen door weather. I think the dogs are pretty pleased about it too.

Day 335: Last Class

These are the books for my LAST class at SVSU.

Day 334: Pomegranate Margarita

I had drinks with Trisha and Carly after work. This is my second pomegranate margarita.

Day 333: Daisy Burgers

Day 332: Pre-Flower

I planted this last spring and it came back! I can't wait until it flowers.

Day 331: Mother's Day

Day 330: Cinco de Mayo Party

Sarah had the best "hat" for the 5th Annual Cinco de Mayo Hat Party.

Day 329: Hat Day

In honor of the Kentucky Derby (tomorrow) we had hat day at work. In honor of the 6th (?) Annual Cinco de Mayo Hat Party (tomorrow) I wore my hat to work today.

Day 328: Squeaky Clean

Somebody decided to roll in something disgusting in the yard, so the mutts got a bath. Neither was too happy about it.

Day 327: Dinner

Day 326: Souvenir

This is really the only thing I spent money besides food in Miami.

Day 325: Everglades Alligator

We saw a few alligators on the air boat ride we went on in the morning, but we saw way more when we hiked a trail in the Everglades. We got to see a 9-foot alligator swimming (slowly) and thought he was going to get frisky with a female, but not much happened.

Day 324: Kayaking Biscayne Bay

Kayaking was a lot of fun, though out on the bay it could be a little scary at times, especially when a yacht would go sailing through. I probably wouldn't have thought much about it except for trying to paddling through the wake and because last time I went kayaking in the ocean, I rolled the kayak and lost my sunglasses.