Monday Musings

What a weekend!!! We left Friday afternoon with another dance family about 4pm for a 5 hour trip to Maryland for the girls to compete at the Fair Hill Highland Dance Competition. After arriving rather late and getting to bed, we woke at 6am to get to the competition by 8am. After the normal rush to get ready, we spent the morning sitting in the hot but glorious sunshine and watched our girls dance. (I applied sun screen on them twice, completely forgot to do my chest area which got totally burnt :( BUT the dancers did not get any, so at least I did that right!!!) They did fabulous!! We had a little break between the conclusion of dancing and awards so we walked around the games a bit. I so enjoy the festivals! So many wonderful vendors and so much to see and do. We had the yummiest Ice Cream I've ever tasted!!! And then at awards our day got even better!! My youngest took 2nd, (2) 3rds and a 4th in her dances and my oldest took 2nd, 3rd and 4th in hers!!! They both placed in all their dances, and I am so proud of them. They have been working pretty hard, and they were so excited and happy. Made the craziness of getting there and back all worth it!! We left shortly after awards to head home as the other mom with us had to work Sunday, so we got back home around 9:30 Saturday night. Of course, I was exhausted; but woke up Sunday morning and headed straight to the garden which is where I spent my whole day. So this am I am tired and sore but I got ALL my plants and seeds in yesterday. And it looks fantastic! I am behind by about a week thanks to all the rain last week, so I really wanted to get them all in. Today I am going to get the rest of my plants to put in. I start all our pepper and tomato plants (over 100 plants!) from organic seeds myself and plant organic seeds for cucumbers and peas and beans. I don't need a full seed packet of lettuce and squash so I get those plants from a local organic farm.
And of course there is another busy week on tap this week to. My only free day with nothing planned is Friday. :( Looks like I'll be busy again!!!
Happy Monday :)
Suzanne