May wrap-up — Dirt Therapy! And a contest!
June 12, 2021
Howdy-ho readers! Thanks for your patience again with my belated monthly wrap-up post. Contest info at the bottom of the post 🙂
Seems I spent most of May outside, weeding, digging holes for new trees (yes, I bought NINE new fruit trees!) weeding, removing plants etc that didn’t survive the winter, refreshing mulch, refreshing soil, transplanting …and did I mention weeding? That means I got A LOT of audio book listening in, and that I cooked basic meals, and I vegged in front of the TV at the end of the day, since Mr. James is working 7 days a week, neither of us had the energy to do much more in the evenings.
Some pics of my tools of the trade and a section of my backyard 🙂
WHAT BLOOMED
Since the original post of my blooming plants/flowers went missing in the ether, here’s a peek at them. This peony and the lillies are new perennials to replace the ones the damn voles ate:
This is the first bunch of iris that bloomed and the grape hyacinth at the end of their bloom cycle, and a bleeding heart which just keeps getting bigger every year.
AUDIOBOOKS I LISTENED TO
My headphones got a real workout in May! I only dropped my phone into the rocks and mud twice–luckily with no damage!
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom duology — Leigh Bardugo — spinoff from the Shadow and Bone trilogy (more on that in the books section) I bought both of these books in kindle format and then forgot about them. When I watched the Netflix Shadow and Bone series, I knew something was amiss and I realized the producers had combined the books in the Grishaverse series. The narrators in this are fantastic. Each character has a different narrator and it really enriched the reading experience. I know that this is a YA series, but it is packed full of adventure and double crosses and romantic entanglements and young criminals asserting their rights to exist. Each character is richly drawn and unique. I highly recommend this series…which leads me to:
King of Scars, Rule of Wolves duology — Leigh Bardugo — this is yet another spin-off in the Grishaverse, this time King Nickolai, Nina and Zoya are the main characters and are dealing with the aftermath of the events in the first 5 books. The narration was good, but I missed the full cast of characters that the previous books had. Again, since this is a continuation and talking about specifics would give huge spoilers, I’ll just say that this entire series is worth checking out. The last book hinted that there are more books to come in this series and I can’t wait — although knowing me, I will wait until a duology is complete before I even start it.
Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J Maas — Kim and I finally listened to the last book in this series. What an epic whopper of an ending! It’d been a few years since I’d read it, and it truly is a different experience listening to it. Such an amazing series and I cannot recommend it highly enough!
The Love Interest, Kayley Loring — WOW, this book was fantastic. Totally different in the best way. Interesting plot, laugh out loud moments. In the audio version, the narrators were able to voice the fictional characters (both the hero and the heroine were writers and the characters from their works in progress spoke to them) and it made for such a great listening experience, it added dimension to the story. I’m sure the book version is equally good, but this audio version is something special!
WHAT I READ
Shadow and Bone Trilogy — Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising, by Leigh Bardugo — It had been a few years since I’d read this series and since I knew there was a Netflix series based on the first book, I did a quick skim/reread of all 3 books in preparation. It is such a great tale of adventure, of enduring friendship, of manipulation and love and horrors of power. It is masterful storytelling and is one of the reasons I’ve (now) read everything this author has written. Again, it is YA, so the characters are younger 17-18-19 but don’t let that turn you away. Highly recommended.
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren — I’ve been a HUGE fan of this writing duo for years. It shows their skill level that they can write erotic, sweet and everything in between. This book hits a little more on the women’s fiction spectrum as far as steamy encounters. It had a such a sense of place and community that cemented the heroine’s character. Great book and a quick, fun read.
WHAT I COOKED
Ugh. Like I said, it was pretty basic cooking in May. I did one sort of oddish thing when we returned from the PNW. My folks had brought me an enormous bag of lemons from Arizona from my aunt’s lemon tree. I made a pie in April, remember? Well, coming home to all those lemons meant I had to do something with them. They were “organic” since my aunt doesn’t spray them, and they looked like the big bumpy lemons we saw in Italy, so I decided…why not make limoncello?
The thing about limoncello is that you don’t use ANY lemon juice — just the peels. I read about the liquor options and went with everclear rather than vodka. So each of those bottles has the peels from 10 lemons within. I still have to make the simple syrup and mix it with the booze and then rebottle it to make the actual liquor. I plan to get to that next week so stay tuned!
Mr. James smoked this gorgeous pork butt for Memorial Day weekend. I can’t even explain how delicious it was. We ended up having both our families over two different days and there was plenty of this to go around!
WHAT I WATCHED
Shadow and Bone, Netflix — Like I mentioned, I reread the books in preparation for watching this. I LOVED the casting, every single character was perfectly cast and really brought the characters to another dimension. The “fold” which is a dark rip in the world that contains monsters, was exactly as I’d pictured it! Very cool to see on the screen. The one weird thing was the producers combined the characters from Six of Crows into this storyline. While it works, if you’ve read the books, you’ll be like…but the time frame doesn’t match up. Once I got over that, everything was good.
Blithe Spirit, Amazon Prime rental — What IS it with me reading and watching things that feature writers with…writer’s block –hahaha. This was a super fun movie, Judi Dench was awesome as usual. Pretty fun and fluffy period piece, but I will admit that Mr. James fell asleep about 15 minutes in…
Fate — The Winx Saga, Netflix — this was one of those teenagers with super powers attending a special high school/college shows. It was better than average, to be honest, at least the dialogue was realistic.
HOCKEY — I watched every Colorado Avalanche playoff game in May. Happy that the Avs swept the Blues and I was optimistic when the first game against the Vegas Golden Knights was 7-1 — and I’ll leave it at that.
WHAT I CRAFTED
Actually, both of these were done in March/April, I’d just forgotten about them!
This beaded cactus was from another kit. I’d made one for my youngest daughter for her birthday last year, so this one I made for me 🙂 Oddly, the beading process seemed to go a lot faster with this one.
For some reason I didn’t get a pic of this kit before I started it. I’d never worked on an open weave before and this meshy material is very soft, but it was hard to work with. Also, the inked pattern that was supposed to easily wash off…didn’t. I had to clean it 4 times before all the blue ink disappeared. I’m glad I tried this one, and I’d hoped to get better at French knots, but alas…I still have a ways to go with them.
RANDOM THINGS I DID
Got my hair done for the first time in 11 months. I needed the change!
Found a new candle company! These Goose Creek candles are absolutely outstanding. This one is my new fave! Which is a good thing because this last new Yankee candle scent I tried was disappointing. I could stand right next to it and not smell it at all.
Bought myself some new summer nail polish! ILNP is the only brand I buy — directly from their website. The colors are amazing and the polish LASTS.
Totally random but have you tried this new Mango Pepsi? It comes in a full sugar version too, but this is THE BOMB.
AND THIS LITTLE CUTIE CAME TO VISIT (umm…so did her parents hahaha) — she is everything! We were breaking out the sidewalk chalk here, and yes, I did buy her those darling little sandals 🙂
That’s it for May (I think!) Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment about your month — highlights, lowlights, anything you want to mention! I read all the comments and I love hearing from you all as I am still pretty much isolated. I’ll pick a random commenter to win a prize — a giftcard, a signed book, a piece of jewelry, a craft kit — it’ll be winner’s choice! And as always, the more comments I get the more prizes I’ll give away, so share this it you’re so inclined.
Well, I’m off to the lake!
XOXO
L~
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Kathleen Bylsma said:
So far, this has been a spring/summer of wildlife and drought in Alaska…
We entered winter too dry and left in the same condition..must admit though, it was a tidy breakup…Sadly, very little rain and spruce trees dying at an alarming rate from bark beetles since trees are drought weakened…
I’v had lynx family, fox, snowshoe hares in addition to the usual moose and moose calves…so far only two black bears I’ve seen one medium sized on my deck, the larger one at the driveway end…
Your bleeding heart is lovely, mine is languishing 🙁
Ah well, it’ll come back with careful tending 🙂
Julie Mayer said:
Sounds like you had an amazing month! My son finished his junior year of high school that was completely virtual and that was a giant load off my back! At the end of the month, I took a vacation to Florida to visit family and we went to this place that was so cool! It’s called Sebastian Inlet and if you’re lucky, you can see dolphin and manatee swimming around you. We didn’t see any dolphins but we saw so many manatee and they were swimming all around us! It was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!
Debra Wolsleben said:
Your flowers are looking so pretty, the pork butt looks yummy, Your beading projects are beautiful, I LOVE your hair. What a darling little visitor you had. My husband buys flowers to decorate outside since our house is also a business. There are some lily’s blooming a lovely yellow and the strawberries are going crazy.
Sharon said:
Diet therapy is the best, love seeing pictures of your gardens and of course the precious granddaughter!
Roxanne Farrington said:
I lost my husband of 30 yrs on June 4th. But my daughter came and planted three Hibiscus bushes this morning. Supposedly I can’t kill them….we’ll see. I’m going to try to ho back to work on Monday. I love seeing your craft projects. They are always so pretty!
Jenny Black said:
My daughter wrapped up 6th grade with all A’s for the quarter, and mostly A’s with only a B for the entire year. She got awards for Science and Math, her teachers adored her too. I’ve been doing a lot of reading, and a little bit of work on the cross stitch I started last year. I’m not fond of French knots, but I’ve done so many its just a matter of the thread cooperating.
Also got fully vaccinated so no more masks! I’m so happy that life is getting “normal”-ish.
Juli Hall said:
We finally moved into our new house the first week of May, only a month behind schedule. We sold our old house and had to move in with family for 4 weeks, yikes 😳. We’ve spent the month unpacking and building furniture. Still waiting on our landscaping to be done, he’s taking his own sweet time. Oh and we got vaccinated too.
Dionne Dyer said:
I find the mango very intriguing and thanks for the little bit of a push I needed to finally read the king of scars books,, I have been meaning to and just not quite gotten around to it for entirely too long. My own month was entirely wrapped up in preparing to move, we started the process on the first and are still not quite finished, I look forward to having a couch, very very much really. But even without one, finally starting to settle in a bit.
Rose Marie Wright said:
I’m still getting rid of plants and trees that didn’t make it thru the freeze. I’m glad I didn’t do it in March or April because even the Hybiscus has greened up. I was so glad or lazy about getting rid of plants. We had over 19″ of rain during the May and now our yearly rainfall amounts like 5″ being reached. So far it has not rained in the last 8 days. Got to mow my yard and it took 2 days-it was kind of Wolfe. Mosquitos are about to pack us off. They range in size of a small pea to a horse fly.
My family has finished a rental piece of property that was destroyed during Hurricane Harvey and now is rented out. Grandson is in Costa Rica for 10 weeks studying and enjoying the country. Granddaughter busy working at Lowe’s and saving money so she doesn’t have to work during her senior year at Texas Tech. My son’s campus voted him “teacher of year”. I have tried a lot of new recipes (a way to clean out recipes I have saved) because nothing seems to rate as high as the regular food I cook. My reading has been slow but at least I have gotten back back to it. HOPE June is a better month. BUT we always have to keep our eyes on the Gulf.
Dawn said:
I’m glad you got to visit with family and that gardening has helped you this past May. I followed the Canadiens. I’ve been a fan since I was young. I was so excited when they beat the Leafs and then swept the Jets! (Squee!) I’m excited for the semi-finals but they are the underdogs.
Tessie Tavares said:
May was a sad month and I’m hoping June is better! I’m on summer vacation and so far its been relaxing!
Pamela Gomes said:
Happy June to you!
May saw the end of the audio series to date from Sarah J. Maas Court of Rose and Thorns. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a 5 book series beginning to end before. It took me 3 months of commutes and other activities to hear it all. So, so good and I thank you for the recommendation.
I also listened to the Soulmate Equation and loved that one so very much, too. I’ll be listening/reading more from them.
I don’t know how you survive having your grandbaby so far away. Ours is just in the next town and I go into withdrawals if I don’t see him at least once per week. That was the bonus of the pandemic, but now it’s back in the office 5 days per week – boo.
Enjoy the sabbatical. We’ll be here when you’re done!
Mary C said:
May highlight was having lunch with a friend I haven’t seen for over a year.
Lois A Taylor said:
I really enjoy these newsyletters from you .. and strangely enough although the cooking, gardening and crafting aren’t things I’m into (especially the cooking lol) I enjoy reading about them from you. Maybe that story telling gene you’re so good at!
Lois
Pamela said:
It is so fun being “grandma” isn’t it, some of the best times I have ever had!! My May was not great but normal for the pandemic. I had a injury on my calf a couple of years ago and it got infected and did not go away with antibiotics. Ended up in the ER and found out I had “numerous” blood clots covering my lungs…which meant I would be on oxygen for the rest of my life. Pandemic was not my friend. My kids came over along with my grand daughters but could not get hugs or come inside. When it was warm they stayed on the front porch and I had the door opened…when it snowed they came into the garage and I stayed in the house, again no hugs. I live in Highlands Ranch, CO and May had snow every other day for the whole month. Finely got my first shot yesterday and get my 2nd one on 7/9 so I will be able to get and give hugs. I no longer drive so it is somewhat difficult to get out. The doctors have told me that I need to stay away from getting sick with anything that might hit my lungs so it will be mostly staying at home but I will be able to see people in my house which means June is better.
Kellie M Rossow said:
May was a wonderful month!! Our little kindergarteners at our local Primary School graduated at the football stadium. Last year, no activities were held which was so sad but so safe for all. My contract year will end on July 31st which is the day of my retirement. God bless the administration, faculty and staff as they move forward in the future!
I have to be honest and say that I did not have much time to read during the month of May so I am catching up during June. Would you believe me if I said I was rereading all the Rough Riders books? Love these!!!!
BTW….Grandchildren are the BEST!!! Love my grandsons but soon will have a new grand-daughter to spoil!!!!
jodi george said:
It has been a very busy month … We are getting married next weekend..just a small country gathering with my amazing family and friends.. so we have been working on that since it will be at our home and we also watch our six amazing grandloves five days a week so our daughters can work … and we have a beautiful golden lab named autumn who just loves to sneak into the mud any chance she gets .. I thank you for your emails, love keeping up to date with you ..love and blessings
Mary Preston said:
I am looking forward to SHADOW AND BONE on Netflix.
I am reading a lot of thrillers right now. Kind of unusual for me, but I am enjoying them.
Knitting a lot of baby jumpers.
Bobbie Sue Kearse said:
May was fun but I am ready for summer fun!
Kelly said:
You’ve had a much more exciting time than I. LOL. I’ve worked, worked and worked. We did get a quick visit from our grandson and his parents ;). That is always good for my soul. He definitely owns a large chunk of my heart. We also found out that we are going to be grands again!!! Still a secret at this point but only for about another week. To say we are excited is an understatement. Haven’t been doing much reading but plan to rectify that. Plan on making some time for myself each day to chillax. What better way than to read! Thanks for sharing snippets of your life with us.
Linda Henderson said:
May was okay and June is too so far. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my grandkids and driving my granddaughter to all her activities. I finally got around to going through some boxes of crap I’ve had in my closet and I’m ruthlessly pitching a lot of it.
Susan D said:
I started a new job. Since I retired from teaching Middle School for 30 years, I have been working in reservations at a 4 star hotel. It was a very difficult decision to start a new job at my age, but I am so glad that I did. Now I work as a Client Care Team member at a Veterinary Hospital/ Practice. It is not only more money, I love it. I get to love on all the fur babies. It is great!
Michelle Holden said:
I purchased in the last year at least 30 jigsaw puzzles and finally started on them, I’m almost done with the 2nd one…
I also got back into reading, I swear my TBR pile is longer than the days I have left in my life. I did however start a series reread of the Rough Rider Series. I have read this series multiple times and I swear I pick up something I have either missed or forgotten each time.
It’s getting hotter than hell here in Las Vegas, 104 right now we should hit 116 by Wednesday, OH JOY!
Merry Pruett said:
Your flowers are beautiful! That grand baby is adorable! May was uneventful for me. We spent it in North Carolina visiting friends that we haven’t seen in several years that was real enjoyable but other than that just traveled and made our way to Kentucky which is where we still are .
Sandra Trunick said:
Here in Clayton , North Carolina we have had a lot of rain here lately and it’s been in the 90s. Schools are letting out people are getting out and going to the beach and lying on the beach reading a great book or the mountains. Trying to break free of the last year. Wishing the rest of the year is great.
Sandra Trunick said:
Here in North Carolina we have had a lot of rain here lately and it’s been in the 90s. Schools are letting out people are getting out and going to the beach and lying on the beach reading a great book or the mountains. Trying to break free of the last year. Wishing the rest of the year is great.
Maha A. said:
May was a hot month and that’s telling a lot here in Canada. We were still in lock down and stay at home order ( lifted on June 11) so I was mainly working from home , children doing online learning. Selling non essential goods was banned and that’s specifically was difficult for me because I am not an online shopper.
Wendy said:
I had a pretty good month. I read Lexi Blake’s newest release in her Masters and Mercenaries. Did a re read of Cord and AJ’s story. Caught up on the WB’s Walker tv series.
Dorothy said:
I am with you about having to do something different with your hair. I colored mine after letting the natural grow for 2 years, and then chopped off about 6 inches.
Anne said:
When I retire in 4 years and move to my “forever” home somewhere warm, I’m going to try growing pineapple plants. A local bank had several growing in a large planter. Blew my mind.
The lemon: a cruise was canceled for the third time and it wasn’t even until November. The lemonade: will visit my sister in her new home for the first time instead. She was going on the cruise too.
Kay Eidson said:
I actually just changed my hair style and color on Thursday so I completely understand. But may was completely crazy for me. Im a teacher so we were working on our standardized tests and just end of the year craziness. Now I plan on spending time with family and recouping from this crazy year.
Jessica Taylor said:
Ok so May was a full month. My first child was finishing up 2nd grade!! Got our pool opened just for it to do nothing but rain lol. My reading was wicked!! Than I watched it on Passionflix. I’ve been wanting to read six of crows for a while.
Jessica Taylor said:
Dover Tennessee here. May was good
Kids finishing up school and opening our pool. Watching wicked on Passionflix and than buying the whole series to read!!! I have been wanting to read six of crows! I bought my copy of freed ( fifty shades) gonna read it when I’m in Florida on vacation at the end of June
Anita Byars said:
Love your flowers and the fact that you are making limoncello. I love it! I love your craft projects too. You sure pack a lot into a month. I watch my 3 year old granddaughter 3 days a week and we have enjoyed our new pool this last week finely. Being a Grandparent is the best thing ever.
Diane Amato said:
May was great! I finally saw my brother after a year and a half due to the pandemic. I actually saw him 2 weekends in a row.
Went to my son’s for Mother’s Day so I got to spend the day with him my husband, daughter, granddaughter, daughter in law, (her first Mother’s Day) and his mother and father in law. Had a great time.
Now I’m helping my daughter in law plan my granddaughter’s first birthday and helping my daughter plan a surprise 30th birthday party for my son.
Caroline said:
My 4 sisters, my brother, and my mother got together for an afternoon tea to celebrate Mother’s Day. First time all together in over a year, because of Covid. There was a lot of hugging going on!
Erin Dixon said:
I love seeing all of you photos. My month was just work and more work. My mother and I did take a day trip to the beach and got rained on. But we got away for a few hours so all was good. Hope you have a great June!!!!
bn100 said:
sounds like you had a fun Memorial Day weekend
Lisa said:
I love your monthly wrap up, they are interesting, insightful, inspiring and fun to read. Love the iris and the sweet cutie. Thanks for the post.
Nan said:
I thought I finished the baby quilt I was making for my great-grandson. I started it before he was born. He’s over a year old now. I guess I’ve had a problem staying focused over the past year. Anyhow… I need to change the yarn I used to make accent knots. When I washed the quilt these knots tried to unknot. The last time I made a quilt I didn’t have this problem. So I watched a few YouTube videos to get some ideas about what kind of threads/yarn I should use to replace them. Lots of good ideas from YouTube. Not the first time I watched YouTube to figure out how to do something. 😁
Amy Perrault said:
Here it’s been on lockdown since March till June 12. I bought a lot of books to read & in many ARC teams also. It was my husband’s 38th birthday in the middle of May so we celebrated it & family stopped by to give him gifts. We have been enjoying the weather because it’s been in the 30-40’s degrees C. But we have our A/C on the whole time but can’t have bonfires due to no rain & the rivers here are on Stage 1 drought. We have family walks daily during the week & have been going to our ice cream spot a few times!!
Sylvain Perrault said:
May is my birthday month as well as my Dad & Mom but everything was on lockdown so I could only order online for there gifts. Enjoyed a nice visit with my brother & his fiancee for my birthday with ice cream cake from DQ. We went to play basketball & enjoy some family time. It was a dry month so I had to cut the grass alot but loved the outdoors even though it was very hot out.
Sherri Atwood said:
The highlight of May was that we finished our never ending school year. This year seemed to last forever, but I have now started my much needed summer break!!!
Marina Marinova said:
For me the last month has been work, work and more work and it looks like it’s going to be the same for the next two. But I found a new great band to listen to, Maneskin, so I am a happy camper 😊😊😊
Haven’t had the time to read or watch anything though so I am hoping to rectify that soon 😉
Theresa said:
May was a good month, hosted Mother’s Day, which was a really nice day all around, we finally added deck furniture and a fire pit to our small deck so everyone was able to enjoy that.
We played a lot of golf, thankfully my husband broke down and took a lesson, at least know he can keep up with me.
We took a trip to St. Augustine,Florida for Memorial day weekend and what a great old city to visit.
Kathleen O'Donnell said:
May was a good month. I read a lot and I was able to see one of my fav people. My 91yr old Aunt. Her grandson, who works for Telus and brought me out my new phone, also brought this wonderful lady for an outside visit. We had not seen each other since August of 2020 just before she moved into her new residence. It made my month. She can come to see me, but I could not go to visit her because of all the restrictions at her retirement residence. So anything else that happened that month was a bonus.
Cynthia Vazquez said:
May was my birthday month so I surrounded myself with amazing family and friends. Had a quick trip to New York with my Core 4 trip! They make me feel so powerful! I live being with them! Painted rocks to take and hide on my trip and laughed a lot the entire month. Audiobooks have been a life safer this past year. I love these recommendations and totally wrote them all down to look i to. Thank you for updating us and sharing tid bits of your world.
All the best,
Cynthia
Elisa A said:
Hi Lorelei! Your flowers and stitching are beautiful!
I too did a lot of gardening. I had to prep the grounds for planting as well as planting everything (well, I didn’t get it all done in May, some of it bled into June!) I started my own tomatoes, peppers, okra, basil, squash, watermelon from seed. Everything else was directly sown right into the ground (spinach, lettuce, beets, carrots, bok choy, swiss chard, bush beans, pole beans, potatoes, cilantro, corn). Also cleaned out and pruned all the perennial stuff (red and black raspberries, blackberries, haskaps, red and black currants, trees: plum, apples, cherries)
In May, we harvested oregano, thyme, asparagus and rhubarb. I dried the herbs, and made lots of rhubarb cakes. I’ve chopped and portioned out enough rhubarb for 6 more cakes. Then froze them for future baking.
In terms of flowers. I had forsythia, grape hyacinth, giant hyacinth, tulips, bleeding heart, rose, asters, phlox, corral bells, (I’m sure I’m missing more!)
I didn’t plant any annuals this year because I think I now have enough perennials that bloom at different times to have colour all summer!
In the kitchen – I’m still baking lots! Getting into Morrocan and Indian flavours of late. Still enjoying my staples (Italian, Caribbean, Chinese, Japanese, and American comfort foods)
Reading: I read the 3rd of Jasinda Wilder’s Falling Series, Falling Under. Once again, the story really pulls at your heart strings. She takes you through a lot of heartache before getting to the HEA.
Hobbies: worked a lot of hours on my photobook for our trip to Alaska/Yukon from 2016 (submitted for print Jun11!)
April P. said:
Things have been a little weird here. My daughters cheer gym closed and we had to move to a new gym. So far I’m not happy with the new gym but she is, so that’s what’s important.
flchen1 said:
Awww… hugs, Lorelei–you get so much done in a month, I’m always so amazed! Love that you’re enjoying the Leigh Bardugo books! The Six of Crows and following duology are probably DD’s favorite books, ever 🙂 She enjoyed the Shadow and Bone ones, but less so. She hasn’t started the Netflix series, but now that she’s done with school for the summer, she might dive in…
Our eating this past month has been pretty basic–no new recipes here to report! Mr James’s pork looks amazing. Hopefully we will be able to try some new stuff this month now that graduation and dance are done for the year!
As for crafting, I made more than a dozen graduation leis, but not much else 🙂 Will have to see what to tackle next 😉
Joy Jenner said:
Busy with prepping for graduation for my first born. We have been at the lake setting up our campsite, reseeding grass and planting flowers after having everything tore up to put in new electrical and sewer. Pray for rain! We are dry here also.
Lisa Rounsley said:
May was a great month winding down from school months to a summer schedule at daycare!! Bring on summer!!
Casey Britton said:
I got a promotion and raise at work that has been in the works since April. It’s been a lot of hard work, long days and stress, but I am happy that it has all gone through now. I can finally settle into my new position and not wonder. Here’s hoping I can use some of my new vacation time to actually do something!!
Kim B said:
May was a month of trips to Indianapolis for doctor appointments but got to see granddaughters while there so it was great. My specialist also set me up to start a pill form of a medication instead of it being delivered via a pump. So in 5 days I’ll be able to go swimming for the first time in over 5 years. Can’t wait. I planted 2 containers since we have a small yard with no place to plant flowerbeds.
Karen Hrdlicka said:
May was full of testing students at school (a definite lowlight) and the end of school on May 20 (highlight). So I finally got the urge to start planting up my planters, even though the weather was a little bipolar for a bit. Toyed with the idea of turning off the AC and rebooting the furnace, lol. I caught up on much needed sleep. I love my job at school but I’m looking forward to semi-retirement after next year.
Tiss Johnson said:
Thanks for sharing your May with us.
I don’t remember much of May, but anything I did involved cows.
I hosted a double family reunion in June and spent time with cows.
Cows changed my plans….again.
Tammy Baker said:
Sure hope you are getting rain for those trees you planted. I planted 8 pine trees and only one lived. Watered them daily(mostly). Here in MN we have had little to no rain. Been so hot all I can do is sit in the house and read!
Have a wonderful summer!
Janice said:
Hi Lorelei
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but there’s no way to comment on your recent Royal’s email. I think that’s why no one’s responded.