Early one weekend morning (and I mean EARLY - 3/4 am) I was awake unable to get to sleep because I was having one of those pregnancy moments where you obsess over the dumbest things that are not urgent but yet keep you from getting to sleep. One time in my last pregnancy I was up for 5 hours one night planning, preparing to do lists and obsessing over my parents 50th anniversary party. Here is the kicker - I knew this fact the whole time too - my parents 50th anniversary at the time was still 7 YEARS AWAY! You get the point now then. Well back to this most recent pregnancy obsession - I laid awake obsessing over how over grown our bushes were and how we were going to have to trim them. We didn't have a hedge trimmer or some garden clippers so of course obsessing over getting the right tools was also part of it. Well when I could reasonably make the phone call I called a neighbor and borrowed their hedge clippers to do the job. Here are the before and after pictures. Looking at the pictures the situation looks less ridiculous of a topic for obsession - they really needed it.
It was stupid the real, almost tangible feeling of relief I felt when the job was done. It was really stupid but my bushes look great now.
Lyman and Corilynn love to go exploring in our very own forest in the back yard. Of course they are not allowed to go back there without Dad or Mom because they could fall and get hurt and we cant see into the forest at all. Here they stand near some big bones (probably cow bones given to a neighbor dog and left out there). The kids believe they found dinosaur bones and are really proud of their discovery.
Lyman with his typical "cool" pose of folding his arms over his chest standing on a really big fallen tree.
Corilynn loves to go into the forest with the Dad because he carries her a lot of the time. Thankfully we haven't found any poison oak or ivy yet back there so that's another perk to our house that we didn't anticipate but feel lucky for.
3 Comments:
Those bushes rock! You did a great job. :)
I am sooooo very envious of your forest in the back yard. Heck, I'm envious that you have a decent back yard! So very cool.
good job on the bushes. lol! you're hilareous. hey, i don't know if you are interested, but the Hypobabies program I do sells a CD that can help you relax and sleep really well at night. I don't think you have to be doing a hypnobirth to use it either. you can buy it at hypnobabies.com. go to shop online, click on CDs for Expectant Mothers and then it's the CD called Peaceful Sleep Now for Expectant Mothers. Good luck :)
LOL! I love your late night planning sessions and am grateful that they are happening to you and not me. My kids have been waking up at 5 and 5:45 the last couple of days and that has been enough of a struggle. Your bushes DO look tons better. I am impressed with your handiwork.
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