Playing catch up...

Yes, it has been awhile.  It has been a very interesting school year, that is for sure.  I have been keeping on top of all the work which is good.  But I stretched myself so thin that one of my favourite things - doing this blog - fell by the wayside.  Since I know all are dying to know what takes up my time, here is the list:

1. Negotiations team
2. Legislative Action Team
3. Helping sister with Lucy
4. Gardening at home
5. Member of my town's Main Street Design Committee
6. Secretary of my town's Historic Preservation Commission
7. Prepping work for student art shows and going to the shows
8. Doing my own art and submitting it to shows
9. Staying after and coming in to work early

So, yeah, I am swamped.  However, item one is done, two is moving along nicely and five and six... well, that's a long story.  That's for a time when I need to get the anger out...

But right now, I am basking in the glow of a great gardening weekend.  I mulched a ton of leaves to put in the veggie garden and the flowers are looking so good.  The tree that I thought was a peach tree flowered last month and there a a slew of peaches growing!  I have a couple of issues with the raspberries and roses - they need some re-configuring.  But I know the day I do it I will get scratched like all hell and then the kids think Millie did it to me.  Ha!  I think that will wait until the long weekend so the cuts can heal.  I have been giving away herbs to people at work and a friend can use some too.  I hate to pull stuff that spreads, so giving it away suits me fine.  Also, with the time I know have, I was able to weed at my parents' house.  Mother can't garden b/c the place is infested with poison ivy so I do the work.  I did most of the iris patch today but the flying bugs were attacking so I quit.  I can't wait to get home tomorrow to mulch some more leaves... At this point in the year, it is a race to get home to get into the garden...

Oh, and hubby and I went to Prague and Budapest over Easter and loved it!  Report an images to come....