That’s my qote for the weekend!

Friday night Derrick and I started to pull all the crappy mulch and weeds out of the garden. We were greeted by a few frogs/toads and a ton of spiders underneath the mulch. 

Saturday morning we finihed for the most part - we still need to do behind the bushes by the front door and by the garage. We then met one of my friends, Patrice, at Sam’s Club. I was trying to decide if we should get a membership or not. Heck, I want to get a membership just for the food tasting and great recipe ideas I received there!  Of course, you can spend quite a bit of money there without even realizing it until you go to check out - oops!  Afterwards, we drove to Raleigh (after putting the Sam’s Club goodies away at home). Xavier needed new shoes since the tips of his toes are a little red. I figured it was time to hit Stride-Rite. He got a brand new pair of sneakers and sandels. Can you believe this child is in a size 8.5?!?!  Derrick got a pair of shoes - he’s a size 9 in mens!!! We found the Easter Bunny by mistake but with no line so I thought what the heck. Xavier had a fit at Santa this past December so I thought it was going to be a fiasco. However, he surprised me and was a total angel. He gave the bunny a big ole high five and hug and smiled (after a little “tickle tickle” play) - see picture below. Afterwards we went to the food court where Xavier ate all the broccoli off my plate, as well as most of my cornbread, corn and a good portion of grilled chicken.  Then we headed to Old Navy for some summer clothes for the kids…both boys got their swim trunk and shirts (thank you Aunt Karina for the tip on the shirts). We were supposed to get Derrick’s cleats and shin gauzrds but we were both shopped out.

Today we had to go to Home Depot for some much needed treatments for -spiders, weeds and ants - since it’s about the time now.  We also bought some replacement lights for our garden that were accidently broken. I won’t mention any names but he’s about 3 feet high We also bought a shovel, looked at the available flowers, ,none of which I liked. I’m not a big stickler for mums or geraniums…I think this year I will do lilly’s since all of them came back this year. We also bought a cheap hedge trimmer.  It will keep the bushes nice and pretty.  I will probably work on the garden more this coming weekend.

Anyway, that was our weekend here in North Carolina.  This week should be busy. It’s about time for my year review mid April so lets see how I do…