38 hours and counting

Here's a picture of our newly designed Primary bulletin board that I'm so proud of! The tree is out of fabric and stuffed. Soon there will be cute little plastic butterflies all over the place, since the kids get to put up a butterfly for each week that they read their "I'll Follow Him in Faith" Scripture stories (our very own summer reading progam).

Hmmm. I see that a number of you think I can go 5 days without sugar. Wow. You are either really afraid to put down what you REALLY think, or you have more faith in me than I do. Either way, I'm actually inspired! By the way, I'm talking about no sugar, no flour, nada. And I have to say, it was tough last night, especially when, while cleaning the kitchen last night, I picked up a plastic bag that Ron brought home from work, containing cookies. Mmm tempting. But in a serious fit of self control I just moved the bag. Mornings and afternoons are much easier. It's the after 5 time of day that gets me.

In other, more exciting news, we spent some time weeding yesterday. Our snapdragons (Malachi's pick for seeds) are blooming now, and all but 2 sunflowers (Talia's pick) are also blooming and looking fantastic. We still have lettuce growing, which is hard to believe this late in July. There are a few tomato fruits on the vine, growing, and a few squash flowers. I put a couple pinwheels in the garden beds and this seems to discourage critters.

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No news yet on Brandon..hopefully tomorrow night I'll know more, after his follow-up appointment. He actually made it out of the house yesterday and went to a friend's to play D&D.