Let's take a walk...

...through our garden!! :)

I am so proud of the improvements we have made to the exterior of our home this Spring. You may be tired of hearing about it or seeing pictures...and if that's the case, you should skip this post! Anyways, I LOVE flowers. What girl doesn't? Almost every night Stephen gets home from work before me and he usually has the flowers watered when I get home...and almost every night I tell him that I need to go outside to "look at the flowers" and he laughs. Its a usual evening thing in our house recently. I just like to look at the pretty blooms!

Well, one evening this week I took TONS of pictures so you could all enjoy looking at them with me. Let's get started:

This is the view when looking out of our dining room bay window. We added the hummingbird feeder last weekend and I have yet to see any hummingbirds. Do we need to do anything else other than add food to the feeder?

Our little basil plant in the kitchen...I don't really like basil, but I do like the way the plant looks!

Front steps and mailbox...steps are wet from watering the flowers.

Picked up this beautiful perennial last weekend at Lowe's for 50% off, its called banana cream and is a pale yellow in person. So pretty!

Love these lillies which are also a perennial!

Dramatic purple pansies on our patio table out back...

Pretty petunias hanging by our mud room windows. This plant has taken off since purchasing it, I love it when that happens!

Sweet Pea's that are kind of taking over an area of our side/back yard. I like these, but I think they will be going soon...anyone have any tips/ideas on controlling them rather than digging them up and throwing them away?

I LOVE these lemon drop perennial flowers...got these at Lowe's for 50% too!

Beautiful!

Coming soon-a cone flower!

Tomatoes are growing and turning red every day!

More hanging petunias that have taken off since purchasing. Ignore the light on the post, it's broken...actually, the whole this is broken because there is no wire running to it. Problem is that I like it in the yard...and it's in a very sunny area. Would it be possible to remove the electric light and place a solar one there instead? I really need to research re-doing this!

And last but not least, Louie! Because really, what's a post without a picture of this cute pup?

A boring one I tell ya! :)

Happy Friday, y'all! Have a great weekend!

Randoms and a GREAT deal!

So sorry for my recent lack of posting. I have been beyond busy at work...In fact, as of last night when I left at nearly 7pm I had already worked over 40 hours this week which means that today is nothing but OT. That makes me happy! I love getting OT and look at it as the perfect opportunity to save a little extra money or maybe buy something that I have wanted but kept putting off. Currently, the hubs and I are saving for (fingers crossed) hopefully a anniversary trip to the Key's and also for his surgery.

Yep, I said surgery. Thankfully, it is nothing too serious though. The Mr. needs to have his wisdom teeth removed and his surgery is scheduled for the Thursday before Easter. If you could please pray for the Lord to ease his nerves and also that we might have a fast recovery. I know he is already afraid he won't be able to eat his normal fare at Sunday Easter dinner. Thanks for your prayers and support-we both really appreciate them!

In other news: It is officially Spring but I am not sure the state of IN got the memo. We have had a couple warm days and I did get to wear sandals one day this week, but I also had to scrape ice off my car 2 days this week. Ugh. I have been itching to plant things for a couple weeks now. In Florida, I know that the azaleas are already blooming along with tons of other flowers. I want that here! I can guarantee you that as soon as store here stock their garden centers I will be there getting everything I need for our potted garden. In the mean time, I am just going to read up on tips and how-to's to assure I get the job done right!

Thankfully this morning I was reading Bower Power and found this awesome deal that I wanted to share with you too! Right now Amazon is runnin’ a pretty darn good deal…Two years of Organic Gardening (that’s 12 issues) for $12 + free shipping. Issues come every two months with lots of gardening tips and secrets that just might come in handy for you! I ordered mine and I am pretty excited for my first issue to arrive-I can only hope that it has great step-by-step directions (with pictures) on how to grow a fantastic tomato garden! Click HERE for the link to Amazon if you are interested in taking advantage of this great deal :)

I do have some posts brewing in my head...maybe next week I will have some time to sit down and type them out. I hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend...TGIF!!!!!