Today is the first day of school for my sons! Scott is in 10th grade, Todd is in 7th. I couldn't get a smile out of either one of them. Good times!!
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a few gardening things I haz going on. you can click on each pic to see it bigger:

Sunflowers!

Balcony Tomatoes!

Eggplant!

Bell Pepper!

More gardening pics here: Garden 2010

How's your garden going, what's growing? I'd love to see pics!

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We got a dog a few months ago and he is a sweetie! His name is Doobie Mac. He is the best puppy ever. He's about 17-18 weeks now, (NO edited to correct Brian said he's about 24 weeks old!! I lost track ha ha) and getting BIG. He is a pit mix and we think weimeranier but no papers or anything on him, he was a giveaway. He fits our family perfectly, we love Doobie!

We got a cat a few days ago, a good friend of ours is moving and new place won't take pets. So we were able to get her! Her name is Moon, my friend named her after a book or verse in the Koran, I forget which. I call her Miss Moon. She is very friendly and gets along with Doobie already! She had to put him in his place though, he tried to front on her at first. Now when he goes into his cage at night she sits outside it and looks sad. LOL!

I've been making lots of things, ostensibly to keep my mind off the bookstore issues. But as you know I likes to sew! Filling up my etsy store nicely! Speaking of which, please fan Earthy Style on facebook. thanks!!
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Speaking of the bookstore, I wanted to open this summer but looks like that's not going to happen Still so much work to do, including ripping up the carpet in the back room and getting the leaky ceiling fixed. and we need to build mass shelves, it's unreal how much bigger the space is than the last storefront. I underestimated the amount of time we'd need to re-open. which is ok, we'll do what we gotta, but in the meantime I'm paying rent on space that's not making me any money. I haz bills!!

My garden is going great! even though it is basically neglected. It's kind of a wild place to be since mid-July, I kinda just quit weeding and tending to it. But my husband built me a new fence for it for Mother's Day which is super awesome because it has kept the critter's out! I have been able to grow cucumber, eggplant, bok choi, ok in the garden in the first time in YEARS. usually I would grow these things up on the balcony because the fauna would get at them unless I was up on it about protecting my garden. This year, no worry, no fuss!

More Garden Pics

We went to Maine! on our annual vacation. Boothbay Harbor, it was grand! We had such a GREAT time, it was excellent times.

More Maine Pics

Well that's my main news. I'm basically just cooling out, working on the bookstore, working my etsy store, working my websites/blogs, writing a lot. I have a new issue of my zine coming out soon. Loving this summer with my man and boys. We don't see much of Iyende but she is having a super great summer far as I can tell, working and going to the beach and parties and stuff with her crowd. I miss her though, every day but I try to give her space. She's a grown woman, she don't want her mama calling her all the time LOL.

Heres us lovebirds at a ball game recently:

God I love him SO MUCH! Hope you all are well and I will try not to be such a stranger!

I suck at saving money for a rainy day. I am good at saving for a goal, such as for my bookstore and for our strawbale house. Like anytime I want something big I can focus and sock away money for it. But just saving money for savings sake, no I struggle doing it. I will admit, I have a poverty mentality. I tend to want what I want when I want it, NOW. I struggle with delayed gratification issues. My money issues affect just about everything in my life, I need to keep it real. From my marriage to how I run my business, everything. There have been too many times I've had my accounts down to zero, too many times of scrounging about the house for change, too much money blown on late fees, etc. So I am challenging myself to save money. Just $10 a month for now. I blow at least that on unnecessary stuff anyway.

I'm doing this now until December. So by December I should have $50 cash socked away. Anybody care to join me?

Hey ya'll what's up. I'm getting a belly pooch again and back fat again eeeeeeeep! just creeped up on me. past couple of months I've been so busy with work and my bookstore and my family and etc, haven't made the time to exercise or be mindful about what/how I'm eating. and It's been a while since I've been to the gym! and running, when I do run it's real short like just a 1/2 mile or quarter mile. So I need to get cracking again.

Today’s Health Goals:
30 minutes yoga
30 minutes brisk walking
1 mile run
Drink 120 oz water
One serving meals, no seconds
Raw veggies or air-popped popcorn for snacks
Fruit for dessert
Brush & floss after every meal
Today’s weigh-in: 164 pounds
Goal Weight: 130 pounds

let's be exercise buddies, start posting what we do again! I found it really helped me in the past. What have you been up to, what's going on with you? will start posting to my fitness blog again too: http://supplemama.com

my daughter hipped me to Dub Step, I have been jamming! this dub step remix of Mr. Postman is one of my faves. What have you been listening to, hip me!

Blackberry Bushes:

Honeydew Melon, Eggplant, Corn:

Tomatoes:

Potatoes:

What's up with you, how is your garden growing?

It's that time of year again! I'm all late getting started but oh well, better late than never. These are peas, the seeds were harvested from my garden last year. This year I am planting:

Spring
peas
lettuce
spinach
broccoli
carrots

Summer
cucumber
turnips
green beans
black beans
pinto beans
kidney beans
yellow squash
corn
okra
eggplant
tomatoes
cantaloupe
honeydew melon
sunflowers
potatoes
carrots

Fall
peas
lettuce
spinach
broccoli
potatoes
acorn squash
carrots

Come-backs on Their Own
Apples
Strawberries
Blackberries
Mint

I'm doing the hanging tomato baskets again. New for this year is a pea canopy for the balcony and a teepee for the greenbeans in the garden. For the potatoes, instead of planting them in the ground I'm planting them in tires. I was thinking of doing a strawberry basket too. What are you planting/have planted this year? What new things are you doing?

My son Scott ran up his cell phone bill and has to pay for it. He decided to try selling some things on ebay. He took pics with his camera. Interested? Listings are under Earthystyle on ebay!
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p.s the Madden 09 for DS and the Star Wars for Wii have just sold, they're gone.

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