I don't know if y'all read many blogs, but one of my favorites is http://kendallboggsfineart.blogspot.com/. She is an artist out of Atlanta and she makes some amazing pieces of art. I also love her DIY projects! This week she is having a give away of one of her beautiful Wedding Dress pieces. Check out her blog and all her wonderful art!
Daisypath Anniversary tickers
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Container Garden
I have finally planted all of my tomato plants (8 to be exact), herbs, and peppers!! I am ready for a bountiful harvest! I have 8 different kinds of tomatos, 3 different bell peppers, 1 jalapeno pepper, cliantro, basil, sage, rosemary, lavendar, spinach, and broccoli! Everything is in a container and lined up along our walkway to our front door! I am so excited to see how they do. We are expected to have a light frost tonight/tomorrow morning, so I am working on covering my plants with newspaper to keep the frost off! Enjoy the pictures! I hope you will plant your vegetables, now that the frost is over! Be Sure Your Plants are Bonnie's!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Because We All Know Someone.....
With Autism, that is.
I know someone very special to me on the Spectrum. my 8 year old niece
Carley.
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| Carely with her American Girl Doll I know a lot more children/adults with Autism, but Carley is my first niece and we formed a bond while she was in my sister, Nickel's belly! Carley is also the reason I became a Special Education Teacher. April is Autism Awareness month! You will probably see a number of Autism "things" going on during the month of April to promote our awareness of Autism and the children who are diagnosed with Autism every single day. I have recently become a Stella and Dot Jewelry Stylist. During the month of April, Stella and Dot will be selling a special "Shine" Bracelet and our "Sole" Bracelet. Every time these bracelets are sold Stella and Dot will give 20% of the proceeds to Autism Awareness. So if you want to support Autism Awareness and Autism Research please contact me (mmw913@gmail.com) or you can go to my S&D website: www.stelladot.com/molliemcmillan. I hope you will at least take a look at the bracelets! They are really trendy right now and will go with anything! These pictures are really bad, but go to my website and check them out!!   |
Friday, March 23, 2012
Blogging Hiatus!
So all of my 2 readers have probably missed me so much! Ha...I doubt it! I can truly say that it is because we have been extremely busy!
Since my last post:
-we didn't really make this public, but in January Matt was hit in the eye while he was playing paintball. We spent the last bit of January and all of February going to and from Doctor appointments and trying to get everything ready for Matt to go back to Knoxville.
-Matt went back to Knoxville, only to return for an eye appointment to find out that his retina had detached and he needed eye surgery. So we brought March in at the eye foundation in downtown having surgery. Thankfully his parents were able to come down and help us (this also allowed me to only take off 1 day at school!). The week after surgery Matt had to lay face down. Talk about no sleep for anyone! He also had 2 post-op appointments. He is now on the mend and we are hoping that at his appointment Monday he will get a great report!
-I was knee-deep in the Alabama Alternate Assessment when all of this was going on. I have since turned it all in and had all of those crazy nightmares that come with it! You would never believe that someone could have nightmares about putting things in a box that goes to California, but until you administer the AAA, you will never know!
-I helped throw Lindsey and Baby Lillian a shower the 2nd weekend in March! It was so much fun to spend sometime with my friends! We held the shower in Dadeville at Mix It Up! If you are ever in Dadeville, stop by and make some soap!
-Spring Break finally got here! The week before SB I did not think I would make it to the break. The first weekend of SB all the kid went to the Lake! We had not all been together since Eddie's christening weekend. It was the perfect weather and we spent most of Saturday and all of Sunday outside. I was sad that Matt couldn't be there. Especially since his sister and Becca were at his parents! It comes with the job, sometimes you miss things.
-On Monday of SB, mom and I drove to Knoville to see Matt and Dennis. Matt and I spent the entire day Tuesday just "being together"! We drove up to Pigeon Forge and shopped, drove into Gatlinburg to look around.
-Wednesday, Matt had to load his truck so Waylon and I spent most of the morning outside and then Matt and I grabbed lunch, then relaxed the rest of the day!
-Thursday Mom and I got up and made it back to Birmingham around 2pm.
-Today has been a day of watching it rain, walking Waylon when it isn't raining, and catching up on all my dvr!
-The rest of the weekend is going to be spent working on an IEP, washing clothes, and Matt will come home Sunday to go to his Dr. Appt.
I have some awesome pictures to post sometime this weekend! I need to get better about editing the pictures I take and then putting them on her!
Since my last post:
-we didn't really make this public, but in January Matt was hit in the eye while he was playing paintball. We spent the last bit of January and all of February going to and from Doctor appointments and trying to get everything ready for Matt to go back to Knoxville.
-Matt went back to Knoxville, only to return for an eye appointment to find out that his retina had detached and he needed eye surgery. So we brought March in at the eye foundation in downtown having surgery. Thankfully his parents were able to come down and help us (this also allowed me to only take off 1 day at school!). The week after surgery Matt had to lay face down. Talk about no sleep for anyone! He also had 2 post-op appointments. He is now on the mend and we are hoping that at his appointment Monday he will get a great report!
-I was knee-deep in the Alabama Alternate Assessment when all of this was going on. I have since turned it all in and had all of those crazy nightmares that come with it! You would never believe that someone could have nightmares about putting things in a box that goes to California, but until you administer the AAA, you will never know!
-I helped throw Lindsey and Baby Lillian a shower the 2nd weekend in March! It was so much fun to spend sometime with my friends! We held the shower in Dadeville at Mix It Up! If you are ever in Dadeville, stop by and make some soap!
-Spring Break finally got here! The week before SB I did not think I would make it to the break. The first weekend of SB all the kid went to the Lake! We had not all been together since Eddie's christening weekend. It was the perfect weather and we spent most of Saturday and all of Sunday outside. I was sad that Matt couldn't be there. Especially since his sister and Becca were at his parents! It comes with the job, sometimes you miss things.
-On Monday of SB, mom and I drove to Knoville to see Matt and Dennis. Matt and I spent the entire day Tuesday just "being together"! We drove up to Pigeon Forge and shopped, drove into Gatlinburg to look around.
-Wednesday, Matt had to load his truck so Waylon and I spent most of the morning outside and then Matt and I grabbed lunch, then relaxed the rest of the day!
-Thursday Mom and I got up and made it back to Birmingham around 2pm.
-Today has been a day of watching it rain, walking Waylon when it isn't raining, and catching up on all my dvr!
-The rest of the weekend is going to be spent working on an IEP, washing clothes, and Matt will come home Sunday to go to his Dr. Appt.
I have some awesome pictures to post sometime this weekend! I need to get better about editing the pictures I take and then putting them on her!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Container Gardening
**Get ready for a number of posts in the upcoming months to be about plants, plant season, vegetables, etc.! Being a Plant Man's wife is something special I tell ya!**
When Matt and I bought our house the first thing that came to mind was: "Where will we put our garden?" Funny thing to think of first to most people, but when your life is consumed by plants you have to know where you are going to put them!
1. The water spicket (sp) or the hosepipe as the Northerners say is on the backside of the house by the A/C unit. This is a problem because we would literally need a 100 foot hose to reach anything!
2. There are trees everywhere! Meaning very little sunlight to reach my tomatoes...who like sunlight! We have been studying the sun/shadows for the past couple of months and discussing where the best light is.
3. I have to do all of the cold crop/spring gardening by myself with guidance from Matt, Mom, and Chip! So the garden has to be something that I can handle myself!
So.....with these factors considered we are going to try a container garden this year. We are shooting to have 4 spots in the yard with plants in them. Whichever plants produce the best/most that spot will most likely become the home to our "Big" garden that Matt has already drawn up for Fall/Spring 2013!! I am excited about a contianer garden, but I hope I can produce a lot of vegetables! One day Matt and I plan to only have vegetables from our garden and not rely on the grocery store for things like tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, herbs, etc.!
When Matt and I bought our house the first thing that came to mind was: "Where will we put our garden?" Funny thing to think of first to most people, but when your life is consumed by plants you have to know where you are going to put them!
1. The water spicket (sp) or the hosepipe as the Northerners say is on the backside of the house by the A/C unit. This is a problem because we would literally need a 100 foot hose to reach anything!
2. There are trees everywhere! Meaning very little sunlight to reach my tomatoes...who like sunlight! We have been studying the sun/shadows for the past couple of months and discussing where the best light is.
3. I have to do all of the cold crop/spring gardening by myself with guidance from Matt, Mom, and Chip! So the garden has to be something that I can handle myself!
So.....with these factors considered we are going to try a container garden this year. We are shooting to have 4 spots in the yard with plants in them. Whichever plants produce the best/most that spot will most likely become the home to our "Big" garden that Matt has already drawn up for Fall/Spring 2013!! I am excited about a contianer garden, but I hope I can produce a lot of vegetables! One day Matt and I plan to only have vegetables from our garden and not rely on the grocery store for things like tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, herbs, etc.!
Images via Google
Those are just some pictures of what we are thinking! I have also seen some gardens in those plastic kiddy pools! That would be cool, but I don't want to complete kill my grass!! I hope you are all working on your garden plans as well! It is almost time for the Cold Crops!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Becca Turns 1!!!!
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| On her way home from the hospital @ 3 days!! |
Welcome Plant Season!!!!
***Disclaimer: Sorry for the lack of posting in January! I still have to cover Becca's Birthday and then I will be caught up. January handed us some curveballs, one which included a Paintball accident (eye) for Matt (He is thankfully almost 100% better) which meant January was spent in the Eye Doctors office or on the phone with the eye doctor! Also, we had some other "issues" arise that we did not see coming, so needless to say we are extremely glad that January is OV-A!!!! Hopefully that explains the lack of blogging! I hope to get to once a week in February!
So plant season has officially arrived. For those of you who don't know Matt work for Bonnie Plant Farm out of Union Springs, Alabama. The same company my Dad worked for and also my brother works for them as well! His route consists of Northern Tennessee and Middle/Southeast Kentucky! So February 1 has rolled around which mean Matt is off to Knoxville for work!
Most people don't know how we have this interesting relationship, but this is our 3rd time around! It does not get any easier. Love does not make the heart grow fonder, it makes the heart MAD. It sucks to go to weddings, showers, parties, etc. by yourself! I mean I am married, which means I should have a consitent date to every function I attend! All that ranting is just some of the emotions that are felt over the 6 months! There are a lot of tears, anger toward him for leaving, and just plain sadness he is not here for every day living! That being said I am extremely glad that Matt has a job that provides for our family, and that he gets to be off for all the major holidays and both of our birthdays, which is a HUGE plus!
So here's to another Plant Season beginning! Hoepfully the weather will continue to improve and the company can sell some plants this season! If you have a garden or want a garden, check out your local garden supply, Wal-Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, or Co-Op to find Bonnnie Plants! They are also on Facebook: Search Bonnie Plants. This week the profile picture is of a Tomato Plant. They post daily about tips and tricks to gardening! They also have a wonderful website: http://www.bonnieplants.com/! Do you look up tutorials on YouTube? Well head on over to www.youtube.com/growbonnieplants to find helpful videos!!
Hope y'all enjoyed my little plug about Bonnie! Can you tell that I want a good plant season!?!?!?!!?
Matt, I love you so much and I am so thankful for all you do....Even if it means spending 6 months in 2 different states! Thanks for providing for me, Waylon and Jennings :) hahahaha....We love you!
Oh, also, Matt is going to try and blog about his experiences on the plant route. Once his blog is up and running I will add a link to it on my side bar!
So plant season has officially arrived. For those of you who don't know Matt work for Bonnie Plant Farm out of Union Springs, Alabama. The same company my Dad worked for and also my brother works for them as well! His route consists of Northern Tennessee and Middle/Southeast Kentucky! So February 1 has rolled around which mean Matt is off to Knoxville for work!
Most people don't know how we have this interesting relationship, but this is our 3rd time around! It does not get any easier. Love does not make the heart grow fonder, it makes the heart MAD. It sucks to go to weddings, showers, parties, etc. by yourself! I mean I am married, which means I should have a consitent date to every function I attend! All that ranting is just some of the emotions that are felt over the 6 months! There are a lot of tears, anger toward him for leaving, and just plain sadness he is not here for every day living! That being said I am extremely glad that Matt has a job that provides for our family, and that he gets to be off for all the major holidays and both of our birthdays, which is a HUGE plus!
So here's to another Plant Season beginning! Hoepfully the weather will continue to improve and the company can sell some plants this season! If you have a garden or want a garden, check out your local garden supply, Wal-Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, or Co-Op to find Bonnnie Plants! They are also on Facebook: Search Bonnie Plants. This week the profile picture is of a Tomato Plant. They post daily about tips and tricks to gardening! They also have a wonderful website: http://www.bonnieplants.com/! Do you look up tutorials on YouTube? Well head on over to www.youtube.com/growbonnieplants to find helpful videos!!
Hope y'all enjoyed my little plug about Bonnie! Can you tell that I want a good plant season!?!?!?!!?
Matt, I love you so much and I am so thankful for all you do....Even if it means spending 6 months in 2 different states! Thanks for providing for me, Waylon and Jennings :) hahahaha....We love you!
Oh, also, Matt is going to try and blog about his experiences on the plant route. Once his blog is up and running I will add a link to it on my side bar!
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