Update on the garden

Well, I had been trying to figure out how I was going to get my garden tilled so that I could get my garden really started. Little did I know that my husband's uncle that lives about 15 miles away has a really nice garden tiller. I was talking to him last week and he offered to come till for free! So on Tuesday, he came and tilled it and also tilled a small area in my front yard for me to plant some strawberry plants too. So, this weekend, I am going to be out and raking the area to get rid of the grass and roots. I have some plants in my window sill right now growing (watermelon and green beans and also started strawberries too). But I just can't wait to start the whole thing. Gardening is so addictive, I have even started thinking about planting some Wildlife trees.

Getting a fence!

One of the things that we are going to get when our taxes come back is aluminum fence installation. I personally can not wait to be able to just let the boys out in the back yard and not have to worry about them running out in front of cars or something else creepy like a neighbors dog coming over (never know if they are friendly or not). I think that having a fence is a must if you have active kids like mine. Not just for their safety but also for the parents sanity!

Word to the wise about Skype

Okay I will be the first to tell you that I do love Skype. BUT I do have one problem with them. When I signed up for the unlimited service, they sent me a code for $30.00 off of an online number. So I thought that was the total amount. So I went ahead and picked a number and then it said thanks for purchasing and showed that they took $30 out of my PayPal account to cover it. Nowhere on the site did it say that the number was $60 normally and that they were taking 50% off... and there never was a confirmation page either just went to thanks for your purchase. I feel that is false advertisement. I have emailed them numerous times to let them know that I did not want the phone number and to try to get them to refund my money. I just keep getting these form letters sent to me which do not address anything at all like what I have emailed them about. So customer service is really awful and I think that they are overseas which makes it even more fun:/

Switching careers?

In this economy it is sort of hard to keep up with what career is best to go into if you are thinking of changing directions or just starting college. One job area that seems to be going well is IT jobs. There is a great demand and more will be coming back to the US as well with incentives for companies to hire US based employees instead of someone in India or somewhere else off shore.

Starting your garden on the cheap

I went to the feed store the other day and bought 50 starter pots for my garden. It cost me about $4.00 for those. I started thinking about it and thought you know? I can pretty much do the same thing for free. I had been collecting some egg cartons so I just used those to plant my strawberry seeds. I mean if you are going to have a large assortment of plants, then it's worth it to save a few egg crates. Because after all, one of the biggest reasons for starting a garden is to save money not spend more right?

Traveling

You know, I really love my cute little town. But one thing that I have noticed is there really is not too much to do here. And to prove that, I do not think that there is a hotel in the whole county! I am sure that sounds kind of funny to think about. It does to me too. I sort of wish there was one. I remember when I was a kid going with my parents and they would pay for us to just use the pool to go swimming. Now, it wasn't one of those nice ritzy hotels though but it was still fun:)

Free $25 Restraunt.com certificate!

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