Granddaughter's month check up!

Granddaughter's month check up was today! She has gained 1lb 9 oz in 2 weeks! She is now 10 lbs 1 oz!! She also grew 1 inch, now at 22 inches!! She is such a piglet!!!
She goes back on the 19th for her first set of immunizations!! Poor thing, I hate those! They cry for a long time afterwards!! Plus they usually come down with a minor temperature after their shots!

But, she is now drinking 3-4 oz of formula at a time (did I mention she is a piglet?) and eats about every 3 hours or so. She does sleep well at nite now, only wakes up long enough to eat and then right back to sleep. We are all happy about that!

Well, that's the report so far! Stay tuned as she grows!

TA-DA!!!! My garden pictures!

Here are some pictures of my garden as of today!
Since it's been raining most of the week they have been drinking very well! But, it's supposed to be sunny and warm allllllll weekend long, so if I'm outside (which I'm sure I will be) then I will probably hear it grow, just like I'll be hearing the grass growing!! LOL

The first pic is of my Upside Down Patio Garden, and this thing is utterly cool!! My tomato plants are hanging DOWN!! I have 6 of them in this sucker. On the left of the top is one set of 1/2 runner green beans--I planted several in here before I found out they need a stake or something to vine about. But, my sister (who is a long time gardener) said to go ahead and try it out to see what happens with them! So, I'm letting them grow over the side. On the right side are cucumbers! They are growing very nicely also!

The next pic is of my garden plot. Boy, was this fun to dig up! Took me a week to do and a week to recover from! lol At the top are my corn plants, then more green beans ( I love 1/2 runners!) and below the beans are some more cucumber plants. I also have one lone cantaloupe plant in there. It's not growing as well as I thought it would, but we will see!

The last pic is a closer shot of my corn plants! Right now they aren't as "high as an elephant's eye", but they do "look like they're climbing clear up to the sky" (from the musical 'Oklahoma'). I hope these actually sprout ears. I've heard the first time you plant corn, sometimes it doesn't grow so well. But, I'm hoping!!

I think it will be totally cool to be able to walk out the basement door and pick corn, green beans and tomatoes! And I'll probably be busy canning a lot this summer also! I can't wait!!

My Garden is growing!

I cannot believe it!! My garden is growing very nicely!! I did a little bit of weeding today and I transplanted the half runners that I had planted in my Upside Down tomato planter (before I kenw they needed a trellis or something to climb utp) and those are about 8 inches tall!

Even my corn is sprouting up!! I hope it grows all right. I would love to be able to walk outside and just grab a few ears of corn right off the stalk! That would be very nice!!!

I have my 16qt pressure cooker/canner now, so watch out! I'll be cannng everything I can get! DD's fiancee's mom said she is going to have a plethora of blackberries this year, so I can make me some jelly! yummy!

Now on to stitching news.... SBP is coming along very nicely. I really hate white now!! LOL
I am also starting another one, but I don't want to put it up here because it is for a very very special friend and I don't want her seeing it yet!
Also starting the framework for a RR I'm in.That's about it for now!

I'm getting pretty tired. I sat outside today for about 4 hours (and yes did some stitchiing). I was outside basking in the sun and soaking up as much vitamin D as I could today. Heaven only knows when it will be this pretty again!

What's been going on...

in my life lately! Well, I finally did start my Spring Beauty Princess by Passione Ricamo! Here is whai I have stitched so far. There is so much white in her dress!! I hate large blocks of color like this, but her dress just called for it!

I also finished digging up my garden and planting the seeds last Sunday. Lo and behold! With all the rain we have had this past week (every day) and what little bit of sun we had this week.. yesterday I went out back to check and I have green beans popping out of the ground, the cucumbers are starting to sprout and best of all, corn is starting!
That made me feel so good! I wasn't really sure if anything would even grow. I've never tried to grow a veggie garden before.

I need to transplant the 6 inch green bean plants that are in my Upside Down Patio Garden, because (I didn't know this when I first planted the seeds)but.... 1/2 runners are supposed to grow up a trellis like thingy. So I will be buying some tomato cages soon!
Speaking of tomatoes.... my tomato plants in the Patio Garden are thriving! Some are definitely getting bigger!

I also was able to get that 16 qt. pressure cooker/canner the other day at Wal-Mart! Now, all I need to get are the mason jars and lides and then I will be ready to can!

I'm hoping to get a picture soon of my garden. Just waiting until they come up a little more! and are more photo ready!! LOL

I got my limited edition fabric from Silkweaver yesterday! Gorgeous!! I don't really remember ordering opalescent fabbie, but that is what I got! Totally awesome!

Not much else going on right about now. Just lots of pain due to lots of rain (and still in recovery mode from digging garden!