Where has August gone??? School has started and Robby and I get to spend every morning together. So far I haven't done very well putting together Preschool ideas. I really need to get on the stick. He has painted a little and we have played a little ball tossing and jumping on the trampoline, but I am not a very good morning person! I've been trying to read to him, but he isn't really interested. He has become a TV GOON and would rather watch videos, or PBS shows. Help!

My "Giant Redroot Forest" has been growing exponentially. I have not gotten the weeds under control yet. I'm about ready to give up for this year and am thinking of some drastic things to do next year involving old newspapers, compost and bark chips.

On Monday and Tuesday last week, I decided that my kitchen and sewing room looked terrible, so I spent those days cleaning up a storm. Lynn came in and asked me if we had company coming, since I was cleaning so much. Little did I know that we soon would have company. Kathleen and her step mom and dad came over on Wednesday and then Pam and Steve Halford and her parents came on Friday. Thank goodness my house was clean! Now I just need to get all my cabinets cleaned out. When you run out of room to put things in a house this big, it just means that you have too much stuff! This weeks edition of the Mormon Times has a list of how to get things under control. I'm going to cut it out and post it where I will use it as my guide.

I am posting pictures I took of the yard a couple of weeks ago so you can see how out of control everything is. I can't seem to get them to upload right now, will try again later. Looks like the photos showed up finally. These are all from the South yard.

I am sad to see the end of the Day Lilies. I have about 3 plants that still have a few blooms on them and then it is all over. Summer is over!