Don't make me tell you twice boy!

Jack passed his hearing test! This is great news because we have been having a lot of trouble out of his left ear. He has suffered though it and now i think we are past it. Yeah!

1st Attempt at Canning

My friend Doug enouraged me to try my hand at canning over the weekend, and after he loaned me the pot and utensils, I used about 3 hours Monay night to get into it. I ended up with 15 pints of better boys and one quart of roma's. Not bad for my first try. I'll let you know in a few months if they're poisoned or anything. Only time will tell. Leslie let me buy my own canning gear at Walmart tonight. I'm practically a chick sometimes.

Good News for Marley!

At our regular vet visit last week we were informed by the Doc that Marley's heartworm dipstick-test was positive! We were crushed. The treatment for heartworms is very hard on the dog (the meds contain arsenic) and very hard on the owner's wallet. So they called the next day and said they wanted to do a blood test for confirmation, and we ended up taking her in last Thursday, and we finally got the results today that she was negative! Yeah for Marley! We are so relieved that she is good to go.

During the vet visit, Jack was in the room with us watching the exam. In order to test her stools for worms and whatever else, the tech stuck a plastic probe about 8 inches into Marleys bottom, and Jack's mouth dropped open and his eyes got so big. We just about fell out of our chairs watching his reaction to the whole thing. It was hilarious.

Misc Moments...

This is our new tile job on the staircase.

Just kidding. This is actually at 'The Tile Store' and we do have a tile job to

tell you about soon, and we purchased our tile from them.

But sadly Leslie wouldn't let me go all-out

and get this done too. Maybe in the future...

Here is some of the bounty from the Turner Garden. I actually had a good corn crop and the tomatoes are coming in good right now. I have learned a few things this year:

• Ears of corn are only $0.19 at Walmart. This renders my efforts at the growing of corn to be retarded and a waste of time. I know what you're going to say, "your effort makes it taste better...blah blah blah.. but the Walmart corn in this case is better tasting and bigger. My corn didn't taste that good and they were skinny.
• No more growing radishes. What was I thinking? They grow very easy, they're the first crop that's ready to pick, and still taste like radishes.
• Long rows of veggies next year instead of short rows.
• Growing cucumbers and squash in tomato cages didn't turn out very good. I only got 3 squash. Dude.
• I need to sew the carrot seeds very thinly. I sewed them thickly this year and that was a big mistake. I got nothing.
• Jack is good at picking tomatoes-even ones that aren't quite ripe yet!
  

Here's Jack and his beautiful mother at the Red Bank Pool having a great time.

If I get my tools out, guess who has to get his tools out too?
This is the mudroom project. One of 4 in progress at our house!

(Details to follow in a separate posting.)

The Independence Day celebration at Coolidge Park was very fun.

Crowded, but fun. We had a funnel cake and lemonade

while we enjoyed the music and the fireworks.

The Other Day...

Funny Story: Jack likes to shut himself in the kitchen pantry while we're cooking, as kind of a hide-and-seek game. He also is a big Thomas the Train fan. So the other day, while playing in the pantry, he gets quiet, comes out of the pantry and hands Lesie a Kool-Aid packet and says, "Here's your ticket home Mommy." It struck me as a pretty funny moment.