Thank you for the birthday wishes...

I took a half-day today, and spent that afternoon with Laurel. Here are a few pictures of what I did on my birthday that made me feel like I really had a great day.

I spent some time on the porch, enjoying the new grass growing in the front yard, and wishing the mulch we purchased would find itself to the landscaping.
I worked on this quilt for the daughter of a friend. All it needs now is the binding.



I finished canning the green beans - I think I'm done canning for the summer as I am pretty much out of jars.

Laurel and I took a trip to the library to pick up some new reading material and puzzles. Then Bryan and Laurel took me to dinner with Key Lime Pie for dessert. Yum. We topped off the evening with a couple of episodes of Northern Exposure, a long time favorite TV show, now available on DVD.

We kept it pretty low key, its a weeknight you know. It was a good birthday, even though we were missing Rowan.


Thank you to all my many friends and family for the wonderful, loving and gentle birthday wishes.

Colleen



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September Update

Welcome back dear readers to another post of the Sibthorp Family. We have been ever so busy, especially this last week.

Our garage sale, of which the date moved around several times, was finally last weekend. All total, 8 families on our block participated, and we did quite well. I only brought one item back into the house, and a trunk load went to good will. This was a milestone for us - we sold most of our baby gear. Lots of happy and sad memories - but mostly happy - went with all that gear. Mom and Dad came down on Friday to help out, and it was necessary, for Friday was the big day. Thanks Mom and Dad for coming.

On Saturday, we finished up the sale, and I started working on the yard. We were able to get seed down and plant some hostas (these poor plants - all 18, have been suffering in our yard all summer). I've updated the Sibthorp Shovel Ready photo album with some new photos of the exterior of the house. It has taken all summer, and its still not done, but what a vast improvement. We are so pleased with the work.

And finally, I've included photos of Laurel helping me on the front porch. We spend many hours here now. Laurel stands on the step and calls to the neighbors as they exit their homes. She's getting to know all their names, as well as their pets' names, and she charms them all. Also in this album are photos of some of the flora around our house. Even though it hasn't rained much recently, and everything is really dry, the garden still looks pretty good.

Until my next post, all my best,
Colleen