Gosh, all of the sudden it's the middle of June and we are nearing the 4th of July! Where did the last few weeks go? We've been quite busy these past two months. We had eye appointments, A Mother's Day Celebration at Verona's, Mommy Club, visitors from Chicago, trips to the museum, The Grove, and Disneyland, Diabetic Training, A trip to the nutritionist, a few trips to Santa Monica, a few lunches at Lulu's, Penny's 18 month check up, FUDGE Day party at Daycare, a bonfire on the beach, brunch with old friends, swimming with friends and a big Father's Day tri-tip BBQ party at the LaScala's House. Then there has been work on blockbuster movies for me and hubbers has had two months off from his job but that didn't mean he wasn't busy. He took on a big project of redesigning and re-landscaping our front yard. Yep, the front is completely redone! All the old shrubs are gone! Then the both of us have been dieting. Hubs lost 30 pounds won a weight-loss contest he was doing with friends and then I am about to hit 20 pounds shortly. What a start to the Summer!
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of