Memorial Holiday Weekend

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend. It was just beautiful. We could not have asked for better weather that is for sure.

It seems like most people will either do yardwork, camping, or a family barbeque on the Memorial weekend holiday. Tom and I did lots and lots of yardwork. I planted tons of flowers and it looks so good. We also finally finished our bed on the side of our house. We now have a beautiful tree outside our kitchen window to look at. What a difference landscaping makes! We have lived in our home for 5 1/2 years now and we are just now getting our landscaping done how we want it to look. You have to take it slow doing these things because landscaping is so expensive. Buying flowers is one thing, but you start buying bushes and trees that is another thing. We did end up getting a flowering dogwood tree for only $110.00 and if you have ever looked at tree prices ( for a nice size tree ) it is crazy priced! So we were happy to get this tree and it is medium sized so we are satisfied with it.

It was such a blessing to have my husband off with me for three whole days! He never takes days off and for him to take three days off in a row was wonderful! I even had him planting pots of flowers with me over the weekend! He said he actually enjoyed it. That is my favorite part of planting. I set up a banquet table (those long white tables) and I get my pots out and plant a mix of flowers in each pot. I also do my own hanging baskets and pots for the graves for my dad and my daughter. They turned out really well. Tom and I took them over to the graves on Monday (Memorial Day). I could not believe how many people were over at the graves planting flowers. It was packed with people. You could tell everyone had been at the graves planting because everything looked so beautiful and colorful.

I ended up having an extra day off on Tuesday and was glad because I was exhausted from the weekend. The work was well worth it though. It feels so good to just sit back and enjoy it.

I would love to hear what you all did this holiday weekend. Make comments to let me know or email me.

Love, Shellie