The other side of the garage still isn't done.  But I am.  Yesterday we had kiddo's practice for her first communion.  Then we made a shopping trip and by the time we got home we were readying to head back out for her school's auction/fundraiser.  I left mostly empty handed (I did snag a peanut butter pie from the bake sale).  Her class project was beautiful, a framed picture with a verse in the middle and each of their little hands set to pray in the slots around the perimeter.  I was not paying $500 for it however.  It was a bit rainy and cold yesterday, so it was good we had indoor activities to attend.

The rain is all the more reason I was surprised to find my rain barrel empty today.  It seems to be leaking at the hose - and this is after it was reseated with tape last week.

Today the weather is decent again.  After church I started cooking.  I had several peppers here from a flashfood box that needed used and I had bought two bags of onions on sale during the shopping trip. So first there was a large batch of onions and peppers which resulted in several bags set to freeze; they will make for expedited breakfasts and dinner options.  Some of the peppers were hollowed and stuffed, that was cooked up for tomorrow's dinner.  I also made a ham, cabbage, and bean soup that we ate for a late lunch and a batch of choc chip muffins for breakfast.  I made blueberry muffins of the same brand on Friday night at and they were so good, I couldn't resist but try the other mix..  The house still smells yummy 6 hours later.

I should have mowed on Friday night but made up for my procrastination today.  I also took a pass with the weed eater.  Then I planted a bit more, in part giving a second pass where things didn't seem to take.  This includes cukes, lettuce, half of the carrot bin, one of the bean bins.  I did have a single pepper plant that wintered over, but didn't make it through one of the frosts (despite being covered), so I put some pepper seeds in - a few green, a few sweet banana, and a few red.  Some of the tomato seeds I had planted were a couple of inches tall and that is about all the more they wanted to grow - so I put them into bigger pots.  They're prb too small to be on their own, but we'll see.  The potato plants look nice as do the onions and one bin of beans.  I also want to note that it looks like my two lavender plants survived the winter!

I learned that the local hardware store where I tend to buy my tomato plants and pepper plants isn't getting plants this year, they actually plan on closing at the end of the year.  This is pretty disappointing.

I bought myself a meyer lemon tree from Lowes during the aforementioned shopping trip.  I saw these last year and hinted to kiddo that I'd love one of those or a key lime for Mother's day. Well it didn't happen and by then it was too late, they were sold out.  She also bought a small plant from the clearance rack, a succulent, and she named him Mr. Fluffy.

Next weekend will be chaos w/ first communion and people coming in to help us celebrate.  I'll need to find some cleaning time this week.