Garden Therapy. .

The hubs took Monday off and I had the day off so we decided to do a little work in the yard.  The hubs and Big T cleaned the front flower bed on Saturday while I caught up on some sleep from night shift.
They worked really hard and thankfully very quietly. 
The hubs and I dropped Big T off at school and had our breakfast date then off to the nursery to pick up some pansies.  I also picked up some decorative cabbage. 
It felt good planting and fixing our front bed. It reminded me of when we first moved in and we did all of  this work in that bed.  We had beautiful phlox and lilies and my rose bush.  We worked really hard in that bed those first so many years but then the kids were busy with sports and things just got neglected.  This could stand as a reminder for our spiritual life as well.  Perhaps this is what I needed to get grounded for this next phase of motherhood. 
It started to drizzle while we were planting today and that was ok we finished the planting and said a prayer for growth and renewal, again for our lives as well as our flower bed. 
Being in the yard and working and working with my hubby made me feel a little better about all this drama I am feeling lately. 
I have been promised some rosemary, lavender, and sage in a little garden area off my back patio, fingers are crossed.  We already have a few different varieties of mint and oregano back there that I use regularly in different recipes.  I will share pictures once we get the ball rolling. 
By the time Sprat gets out of college my yard may look like a jungle.  LOL!!!

This was several years ago.  I just love that phlox, the hubs has promised I get more phlox this Spring, I hope it will grow and be this pretty.  

New pansies and a little cabbage  

Another angle 

Lost on Friday. . . . .

This is not following my plan for my blog but please stay with me.  I had a melt down today after I got home from the orthodontist with Sprat.  I had to go to the dentist this morning so they could do impressions for my implants.  I have never been so excited to go to the dentist before.  I usually hate going to the dentist.  I hate needles and I hate having my mouth opened so wide you could drive a truck through it.   Today I was just happy to not be yelling at my kids for not behaving and having to referee a fight about the X box.  I was happy to see the dental office people and they were so nice.   I think I could have gone to sleep in that chair I was so exhausted from being a mom 24 hours a day for the last 12 or so days of NO SCHOOL because of the snow.   I love my children very much, so please do not misunderstand, if you have kids you can probably sympathize with me and if you do not you may think I am the most horrible person in the world and maybe I am.   Teenagers and tweenagers can be very nasty some days and I am sure they may not realize what they are doing but they are exhausting.  Sprat lost a bracket off of his expander so he had to go to the orthodontist today and have that fixed after I got back from my appointment.  Throw in the fact that I had homework to do for my classes that I have to still work on regardless of the weather and I was at my wits end.   Nobody really notices how stressed a mom is until she starts screaming.  My husband gave me the funniest look of, gee honey what is wrong?  Men are clueless when it comes to signals that a woman is stretched beyond her limits.   I lost it completely.   

Moms do need time to themselves where they are not being pulled in 500 different directions by the many people that need things from them.    It would be nice for someone to say what can I do for you instead of here is what I need you to do for me.   I think when I am over this massive nervous break down I may make this my mission.  Try and do things for the stressed out moms around I know I cannot be the only one feeling this pain.   Just remember when you see that mom out on the streets that does not have on any makeup or is wearing sweat pants or yoga pants she may be having a really bad day and the very best thing you could do is smile and let her know it will be ok because I would lay odds that you have all been here before.  Thanks for listening to me blather on.