Saturday, August 23, 2008

Peaceful Easy Weeding

It is the end of the summer. School starts on Monday. Like many parents, I am ready for the boys to go back to school. I spent the last week buying supplies, meeting teachers, buying shoes, picking up schedules, taking monkeys to get haircuts, and answering about a million cell phone calls from one monkey or the other wanting something or to go somewhere. Parenting has become quite irritating for me and Manly Man. We are all ready for a change. Today everyone was aggravated. I tried to smooth things over and make happy, but no dice. I finally gave up, grabbed a cold drink, and went out in the garden. It has rained almost every day for the last week. So this evening was the perfect time to pull up my little stool and start weeding. The temperature was cool and the weeds came up easy. The ground was moist, but not muddy. It smelled good. There were crickets chirping and birds calling. No one came outside to talk to me. We all need a little time apart. As it got to dark to tell the weeds from the plants, I came inside. I found everyone nice and quiet watching movies or reading. Everything changes on Monday. I think we are ready.

10 comments:

  1. Weeding has that effect on me too. Parenting can be stressful at times. Believe me I know. I have two teenagers, it's hormone city at my house. lol It will be nice for the boys to get back to school and for you to get a break. :)

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  2. Hi pg, I guess I should be grateful that only one of ours is going through the raging hormone thing. Monday morning there will be a coffee party in my kitchen.

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  3. For some reason, pulling up things is a stress buster. I do my best deadheading and pruning when I need to relieve some stress.

    I know you probably have heard this before--but treasure these moments. They are gone before you know it! :)

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  4. Meadowview thymes, I do treasure our lives right now. Sometimes we just all get a little tired. Changes in seasons are a real family stress reliever, as is my garden. We will be fine and excited in just a few hours. Still, I am counting down.

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  5. Weeding, watering and pruning bring my blood pressure down, I swear. Plants don't talk back to you like kids do... I only have one monkey but even so I need to take a break in the garden sometimes! Hope the start of school brings everyone some much-needed change, - Karen
    http://greenwalks.wordpress.com

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  6. Coffee party---YES!!! Weeding is zen. And despite the aggravations, it does sound like you're all ready to face tomorrow. Now, if you could just send us some of your rain...

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  7. Hi karen, I guess that is one of the big reasons we garden just for the peace.

    Hi ofb, We are getting the remenants of a few big coastal storms. Hopefully y'all will get some soon.

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  8. It's great to have a haven to escape to isn't it? And to come back to find peace has been restored to the house must have been an added bonus :)

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  9. Ah, that sounds so peaceful...I am so wishing we would get some rain, maybe if it rained I would feel like weeding!

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