Weed Pulling

We're having gorgeous summer weather today.  And the garden could use some weeding/tending.  I think our lawn service will be doing weed pulling this year due to the pesticide ban, I don't think that will work well.  We're going to have to re-design our gardens with less lawn, I think.  I know a lot of the Mediterranean cultures don't even consider the dandelion a weed, more of a scrumptious salad.  So maybe we should even re-think what a weed really is.

All the recent swine flu coverage is scary.  A friend of mine said her husband's company is now restricting travel to places like Texas due to the swine flu risk.

M's niece's baby shower was a lovely, large party of women.  She's going to need a bigger house to store all the gifts, everything a baby could possibly need.  But it's an exciting time for the family.  Baby products have evolved/improved so much over the years,  you should see the new monitors, portable swings, high chairs, etc.  Sort of like how the motor cars evolve year to year.

L is playing a school tennis match out of town this afternoon.  She's been asking for proper tennis shoes, so that will be a good birthday present whenever she has time to go shopping for it.  She turns 17 tomorrow.

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