Working on things

This morning we & our neighbors hacked back a monstrous juniper bush between our 2 yards, and they again commented how funny it was that we are reverting the yard back to its condition before the idiots moved in and remodeled everything poorly. There used to be all sorts of flowers and fruits and wonderful veggie gardens, which is such a shame that the stupid people tore them all out. I was lamenting the fact that it isn't looking to be a very bountiful year, so many of our sprouts keep dying that it's unlikely we'll have a big harvest, and she mentioned that they go to a u-pick farm up the river. It sounds pretty great, she says the guy can't drive, so people have to come to him to get the stuff, and he typically has more produce than purchasers. She said he grows corn, potatoes, melons, pumpkins, and other things we can't grow here because it isn't hot enough, as well as other things it would be nice to have more of than our garden can grow at this point. So we said we would follow them up some weekend this summer to get locally grown produce, yay! It will be nice once our fruit trees & bushes start producing much, we've got strawberries & rhubarb planted, but we had to buy some at the store to make a pie Thursday because it's going to be another few years before we can use our own.
Tomorrow if it's not rainy I'll have to plant more seeds. I hope my flowers I planted in the front last weekend sprout.

I'm working on the 2nd sleeve of Tempting, so I'm close to being done. I don't want to do the ribbon at the top though (too girly and fancy). I saw a version I loved on Ravelry (Ravelry is seriously addicting), but she didn't say how she altered it to make the top fit tightly rather than loose and off-the-shoulder. I wish I knew more about creating garments so I could adjust it myself. I also need to take my sewing machine in to get it fixed so I stop having an excuse to not learn to sew. Also, I really should work on the present for my mom, since she'll be here next weekend. I don't know if it's possible to finish in a week though....

This afternoon we went to the electrical & plumbing supply store, and the hubby got all the necessary bits & pieces for wiring the garage, so that will be exciting. It's almost completely finished on the outside now.