Some Garden Loving

I've been too busy with getting the most of summer that I barely have time to even glance at my garden. My flower beds are begging to be weeded out and the bushes need trimmings badly. I got garden gifts that have been sitting in the garage for awhile, I guess I should try using them already before the cold weather kicks in and it would be harder to stay out in the garden. Next week will be the best time to start working in the yard, my son will be starting kindergarten so I'll have few hours to give my garden some loving.

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I Want Solid Proof

We live in a very quiet and safe neighborhood but even then I've always wanted to install surveillance cameras especially in our backyard. My neighbor has several chickens that he just allows to loiter around and they always end up in my backyard. I suspect that they're the ones raking out the dried leaves in the woods towards the yard which really makes me mad. It's hard work to rake all the dried leaves and wheeled them to the woods only to find them in the yard again. I already saw the chickens once or twice before making all the mess, but I just wanted proof if ever I may have to complain later. I don't want to make enemies, but some people need to be responsible pet owner or chicken raisers.

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It's A Rainy Day

It's a rainy start of the week so I don't have any plans of going out. My son's usual question as soon as he wakes up in the morning is "Mom where are we going today?" and today is not an exception. So the answer is "We're just staying home today sweetie." Of course the Q & A won't stop there and there'll be more follow up questions. He asked if it was a weekday or a weekend. Weekend means he can play Super Mario or other games in his Wii. Since there's nothing else to do and I'm also not in the mood to do arts and crafts with him, I declared it the educational movie day. No more usual shows like Caillou, Curious George, Fetch or anything like that but it's Discovery DVD day. We watched the Dinosaurs Extreme Survivors in the morning and now he's watching Ocean Odyssey The Blue Realm while eating his dessert of fresh orange.

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It's Not Too Early Thinking About Christmas Cards

Is it still early to order Christmas photo cards? I don't think so. Time really flies fast, and with too much going on in my household, one being the exciting entrance of my little guy to Kindergarten, before I know it, it's Christmas season once again. Over the years, I always send personalized Christmas cards to friends and family around the world. When we had our son of course it became photo cards of him. There are photos taken with Santa but some I just took myself to save money. But whichever I choose this year, whether a photo or plain card I'd do it earlier before it gets really busy in the season.

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Fun Family Day

We had a great family day yesterday all to ourselves! My son was invited to a birthday party but we opted out and just spent quality family time before hb goes away for another business trip. For the past weeks, though we were all together, we spent the weekends attending friends' birthday parties or just hanging out with friends swimming. It's been a while since we spent the weekends by ourselves.

Yesterday we started the day early by going to church at 9am. We normally go at 12 noon but since we planned to go to the beach we didn't want to wait till its already very hot. After church we went for early lunch at one of our fave restos - the China Pearl at Quincy for some yummy dimsum. The place was packed as usual but we were lucky to get a table right away because we're the smallest group, just three. Whenever we're at the area we also swing by Kam Man, the bigeest Oriental Store close by. It's even much bigger now that it incorporated the housewares section with the food section, a bit overwhelming and confusing setup but nevertheless fun since there were so much to see.

After eating and shopping, we drove straight to Carson Beach at South Boston to fly kite. The little guy has been very excited since Saturday to go to the beach to fly his kite. We were not very lucky though since it wasn't windy enough, but the weather was so perfect, not hot nor cold, a little drizzle of rain and cool breeze. The little guy just played in the sand and water, while we happily watched him having fun.

After an hour or so, we drove to Castle Island just close by. The first time we went to Castle Island maybe around this time too, there were no place to park so we didn't even bother to push our luck. So yesterday was our first time to see Castle Island in its entirety. Before we explore the place, we had some ice cream and the little guy had some hotdogs too. Then we walked around and found some guys fishing on the deck. We stayed for sometime and the little guy had the chance to reel in a grown-up fishing pole that one of the guys was so nice to entrust my ever curious son.

After that despite the drizzle of rain we walked again and found a playground which of course my son couldn't resist, so we let him play for maybe half an hour. Then we headed walking on the long boardwalk up to the center. If it weren't for the drizzle starting to get stronger, we could have walked up to the end back to Carson Beach but we were also parked on the opposite side. We promised to come back again and this time with our bikes so we can go really far.

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