A few Thursday's ago for some reason I wanted a STEAK.

So I called our local butcher shop (I have known the owner since I was itty bitty and was friends with his son in high school) and ordered two 1 inch ribeye steaks. Yes, this was a little bit more than I wanted to spend but way cheaper than us going out to eat. They gave us free baked potatoes and the piggy in me picked the biggest ones. Then after I left Burt's Butcher Shop I went by Publix and picked up some asparagus, mushrooms and ...

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I am sorry about the quality of the pictures. I was zooming in all the way to take these.

The daddy Sock's getting his visitation time through the fence.

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Watched as a goldfinch flew from this bird feeder.

Do you ...

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In case you can't sleep tonight I thought I would show you a cute little pig.

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"Deprive your body of water, and your body will tell you. Deprive your soul of spiritual water, and your soul will tell you. Dehydrated hearts send desperate messages. Snarling tempers. Waves of worry. Growling mastodons of guilt and fear. You think God wants you to live with these? Hopelessness. Sleeplessness. Loneliness. Resentment. Irritability. Insecurity. These are the warning signs. Symptoms of a dryness deep within.

Treat your soul as you treat your thirst. Take a gulp. Imbibe moisture. Flood your heart with a good swallow of water. Where do you find water for the soul? "If any man thirst, let ...

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This is the plant as a whole, I can't describe the smell of the leaves and have no idea what herb it is.

Here is a close up of the leaves and flowers...

and the plant again.

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Covered in coupons!

It was a sad and short (I only worked 3 hours) day. But coming in 2 days in a row, knowing a select few took time out of their day when they are way behind to make my last days special really meant so much to me.

So much that as I am writing this, thinking about the words to type I am tearing up.

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Tomorrow is my last day at Blue Cross Blue Shield and one of our trainers decided to take everything out of my office and move it all to the bathroom.

Here are some pictures of my new office...

They even put the recycle bin in their because they know I love to recycle.

For the pranksters that are reading this...it is a very good idea.

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Shannon did a post about her plantings of onions and garlic and I figured I would do the same. I talked about it in this post titled 'Yesterday's Piddlings and This Weekends Fun' and this post also. This is what I harvested Wednesday, Holy Cow was my thought when I had to put them down because my arms could not hold anymore.

These are my banana peppers

and some okra that I planted just for my sister. I sure hope it ships well!

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This man really has my heart or I really have his when I bring in a cucumber from the garden and suggest that we have it for dinner and then when I come back in for dinner he shows me a plate of sliced cucumbers in the shape of a heart, I know he is a sweet one.

In this 4'x8' bed I have pickling cucumbers, green beans, summer squash, bell peppers, radishes, parsley, lettuce (that is still hanging on even though it is in the 90's), basil, mint and some flowers to add another color besides green ...

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Mr. Rooster all ready to go. (yes the container is a bit small for him, but the person who gets him, takes it with them and this was all we had to spare)
My dads roosters and ours ready for the ride to the auction.

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My Aunt Margaret and I kicking our legs up to the sun.

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This year I am doing the square foot gardening method. I purchased the book months ago and have spent countless nights laying in bed reading up on why this method works. One evening while I was planting lettuce, radish and celery seeds my father-in-law asked "When are you going to plant a real garden?"

My friends, supporters and blog followers I am here to say this is the most real garden that has been planted by his children if you are looking at the variety and number of different vegetables.

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This is 10 minutes ago before cutting the good ole' computer on for me to catch up on my 'Shoot Me' series.

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My nephew Mason and me playing around.

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Here I am again in my favorite pj's in the garden after a good night's rain.

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Keith and I at his promotion celebration dinner getting ready to cut the yummy cake made by my Grandma.

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At the Frogtown Hollow Bluegrass Jam.

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I love these pj's and will wear them almost all day. Cocoa and I are getting some one on one time in.

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Who doesn't love this fountain? I am going to rewind just a little...
In 2008 we added this flower bed and at the time it was great and was such a needed thing.

Now that we have less time together due to work, work, church, bible studies and dates with friends Keith and I need our time to be OUR time. Since I love being outdoors we needed a little bit more privacy so we are expanding the above flowerbed to the below outlined flower bed.

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