Last week was a short one with the Memorial Holiday. But not for all of us. I was busy at work and Tom was busy grilling dinner for the neighbors at our house.

Tom was supposed to fly to Vermont for work, but his trip was rescheduled. Since we were gone last weekend to Busch Gardens, we had some catching up to do with yardwork. I had been waiting for the nurseries to bring in more plants so I could finish  my flower beds. Scott has also been wanting to put in another veggie garden this year. So we spent the weekend shopping for plants. Before I put anything in the ground though, I had some weeding to do, along with lots of raking leaves and trimming, grass cutting-just general clean up. Scott restacked our stone wall around the beds in the front yard. It was hard to get all the work done since it was so hot! I was fried before noon. So it looks like I will still have some plants to get in the ground and leaves to rake up and bag.

I have also been trying to grow Bluebirds. Tom put up my bluebird house and a family moved in! I was so excited to see a nest full of blue eggs. Unfortunately, something decided to eat them and I noticed the hinged door pulled open and the eggs and nest gone. So we sealed up the door and I was happy to see that the Bluebirds are trying again. I even put up a bird feeder with their favorite dish-dried meal worms. Yuck!

Plus on Friday and Sunday I spent some time with my parents. Tom had a trip scheduled to Chicago and flew out Sunday morning. I visited with my parents Friday evening, sitting out on the back patio on Dad's floor. Mom and I are busy trying to figure out how to do a punch embroidery project. I am not good with written directions. We managed to thread the punch needle. That is as far as we got. On Sunday I took mom to the hair salon for a wash and set. I also dropped off some baby tomato plants that I dug up in our garden from last year. I wanted to plant some tomatoes with my Dad in the huge planters on their patio, but a storm was coming, and I had to pick up Scott.

Scott finally started his new job! He went in on Friday night and then again on Sunday afternoon. So far he loves his new skate guard job. He spent Friday in the skate room and got to do a bit of roller blading on Sunday during a small birthday party. Their season is winding down for the summer, so he will be a lot busier again in the Fall. Right now he is looking to schedule his training classes.

And Allison is enjoying her time off before she starts her summer job as a girl scout camp counselor. She spent Thursday night attending the high school graduation ceremony and party of one of her friends. The girls then had a sleepover to catch up on future plans. On Sunday afternoon, Allison headed over to visit with her new boyfriend and to meet his parents. Allison and Tyler spent the afternoon hiking Loch Raven Reservoir,and then stopped into his parents house for dinner and to meet the family-at least the parents, younger sister and dog and cats. Tyler's older brother lives in Arizona. Looks like we will be hosting the next visit! The two met at Salisbury. Their friends got the two of them together since they both share an interest in video games and anime along with outdoor adventures. And Tyler is a computer engineer, so they have found some common ground. It's nice that he lives nearby too!