Hm. I just read a flash flood warning for Boulder County and was disappointed to read further and find out that it was mainly Jefferson County. I don't want any flood here but some regular rain would be very nice. This year Boulder started charging us for the amount of water we use and while we've been waaaayyy below their projections for us, I have a feeling that watering this month will put us over the top.

We have an atypical yard with some buffalo grass, some grass from the old K-Mart (which was where the Safeway is now) but mainly the field grass that was there when we built a long while ago. From a distance it looks sort of lawn-ish, but it's not a barefoot kind of place. I did dig the cacti out and moved them to a dry place where they are blooming big & yellow for the first time ever. I have chicory and yarrow and some rabbit ears throughout the front yard which would be a meadow if someone had not reported us to the city for an unmowed yard.

It took a while, but now the neighbors express their appreciation for the 'country' feel to the yard as they walk by the compost by the front fence. The least I can do it try to keep it green.

Last night we went bowling. In the living room. With Sweetie's new Wii. FUN!

Last weekend I watched "Dreamgirls" via Comcast On Demand and thought it was pretty entertaining and that was about it but I had the thing available for 24 hours and the rest of the fam watched it some. Little did I know that I wouldn't be able to get "And I am Telling You" and "Steppin' to the Bad Side" out of my head for the next 4 days. I youtubed 'Jennifer Hudson' to listen to it again and found Brendan. Now if you like Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls, and/or Cute Baby videos YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS! And if you go so far as to click on the link, please watch the whole thing. This baby is remarkable with his phrasing of the song and the way he has remembered the tune and the gist of the words (even though he doesn't understand a lot of them).

I got a bunch of dought tolerant plants from the Conservation Resource Center and now I have to find places in the yard to put them. When I ordered them I envisioned lots of blank spots in the garden but now that they are here, everything is in full growth and I see that I don't have as much room as I thought. I've been pulling tall grasses from the garden all week and the compost heap is overflowing. Leaving for a month at the start of the growing season isn't such a good idea.
We got our first take from the Cure Farm subscription this week: turnips and greens, beets, braising mix and salad. Their produce is just superb. I never get enough tomatoes or cukes so I planted some in the back yard. The deer don't get back there very much since we fenced it for the dogs so I'm hoping for a good harvest.