Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Our Spring Break

So it was that time of year again, where I had to bid my spring break holiday block. It could not have come at a better time. The week before we left was unseasonably.super.warm. We left on Tuesday and it got cold. So cold. But anyway, we were off to sunny FL and did not care. We spent the week with Matt' parents and did lots. We had such a great time and it was great to get away. I'm sure if you saw my FB you will know that United may be the worse airline to fly, but they did put us up in a suite (super awesome), several meal tickets, and a fun night of bar hopping.







But other than that the trip was great. I managed to work out 2x. First we did a family 8 mile bike stroll. Pretty easy trail but still a work out right? The second was a super.hot. jog in FL. I waited way too long and should have went in the am or later that night. 80ish degrees was too hot for me this early. We attended our first baseball game of the season, which was a spring break game for the Detroit Tigers. Super fun! We went to a beach, several bars, visited Uncle Tom, base ball and bike rides. Great time. Thanks for having us Mom and Dad. Here are some pics from our trip!

Gardens

So yesterday I turned 29, which you know what that means. Next year is the big 3 0. My bff Melissa took me to happy hour and Matt stopped in after he got off of work. We, as in Melissa and I, had way to much to drink. My parents stopped in and before you know it I was doing shots. Anyway the whole point of this post is to spring into the back yard.

For my birthday Mom got me 2 packages of bulbs in my favorite flowers. White Calla Lily's and a mix of Anemone. I need to do some research but I can't wait to plant them.We have 3 beds along the side of the garage in the back yard. 3 are full sun and 1 is part sun. Right now I have grape hythacians and pansies in the part sun bed. I also added some tulips to the bed. It doesn't look right, I didn't organize it right and my OCD is getting the best of me. Against my moms better judgement, I am going to dig them up, plant the tulips in the back, hythacians in the middle and Pansy in the front.

Found these at the local garden center. Must plant.

I want to build these


For the next bed I saw a pin, which I'm attempting to replicate it as soon as it warms up a bit again. It consist of hystas and hydragenas. I also pinned a pallet garden and am going to attempt that as well. As for the other 2 beds I am clueless. Any ideas?