Easy Flower Garden

My flower garden has turned into a jungle with all the rain we've had.  Weeds have been out of control.  My four kids and I went out there to weed today but we waited too long.  The ground was too dry and hard and nothing wanted to come out.  What a pain.  I need to get all the weeds out so I can plant impatiens and other annuals between my perennials.

I don't have a green thumb to begin with and I'm definitely not at the level to need hydroponic systems for plant growth, but I'm managing the very basic. I'm just happy my Stella D'Oro Daylilies and Hostas have come back a third year in a row! Now if the weeds don't choke them out, they'll come back next year.

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Wedding Cake Toppers

My husband and I didn't have a big wedding. He was in the middle of a court battle with his ex and a big wedding wasn't a priority.  Part of me regrets that. I still look at the white wedding dresses or things like this pretty cake topper though we celebrate our 18th anniversary this year. The opportunity for white wedding days are long gone.

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Direct TV Shows No Loyalty to Returning Customers

Well, I tried to get satellite television service but the Direct TV rep ticked me off so I didn't sign-up for a two year contract.

What happened was they wanted to charge us more for the service than they would a new customer because we used to have Direct TV last year so we are considered returning customers.  How does that make sense that a returning customer would be charged more?  I would think they'd give a discount for loyalty or something!  I told them that too.  I guess they didn't want a returning customer bad enough.

I wonder if we'd be considered a new customer if it was in my husband's name because I was the customer the first time - different name but same address?  Not sure how they view that.

I guess I look at our other television options for our area besides Direct TV.  You'd think in this economy that businesses would be working to gain customers, not lose them.

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Tour de France for My Marriage's Sake

The Tour de France runs from July 3 to July 25th and if I don't get television service back up by then (we've not had it for months and I've been enjoying not having television all year long so far), I think I'm going to be in need of some Relationship coaching because my husband probably won't forgive me.  I'm just teasing...he'll forgive me but he won't be too happy for the month of July. 

The Tour de France is a really big deal to him.  He used to race bicycles.  When I met him, he was more cross country through trails (hitting trees and getting thrown over his handlebars...sounds like fun right?).  Then he switched to road cycling when he started to feel too old to keep getting knocked around on the trails.  Eventually, his knees put a stop to his racing but he still loves to watch the Tour every year. 

It looks like Lance Armstrong is racing again this year.  Yup, I better get the satellite company out here soon. 

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