Gardening is Fun...

Gardening is fun, if you like getting dirty, being in the sun, and sweating through your clothes! It's also fun if you like the experience of knowing where your food is coming from and that you worked for it day in and day out.
Our day started off at our church garden where my husband's sister has been participating for two years now. After much pleading and some persistent nudging from her, I went with her one day to see what it was all about. It was actually therapeutic to hack away at stubborn dirt with a shovel and then a rake. So today seeds were planted, all the children got dirty and we headed off to his parent's house. Little did we know we were in for it all over again!
My father in law has what most people call a green thumb. I like to think of it more as green arms because if he plants it, it will grow. What better place to start off the seeds that I bought than in HIS GARDEN! I'm pretty excited to think that the whole family is working on this together to get tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, beans, watermelon, cabbage, eggplant, and cantaloupe. Yeah, seriously. It's a smorgasbord of all the fruits and veggies that are the most delightful to enjoy at cookouts during the summer. And it will take at least 6 of us to keep that sucker going, seeing as how the garden itself takes up half the backyard...
Let the fun begin, right?

No seriously, speaking of fun. I posted last night about how I was going to torture my husband with cleaning late at night, and surprisingly he was super willing to help! So after we swept and scrubbed the floors (because Monsters 1&2 like to eat off said floors...) we decided to tackle the long overdue scrubbing of the couch cushions. Now, with two children and a microfiber couch, certain things happen. Bad things. Disgusting things. Things like juice spills, and diaper leaks, and bare feet tracking crumbs into the very fibers of the couch. Baby wipes getting left on them because Monster 2 likes to use a different wipe on each finger. Normally I allow for a good vacuuming and possibly a throw blanket thrown over it to cover the ugly stains.
We've had some stains appear that you just can't miss when you sit on this couch. My favorite stain (I say favorite because I noticed it EVERY TIME I SAT DOWN) was the one shaped like a miniature penis. Now hubby says it looked more like the country Switzerland. I honestly can't say I've ever seen what Switzerland looks like, but in order to not have to refer to as a mini pee-pee, I'm down with the Swiss baby.
Anyway. We scrubbed this couch. Brought out the industrial strength upholstery cleaner. Can I just have a cheer session for me and the hubster? Because Switzerland is gone baby! Our hand-me-down couch almost looks better than when it was given to us. Maybe not like new, but gosh darn it, I can say Screw You throw blanket, and get on with my life.

So that's all that happened here lately. Gardening, ridding the couch of Swiss, and bonding of the cleaning products. Have a nice night ya'll.