Bath time = crying

Bath time in our house is not a happy time for anyone involved. Just thought I would share our misery with everyone.

Josie does not like the bathtub. She does not like getting a bath. We have tried the following without sucess:
Little bit of water, Lots of water, Bubbles, Toys, a Shower

We even tried it with the DVD player in the room showing The Wiggles. She hated it still. Any suggestions on this one?

Tree!

For those of you who haven't seen our yard in a while I thought I would post some pictures of how things have been coming along. Plus we just bought and planted an Eastern Redbud tree in our front yard. It is a native tree that has pink blooms in the spring and provides great color in the fall as well. We bought the tree on Saturday and we planted it the next day as early in the morning as we could. You see the day we planted the tree had to be one of the hottest days this summer. It was a family even, planting the tree. Brian and I would tag out on the digging because most of our soil is rock. It took a lot of hand "pick axing" to get the hole deep enough through all the rocks. Josie helped us too by putting the rocks we dug out into a bucket for redistribution later. Towards the end we got out a wash pan with water for Josie to play in. She was very thoughtful and would dip a washcloth in the water and then wipe our arms, back of the neck or whatever she could reach. Helped us to stay cool. She was even sweaty and she wasn't doing much.


Once the tree was in and we pulled out the hose to water it is when the fun began. Josie likes to put her hands in the hose spray while we water the plants. So this time I set the nozzle to the mist feature and I misted her and she loved it. Normally she doesn't like to get totally wet but today she had a great time running in the mist. Once the tree was initally watered I set the hose to mist and locked in the on position and set it on the ground. She had a great time running through the water. She also picked up the sprayer and started misting me and Daddy. Which we didn't mind too much since we were plenty hot. So we all ended up soaked, cooled off and had our first tree planted. It was a good morning.

This is a good shot to prove to everyone that yes we have grass now!!!

Here is my front garden

And here is my foggy friend.

Tired of Work

I am tired of working. I know I posted a while back about the reasons I work and those are all still true but today I am just tired of working. I am tired of working in the boys club and facing the inequities that come with it. Today is just one of those days where what is good for the Gander does not go the same for the Goose. I have dealt with these issues my whole career and just normally roll with it but today it gets to me. Maybe because I am on day three of a migraine and i don't have much energy left to deal with anything. It just annoys me when favorites are played. It also annoys me when people act like i don't have two brain cells to rub together. I have only been doing this for seven years now. Just so frustrating!

Kate Grimes via my cell