This Perfectly Imperfect Life

this past monday, i was with my husband, our nephew, his girlfriend & his father in a nj court room, waiting nearly 3 hours for our nephew to be called & for that particular county's prosecutor to advise the judge that there was no objection on the state's end that our nephew have his weapons returned. (my husband's family are long time hunter's - not for trophy). about 2 months ago, our nephew's ex girlfriend was somehow able to get a restraining order on him. not because he'd ever done anything in the least bit violent towards her, but because she was pissed at him for breaking up with her. last month in court, the judge found the grounds under which the complaint was filed by her to be unfounded and it was dismissed and the restraining order disolved. i was furious when i'd first heard about the whole thing. over 2 years ago, i was at my former town's police dept at 2:30am, with a police officer trying to get a judge on the phone to issue

i'm finally up to date with my garden pics! i know, it doesn't look like much to me either and every time i think things look good, i turn around and hate it within the wk! i've been concentrating on the front alot up until yesterday when i tackled the ivy! needless to say, you'll see a huge difference out back when i post those pics! (which i hope to take tomorrow). rome wasn't built in a day! and it took me nearly 5 years before i was satisfied with my old garden! these things take time... (yes, i'm trying to remind myself!)

These are so out of order! Instead of being 1 through 4, top down to bottom, they came out as 2, 4, 1, 3!!

This is the back "yard" area that needs a lot of work, especially along the fence because of all the ivy coming through.

This isn't exactly the beginning of my new gardens, but, it's pretty early in the game! These are out front. There's raspberry's in the large pot at the back, on the porch, lemon balm in ground infront of winnie the pooh (sitting down, not on the porch) and in front of the lb towards the bottom of the pic is my garden stone that the neighbor kid & his friends broke 3 times! (by jumping over the bushes)

May 19th, 2006 11:22:42 am i've never lost that somewhat giddy anticipation that leads up to a birthday, holiday or snowstorm, which is probably part of the reason i feel a bit let down afterwards! (i'll let you guess which one is coming up for me out of what i listed!!) so, i'm going to treat myself this wkend! life is what you make of it - though sometimes it would be nice for others to make it special for you (and sometimes they do!) - you're always that one person who can make it special regardless! (see, i'm trying! i really am! my therapist would be proud! then again, maybe it's the sinus med talking! that is a bit cheery and philosophical for me!)

wow! it worked! yeah, i know for some this would be as easy as breathing, but, i'm glad i finally found a place where i can place some of my pics for some of my garden blog friends to see since i still can't figure out how to upload my pics there!! huh... you do learn something new every day!!

How Appropriate... May 8th, 2006 10:04:21 am that it's cloudy & a bit dreary today, i thought as i awoke this morning. it's 7 years today that my baby girl passed. (i'm sorry that i don't get into further detail - the circumstances are too private & painful for me to discuss.) i don't know what to do with myself today. i'd like to lite a candle for her, but, may have to wait until my husband gets home since i can't drive & it would be a heck of a walk from here. there's no weeding or watering to be done since i did it over the wkend. (so much fun, by the way, when you've torn your right url ligament & triceps tendon & you're right handed!!) i guess i could tidy up our bedroom since it looks like the laundry bags exploded in here! i could walk to the library and ck in on my online class that i cannot access from home anymore because the site "remembers" that my computer "rejected" a "cookie" (accid

i've had 2 other blogs on this site and i just wanted to include what i wrote there in this blog since i'm actually keeping up with this one!! Good and Bad, This is My Story SheWalksByMoonlight Location:Matawan, New Jersey, United States Thursday, October 20, 2005 a couple of months ago, feeling stuck, i emailed my girlfriend for some writing advice. in her response about her own writing struggles, she told me of her blog. i'd never heard of such a thing! (i'm no computer/internet genius, but, i do ok!) finally, a couple of days ago, i got the chance to check out her blog and her site, and decided this whole thing is pretty neat! (yes, i said "neat!" no, i'm not that old, thank you very much! it's just the word that came to mind!) and since then, i've been toying around with the idea of starting my own, but, 2 things kept coming to mind as i "toyed!" #1: what about protection against plagerism?! what if i unknowingly spit out bits of burr