Going to seed

I have been gathering seeds from the flowers in my yard. I thought I would give some to Betty and her girls if they want them, but I also thought I would try to make my own seed packets and give some to the people at work. At Christmas, some of them give everyone a card and some give a small trinket to everyone. Usually I give a piece of junk, but this year I am going to give flower seeds.

I searched the web for patterns. I found several pretty ones that you could write on, but I wanted to type everything, instead of writing on them because sometimes I cannot read my own writing. I found this template for a seed packet in Microsoft word here

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC300041581033.aspx

You can change all the words and the pictures. I put pictures of my own flowers on them. If anyone wants to try this, you select the picture they have on the template and right click and select change image instead of doing it the way I am used to doing it. Also to change the text, you select the text box and right click and select change text.

I had lots of fun making them, and have seeds to fill many more.

I got the babies yesterday, but took them back today. I am still sick. I feel worse today than I have all week. I think I may be in need of some of Obama's death counseling.

I do not have to go back to work till next Thursday. I have plans on cleaning the spare bedroom, but I am not sure that is going to happen. We will see... It is good to not have to go to work for a few days. I am really tired of that place.

The news

The babies were here this weekend. There mother was in the hospital, I think with the stomach flu, or some painful intestinal disorder. She was supposed to get released yesterday evening so I took the babies back about 6:30.

While they were here, Granny and Hannah went shopping for clothes. We were supposed to buy a new coat for winter, but we bought a few other things. They both have new coats, new jackets, new shoes and some new winter clothes.



Robert wore his new coat outside even though it was 70 degrees. He took it off after about a minute in the heat. Those are his new shoes. I think he will be able to put them on by himself.




I got them each a lunch box because they love to carry things around in containers. Robert does not take his lunch to school, but they both loved the lunch boxes. Robert has a few new words. Milk is a new word that grandma had trouble understanding, but that was more my hearing than his talking.





Hannah in her new jacket, new pants, new shoes. I was going to let her pick her own shoes, but she picked a purple pair of slippers. Grandma talked her into these good sneakers with pink hearts.

We had a good time and ate lots of ice cream.

I still have my cough cold, but it is not as bad now. Robert had the exact same cough so one of us must have caught it from the other.

It was really cool this am and is supposed to get down to about 50 tonight. This is very unusual weather for August. We may have ice in September.