Wow, May is almost gone.........

   This last month has been so busy.  We've been working hard at both places, old house and new house. Currently meals have become a chore instead of fun.  I got hubby to find my old rotisserie and cooked two chickens Sunday.

The first one was lemon garlic seasoned.  The second one was seasoned salt with cajun seasoning.

We'll eat on one for a couple of days and then freeze the rest for future meals. Since we have so much to do at the old house, we're both trying to do more after work during the week at the current house. That makes meal preparation a chore.
     I'm a worrier.  I wake up at night worrying about things.  I can't seem to learn to shut it off.  My beautiful silver leaf maple died in the back yard of our old house.  Rick was determined he could get it down by himself.  Great, another thing I have to worry about.  The old house is in a subdivision so we have multiple options to damage other people's fences, houses, and yards besides our own.  Our son was available and able to help.  Of course the chain saw quit working right at the beginning so they were reduced to using the pole saw to do their cutting.

Our first house had a huge silver leaf maple in the front yard.  It survived a major hurricane and made me love it even more.  When we bought this house we were very poor.  I stumbled on a clearance sale in the fall at home depot and found a tiny silver leaf maple.  Even on clearance it was a little expensive for my budget.

I don't know what happened but it only lived 20 years.

Sadly we said goodbye.  And the boys got it down without any damage anywhere.

In case you didn't notice them in the last picture, look at these gorgeous elephant ears.  Every trip I've been transplanting some to my current house.  I love these things.  I think they are bigger now than my original plantings.

I just wanted to share pictures of the youngest girls.  The brindle is Mama, she's a little over 2 yrs.  The beautiful grey girl is her daughter Molly, a little over a year old.  Spot is the white dog in front and Jack is hiding under the bench.  Each dog has a story.  Moma showed up at work and then became pregnant.  I intended to shelter her until she had her puppies and then take them to a shelter.  Guess who didn't follow thru.  Spot was rescued by my son on a freeway.  Jack is another pup that showed up our work.  Hubby and I work for the same company so we seem to be a magnet for homeless dogs.  I'll get pics of the older girls and share their story next time.

Time to get ready for work tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.