Florida Oranges

THE FLORIDA ORANGE!

I have to say that although I still stand by wanting to move out west because I am a cowgirl at heart, nothing beats a florida orange. Juicy, sweet and just melts in your mouth. Shaylyn and I had the great chance to enjoy one of Florida's quilty pleasures today and frankly we don't feel guilty at all.So all you people out there who wish you were here..let us know and maybe, just maybe we may share=)

We will now instruct you in the proper way to enjoy a florida orange.

Step 1: Admire said orange.. the orangey color, the squishy feel and anticipate scarfing!



Step 2: waited paitienly for mom to peel orange and now get ready for the taste test.



Step3: Take small dainty and lady like bite.



Step 4: Who cares about lady like .......dig in before it runs off your plate.




Step 5: Savor the Flavor...and that is how you eat a florida orange.Any questions?

Destroying our yard, beware hot guy doing yard work!

So for christmas this year my parents are getting the kids a beautiful wooden playset. We decided that we needed to even out the backyard in order to put it in so we decided to go ahead and take it a step further and make it pretty. We decided to till the ground to even it out and then we are going to frame it in with wood and then lay mulch to make it look pretty. WOW! we started working today and it was not easy to grind up the grass. Not to mention the fact that it is a 25 by 25 foot area. It was supposed to be a 25 by 30 foot area but I decided that was too big and that it would take a lot longer. We rented a tiller and it had to be back at a certain time. It took us the entire 4 hour period to get it done and we barely finished. We did not have time to move on to the clean up and framing yet so essentially I just have a 25 by 25 foot dirt pile in my backyard. I am very excited to see it finished though. I really think it is going to look awesome and be a great place for the kids to go play and have friends over to play. The best part of all is we lied to the kids saying that we were making a HUGE garden. Ha-Ha, jokes on them...they actually helped clean up their own christmas present area! Talk about working for your gift! We did not lie completely though. We did also till a much smaller area in order to actually plant a garden. We are so excited to start growing our own veggies and spices. We will keep everyone updated on our endeavor as often as possible so maybe you might even take the leap and do the same.We really hope it goes well. We want so much to learn skills that will help us when it comes time to be using food storage and be on our own..Oh on a side note I actually learned how to make my own laundry soap and have already made my first batch. The breakdown cost is about a penny a load!!!If you want to learn how..( so, so fast and simple I promise) then leave a comment with your e mail and I will send you the recipe. Anyway enjoy the pictures of my destroyed yard and I will update when phase 2 is completed. If you happen to see or talk to my kids( not likely I know) remember that it is just a Huge Garden!He-He!


I told you... Hot guy doing yardwork.



LOVE THE FRO HONEY!!!







See A HUGE Garden!!!!I told you we dug up a very large portion of the yard, but there is still plenty of yard not dug up and I am so excited about the play area for the kids.



Like Father, Like Son! Makai loved working on his gardens. The one he is in now is the smaller area that will actually become the real garden. He is over raking up the tilled grass and making the dirt even. It was hard work but he was so enthusiastic and loved every minute of it.