Deer in the garden

We have had an eventful last several weeks so I have not had the time to post...imagine that, with four kids, two dogs, one cat and one husband.:) All in all, the weeks are flying by. Work has started full swing for Darrell, which is beneficial. My garden is doing great considering the deer issue that I am having right now.

We got home from church last evening to find three deer in the garden, feasting on my veggies. Needless to say, I was upset and Darrell decided that he needed to kill them or at least try. :) He drops the children and me off at the road and tells us to drive around the block. At this point, it is dark outside and I did not want to miss the action. I then, instead of going around the block, decided to turn around in the neighbors drive and go back by the house so that I could still see the garden from the road. I guess by this point, Darrell was in the house and had procured his bow and arrow and was coming around the side of the house. I then drove back by the house and I think that I frightened them off. I turned in the drive, with my headlights off and all the children in the front seat with me, whispering, lest the deer hear them and all would be lost. Darrell comes up to the car and tells me that I scared them off. :( Oh well....
I then decided that I would spray the garden immediately. Keep in mind that I was still in my church attire. I filled up the sprayer with Liquid Fence. It is a horrendous smelling concoction of rotten eggs, garlic and coyote urine, BUT it does repel the deer.
I donned my rubber boots and proceeded to tackle the garden. All in all, I did fairly well considering that my sprayer spewed the nasty smelling liquid on me, in my church clothes. I had to immediately shower, scrubbing the smell off.
The end of the story is that I was able to pick my first squash today!!! Woohoo! Success....:)

Children and their jobs

My 7 year old approached me recently about a summer job. He was appalled and saddened to realize that he would have to wait 8 more years before he would be allowed, by law, to procure a job. No wanting to dash his hopes, or his work ethic, I have racked my brain trying to find an alternative. Aside from hiring him myself, which I don't want to do, what are my options? Does anyone have any thoughts on a suitable summer job for a 7 year old enthusiast?

Date night

Darrell decided he wanted to take me to eat for Mother's Day last night. We called our favorite babysitter--Katie-- and she was available, so we had a plan.:) Darrell gets home from work and asks me if I care if another couple goes with us. I said I didn't know....it depended on who it was. He told me who it was and I said I didn't care. He looked rather relieved and said, "Good because I already asked them..." Guess it was a good thing that I didn't care!!!

We then proceeded out on our "date night".  We had a wonderful time with David and Sally and talked until our waiter informed us that he was leaving....we decided that we should probably go too. On the way home, we decided to take a detour by the new KrispyKreme that is opening today on Garner's Ferry Rd. As we suspected, the crowd had already started gathering at the entrance, preparing to spend the night. I personally thought that they were absurd but...to each his own, I guess. We left there and were on the way home. We get to the light at Garner's Ferry and Pineview and the Excursion will not go any farther.....We are stuck in the middle of the intersection with nowhere to go. Darrell then proceeds to back up, at the light. Backwards was the only direction we could attempt, at this point. We did finally manage to back into the bank parking lot, where we sat for an hour, waiting for the vehicle to cool down. We did manage to coerce the Excursion home, after the cool down period but learned a valuable lesson---Whenever you break down on the side of the interstate, on your way to vacation and have to have your vehicle towed from Augusta, then you should probably think about getting it fixed before continuing to drive it.....:(

Just another Monday....

Today is the first day of my new family blog. I hope to keep you all somewhat informed as to the different goings on of the Wood family. We are a typical family of 6....ok, not typical...but a family of 6.
        We went to Augusta last night to visit some old friends of mine. I have, literally, traveled the world with this couple and have not seen them in years. We were able to visit them at their son's church, Westside Baptist, in Augusta, GA, and hear some wonderful, Godly music. Afterwards, we ate dinner with my sister and her family and returned home. All in all, it was a wonderful Mother's Day. Today is just another Monday....laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.:)