My Hanging Basket from CommercialSilk

I'm pretty sure it's a well-known fact that I kill plants. Not intentionally, of course, I just can't ever get the water right; it's either not enough or way too much. The kids laugh at me every time I buy a poinsettia at Christmas because they know it will be a miracle if it makes it to the end of December.

About 10 years ago I convinced my sweetie that I was changing my ways and I could handle real flowers, so he put up a bunch of porch hooks and bought me some beautiful hanging baskets full of petunias. The first one started dying just over a week later, and it wasn't long before they all looked like ridiculous pots of dirt swaying in the breeze.

Of course I took them down, but the hooks have remained as a testament to my failure.

That's why I was so excited when CommercialSilk contacted me about a product review. I hopped online and immediately started looking for the hanging baskets. We found one we liked and it took about 10 days for it to arrive.

Drama Queen opened the box for me and hung it on one of the porch hooks without adjusting a single branch. A blossom or two remained in the box, but I couldn't even tell they had fallen, and we have had it up for about 10 days now through a windstorm and a light rain and it still looks as great as ever.

This morning when I was taking pictures of it for this post, Baby Doll wanted to know what I was doing. When I told her it was for a blog post, she seemed confused, then she asked, "You mean they aren't real?"

**I received this hanging basket for free in exchange for my honest review.**

A Special Date

Crafty and Sport are both participating with the SLCC Spirit Marching Band; Crafty is playing her clarinet and Sport is carrying the banner with Bean Dip. Fajita is also playing her flute, so it is a real family affair.

Tonight they had rehearsal downtown so my sweetie and I dropped them off and then drove to City Creek. We decided to take advantage of their two hours marching and find a quiet place to have dinner and talk for a while. I've hardly seen him all week.

We eventually settled on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where Grandpa serves his mission. He had already gone home by then, but we climbed in the elevator anyway and got out on the 10th floor. They have two restaurants up there and we chose the cheaper one although at the Garden, the views and food still cost us $60.

Yes, that is the Salt Lake Temple right outside the window.

I wanted to show you the meal I paid all that money for and the beautiful view behind my sweetie's head. It was difficult to get a picture of him because the sun was shining in my eyes, but I finally managed with the flash.

Butler steak... delicious!

I love going out with my sweetie and spending time with just him. After we ate we roamed the Disney store and then the Fanzz store. Sport's birthday is on Friday, so we grabbed something I think he will really like (Sorry, Sport, you thought I was going to spill the secret, didn't you?)

When we finally picked up the kids at 8:45, Sport was carrying the entire banner. Apparently we get to take it home with us and clean it before the parade on Saturday...Hey! Is this really in his job description?

Father's Day 2017

I know I'm a bit late with this post, but when I went through my phone looking for a pic of me and my dad, I realized I didn't have a decent one of just the two of us so I fixed that.

On Sunday we had a big family party. We tried to make it much bigger, but most of my brothers and sisters are actually out of town so only one of my sisters and her cute daughter and family joined us for our typical Sunday family party. That made about 33 of us or so, but who is counting?

We served Grandpa's favorite meal, spaghetti and meatballs, and my sweetie's favorite, German Chocolate cake for dessert. I must confess that Drama Queen did pretty much all the cooking, and it was fabulous!

At one point during the party, I handed Baby Doll my phone and said, "Go take some pictures." She is so funny, but she took me very seriously and for the most part, we got some pretty cute shots, but I will let you be the judge.

Sorry, Sweetie, next year will be different... you can pick the main course!

Prima Donna's Grand Adventure

Prima Donna began a new adventure today. She wasn't happy with her job at Burger King, so she decided it was time to make a switch for the summer. About 10 days ago she applied for the job as a camp counselor at Trefoil Ranch which is a Girl Scout resident camp and on Thursday they made her an offer.

Today we spent a couple of hours acquiring her gear and getting her ready to go. Then Drama Queen, Scout, Baby Doll, and I drove her up the mountain. That's right, no cell service or internet unless she comes home on the weekends. Just fresh mountain air, lots of bugs and mosquitoes, sunscreen and horses; sounds like the perfect summer.

For her... not me...