The end is near!

Not that end.....

.....the end of the garden (well, some of it, at least). Besides the fact that my squash plants are dying off anyways, I'm sick and tired of them. Seriously, if anybody wants any white squash, they are welcome to as much as they can eat. I've got about two buckets of tomatoes left on the plants and a little corn, but my chili peppers and beans are just starting to produce. I think I can level and till under about half of the garden, and I'd like to get some sweet peas planted - if I don't hurry, they won't fruit out before frost - it's really been quite a cool summer here, comparatively.

On to more important things - John is walking! I don't mean taking a few steps (he's been doing that for about the last month), but full-fledged walking all over the place! He's a little shaky and falls every once and a while (oh so gracefully, however), but he's doing a good job. We figured that as soon as he was around the other little tykes at the sitter, he would be walking anyday. It's funny, he'll crawl if he needs to, but he really prefers to be upright like everyone else. Man, our 11 month old is succumbing to peer pressure already :)

We're planning out his birthday party - it'll be here in about 3 weeks! While we have a lot to do for the party itself, I feel like we have tons more to do to the house and yard to prepare for the party! I need to wash the siding, pressure wash the decks, cut and edge all the grass, weed the flower beds, etc., etc., etc. I will have the interior railing done this weekend and wanted to get the exterior railing done before the party, but it doesn't look like that will happen. I may have some of it done, but not completed.

Finally, my six months of waiting are almost over - the Buffett concert is almost here! 9 days! We'll be heading up next Saturday morning, and will be making a weekend trip of it. I'm stoked!