Added to the Garden

I've added to my garden:
In case you can't read the names, I've got all perennials: Armeria Maritima (2), Aubrieta, Heather (2), Balloon (2), Snow Lady Shasta Daisy, Dwarf Fleece, and Euonymus Fortunei (2). The Heathers and Euonymus Fortuneis bloom year-round, so even in winter, my house will be decorated with some foliage. Although it's still a very tiny garden, I've learned more about gardening since I started in late May; I have raised the flowers with more topsoil and I've been diligent in weeding around my flowers. I also have two annuals, but they were given to me by my mother-in-law and she doesn't know their names, but the red and pink flowers are starting to bloom!

Other things that are blooming in my life:
- I've been busy buying, decorating, promoting, and registering for VBS, which starts this Monday.


- I went for a job interview for the job I had held for the past ten months; I think the interview went well, but we'll see if I will get re-hired. When I first started this job, it was listed as a temporary position, which is why I've been laid off in the first place. Now, it's listed as a continuing contract, so if I get this job, I could stay in it permanently -- if I choose to.

- Summer school is going well. I was worried because other teachers have warned me about the kind of students I will be getting. Indeed I have one student designated as "Intense Behaviour," but by Thursday, he was actually one of the better-behaved students! I like my class of 21 students and I hope I make a positive impact on them by the end of the summer school program.

- I went to a spa and got my first pedicure! D got me a spa package for Valentine's Day and since the gift certificate expires at the end of this month, I had to get it done this weekend because I have been busy almost every weekend until now and I'll be busy for the other weekends this month. I've had a massage done once before, but never a facial and a pedicure. The facial was the best part, although I went home and washed out the creamy gunk that was put on my face. I've never had a pedicure done before either and what a treat! I chose a nail colour and didn't realize until later that it was called Princess for a Day. I never thought of myself as a diva, but today the nail colour was quite fitting as I felt so pampered and spoiled at the spa today.
This isn't a very good picture, what with the ugly old blister on my right daddy toe and the tan lines, but I think the nail colour stands out -- sparkly pink.