ooooo goodie

Wow, has it really been that long? Seriously? Too much has happened to back track now. We will keep with the randomness of things and just move on.





RIP my point and shoot digi camera. You took thousands of really wonderful photos and I really loved using all of the manual settings and trying to pretend you were a SLR. You lived a good life. Sorry about the abuse in my pocket on the beach that led to your demise. You will be missed. I hope you can take solace in the fact that I really, really love to take pictures and I have really, really wanted a SLR for a long time. btw- I think I'm in love.

look...

so, I realize that this post is very strange to most. I've had a long day, lots of coffe, and still have tons left to do. I'm hyper, in a good mood, and procrastinating. That's usually when I'm the most creative and strange. Welcome to a small glimpse of the real me.

Lillie just woke up politely saying. "Mama, please my mama". Awwww

gimmie shelter

I've never really thought of myself as being "sheltered" but something happened this week that made me rethink that. I was reading some one's facebook post about how she has always thrown egg shells in the disposal and lemon/lime peels in the trash and how her husband wants her to put egg shells in the trash and lemon/lime peels in the disposal. There were like 16 posts debating which one was better and how egg shells have salmonella, blah, blah, blah. I instantly wondered why they didn't put all of those things in the compost. For some reason I really thought more people composted. I thought it was even "trendy" to compost and have a garden. Wow, what a sheltered little world I live in! I also thought long and hard about why the hell people mash up food into tiny morsels and wash them away with water to end up with poop and all kinds of chemicals and crap in the water sewage system. WHY? Seriously! Organic compost soil is EXPENSIVE! You can make it for free, so why not?

Some how I managed to get the fall seeds in the ground today after procrastinating for over a month now. I stirred up the compost, pulled weeds in the bed, and expanded the garden to include an area for squash and pumpkin (which I hope was not too late to plant). I cleaned up and cut back some of the Roma tomato plants that had grown into a large bush. I also planted broccoli, carrots, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, kale, and two kinds of peppers. Don't let me fool you into thinking that I know what I am doing. Hell, I'm clueless. Like most things in my life, I get a shallow yet solid feel for the way things work and b.s. through the rest of it. In the spring I planted two things I knew were supposed to be too late. I actually got good production out of everything I planted, so I'm just going for it. It's a good way to learn the ropes. I dream of having a luscious, urban garden and am totally willing to take baby steps to get there. Gardening is in my blood, it's just a matter of kick starting those genes.

Grow little seeds, grow.

I didn't get out of my pajamas today

It's just some random day in August. It's my day off and I haven't done much of anything. It's been a really long time since I've had a day off without something planned. I ended up working in the garden for a very short period of time, decided it was too hot and went inside to order seeds. Much of the rest of the day included watching videos with the kids, looking out the window and watching the birds drink water from the puddle that had formed from the hose I forgot to turn off. That was fun and made for a great photo op. I of course took advantage...

Lillie said "mama...can we go outside and think?". We went outside and she talked with a cricket for a few minutes and we went back inside. Hmmmm. Wonder what a two year old thinks about...

We randomly took pictures on the bed throughout the day...

By the way, I have no idea what is up with my pictures being turned. I keep fixing it and it goes right back. GRRRR. I'm done, tilt your head damn it.

Randomly in the middle of the day I was promised a much needed nap...but it didn't happen. Bizarre. That one confused me.

So, I just kept taking pictures. And now it's time for bed. Hopefully this day of leisure will help with my attitude. I've been on the grumpy side and I'm ready for that to change. night, ya'll.

I am so lame

wow, I'm totally lame. I just reread some of my posts. I guess I was proud that I had a moment of non-procrastinating-lazyass-ness. Something pretty major for me. I am slowly making progress on some of my goals in life. Although I completely admit that my garden is a mess, as well as my house. s i g h, oh well.

quotes from the kids

july 2010 - told by mama - yesterday we went out front to play with the hose. As lillie walked out the front door I realized she didn't have on any panties. I ran back to grab some inside. When I walked back outside, I see her about half way down the sidewalk, dress hiked up past her waist, in a wide squat, peeing. I brought her inside, wiped her off and asked why she did it. She says "Mama, it was my choice". Wow, I didn't have a response.

july 2010 - told by dada - today Lillie had an epic stack of books going when she knocked a dozen or so, off the top. I knew she was not gonna be happy about it, correct... "honey, its ok, that's what makes stacking books fun. You stack them up as high as you can and they fall and you keep trying to stack them higher." Disaster averted. Minutes later... Miles knocked over entire said stack, though he was trying to stack, not destroy (strange). I expected bad, what I got instead was shocking. Lillie, "Its ok Miles we'll stack them up together." Holy Crap! Wow! Yay! Its working, its working!

domestic goddess

Pictures:
Today's harvest
My heirloom cherry tomato plants are huge! I think pretty soon we will have an over abundance of cherry tomatoes

I've been freakishly productive lately. Feeling reclusive and the need to reconnect with "home". This from the person who never really thought she was any good at domestic things. In the past couple of days, I worked on my garden. Weeding, harvesting, adding compost, and breaking up dirt to add more plants. The Farmers Almanac said today was good to plant root vegetables so I planted beets, more carrots, and radishes. I don't mean to sound like I know what I'm doing, because honestly I have no idea. I just go with it, try things out and log my results in a little cute journal I made (it was a good excuse to buy this cute veggie paper we got at the scrapbook store). I also baked fresh bread for the first time in my life yesterday. Granted it was with a bread machine, but still. It was good and I felt very proud. I've done oodles of laundry and other household chores. Tonight I made one of the best meals ever. I have finally perfected pot roast in the crock pot. It was freaking fantastic. I did all the dishes too. About 5 minutes ago I finished a class sample that I'm really loving. I even made TWO blog posts in a week! Now I need to return a ton of emails and do some business-ish work. Don't freak out on me, I'm not even pregnant. I think I'm just in a good groove right now. I need the personal growth.