eight and a half acre farm

as I happily tore my garden up yesterday with the tractor (because I am so over it this year) I thought of all the things I learned this year that I will carry onto next year. Ok, so I will forget them, no one is perfect. 1. Don't plant things people won't eat but you. cantaloup. Every year I plant it and it has never grown delicious, but yet I still plant it. Even if it was delicious, I am the only one who eats it and I never eat it fast enough. 2. I am allergic to weeding. I hate weeding and I just don't have the time to keep up with it. What I need to do is what my neighbor does and put down weed barrier. 3. Put more room in between rows. I usually only put a foot, but then the plants start fighting and I have pumpkins on the other side of the garden from where I planted. 4. Cucumbers have sex and reproduce on their own. 1 plant = 500 cucumbers. I should know this, but I always plant 5 and have cucumbers coming out of my ass. I now have a lifetime supply of ...

Another day is over and I think to myself: "What have I done today?" What is it I have actually accomplished? Given hugs and kisses to my children. Then yelled at them for splashing water out of the tub. Enjoyed the sunlight on the front porch absorbing a good book while waiting for Krischan to get off the bus. Made a mediocre dinner that will sit in the fridge and be forgot. Gave my middle child some play-do to play with that I now can't find. Cheered and jumped up and down when my daughter pooped on her own in her potty. Worked in Quickbooks to fix the major foul up I caused. Another day...and it is over.

After my workout tonight, I walked right out the front door, into the night that was so beautiful it was breathtaking. There was enough of a breeze that it felt like little caresses all over my skin and I stood for awhile enjoying the coolness of the evening, looking up to see how stunning the night sky was. These are the moments that all thoughts of moving closer to the city vanish. The stars shine bright, the air I breath in is fresh and cleansing. I turn my head up toward the sky and close my eyes. I hear Nirvana playing on someones radio off in the distance to the east, a couple of dogs barking to the north of me, and all around me crickets chirping enjoying the evening like I am. This I think to myself, is perfect peace.

It is completely inevitable that when things are on a deadline, all hell breaks loose. With work it happens when I have to present a design to a client the next day. My computer fritzes or my printer runs out of ink, or the network goes down. Today doesn't deal with work, it deals with the kids. Of course, your thinking, what else would it involve. Getting Krischan ready for camp has been to say the least, an experience. As I get ready to wash his white polo's I do a ditz thing and put in bleach and then for the fabric softner I place in the usual vinegar.(I do this to save money and no, your clothes won't smell like vinegar) When I usually do the whites I use regular fabric softner because I have heard vinegar and bleach don't mix. Panic sets in, I try to pull out the tray to dump the vinegar and since there is a hole in the tray to deposit it into the washing machine, both bleach and vinegar mix and filter into the machine. Then I really panic as I hear them ...

I remember the first movie I took Krischan to go see. "Finding Nemo". He lasted through a half hour of it. The first one he lasted through was "Shrek 2". Jakob's first movie was "How to Train Your Dragon" Even now he loves that movie and could watch it over and over again. Today I took Kadence to see her first movie. I was either brave, insane, or stupid. I will go with insane since I dealt with so much screaming today that I am pretty sure I will be deaf by nightfall. To keep myself from running out of the house this morning screaming, I made the boys sit on their beds until it was time to leave for the dentist...One hour before we actually had to leave. It worked out perfect if I do say so myself, they made the wise decision to look at books together. At the dentist office, Kadence threw a outrageous hissy when Jakob had the nerve to want to look at mommy's phone with her. She was so loud that the dentist actually came out and asked what ...

Fifty things to throw away. I am at 7 items after completing my bedroom and bathroom. Bathroom wasn't that bad considering that it is all torn up. I was anxious to dive into my office so I skipped ahead to that part. My space is such a mess I have been having problems buckling down and doing the work that I need to get done. It just isn't a place I have wanted to be in, which of course makes doing work a bit difficult. I am into my second day of clearing out and I still haven't scratched the surface. There is layer upon layer of crap in here, and I am hoping I might find a hidden treasure of money even. Not likely, but wishful thinking is fun. It has so overwhelmed me that I needed something sweet to quell the feeling of being buried alive by ones own junk. Step in: Out of the Box Brownies.com My choice: Low-fat salty-scotch brownies. Of course I am not a fan of butterscotch so I substituted caramel (Sorry Denise.) And my caramel isn't low fat so I kinda ruin...

At Barnes and Noble I went into the section to find some inspiring literature on home decorating, but instead picked up the book "Throw out Fifty Things" By Gail Blanke. At that moment I decided the book was for me. Everything happens for a reason and everything presents itself at the time you need it most. Something I very strongly believe in. I just wish I knew why all my crazy moments are presenting themselves. Maybe this book is going to explain that to me. Maybe... The point of the book is that you are cleansing and getting rid of things not only in your home, but in your mind. Basically you are getting rid of all that heavy stuff that brings you down, whether it is mental or material. As I began reading I was wondering if I could just throw out my house and make that item number one. My house so brings me down right now. And as a mother of three, my house gets very messy and very cluttered very fast. Which, in point, is my main problem with my home. I read the...