Randomized Thoughts

So, I have been absent from blogging for roughly two weeks-ish. I would like to say we have been busy, but nothing out of the ordinary has been going on in the evening, which is when I write. Our days have been full and Holy week always seems busy, but in a good way.

I am tired of severe weather, and that is saying a lot for me. I love it, really. I hate hiding from tornados in my bathtub with my 20 month old, my 7 month old and the dog (it gets hot), but I love to watch the advancing storms. I love to see if I can catch the rotation on radar before the forecasters on TV see it or are alerted. I am a weather geek . . . this I know. My best friend aside from my husband is my NOAA Midland SAME weather radio . . . NERD, and I love it!

Anyway, I am done with this weather. Mostly because today it woke the children from their naps about an hour early, so you can imagine how fantastic our evening was. At least there is always the backyard and little boys love the backyard, especially the mud. We did manage to go pick up some of our seedlings/peat pot veggies and an herb. We were able to get our new tomato plant, a red pepper, a head each of romaine and bibb lettuces, yellow summer squash, and my personal coup d'etat, already bigger than a toothpick lavander! YAY! (I have a black thumb with lavendar, but I really want to grow it, badly!)

So, the garden forms are, well, formed. The peat is purchased. The compost is compiled (I adore aliteration . . . I shall stop, hee hee). All I have left to do is clear the grass in a couple of spots and the garden is a go! I am trying out square foot gardening. Easy to do organically and it leaves plenty of room for the kids to play, the dog to run and me to plant more trees! Seems like a win win situation since the CSA wasn't in the budget this year. Hopefully it will be next year, but I will try my hand at okra, swiss chard and a couple of herbs as well as the above mentioned veggies. (And the lavender, don't forget the lavender!)

Now, if only I didn't have to drive everywhere, we would be well on our way to greening up our daily lives. I live in suburbia . . . a less than pedestrian friendly environ to begin with. Now add in our city's place as the 10th worst city to walk in the country . . . nice title to hold (sarcasm, drip, drip). While we are busy widening every single dirt road into a two lane monstrosity, would it hurt to put in both bike lanes AND sidewalks? I can't push a jogging stroller on the wide shoulders so graciously provided . . . I actually want my children to enjoy walks, not be terrified from dodging cars driven by text-crazy-self-absorbed-wannabe-racecar drivers! Yikes! Let's not get into the lack of tree replacement . . . I want this to be a happy blog . . .

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I ran out of diaper covers again today. So annoying, especially when the youngest tinkles through trashbags, I swear. So, I got to support another local crunchy mommy! I called her up and begged her for some diaper covers and then was able to go pick them up on our way to get the baby garden plants! Awesome! We also went out to Schlabach's Bakery in Guthrie, KY and purchased local honey, locally made sorghum, locally made blackberry preserves and indulged in locally made wheat/potato bread. I say indulge because I decided to take a week off from making bread. We also saw two horse and buggies while we were on our way home, emus, goats and cows. I love local businesses!

Well, I have added a list of things to learn to do, soon. One of the items is go to bed on time. If I don't stop blabbering, I won't make that one come true. TTFN! Not so random next time!