Sunday Night Things

Not as much beading as I'd like being done right now.  We spent a long weekend up in Chicago, testing N's travel patience and seeing lots of family.  He got to meet great grandparents and see all his grandparents plus cousins and more.  We are now home and content.  I love the feeling of getting home from an exhausting but successful trip.  The boys are asleep and I'm pretending I don't need to go to sleep in in the next half hour to be able to get up for work tomorrow.

Some how this spring I found time and energy to put together a small garden out back.  I planted tomatoes and peppers in pots like I usually do.  On a whim and with the advise of my neighbor I planted some potatoes.  I had a sack of taters that were starting to spud or maybe they spud's bud...not sure.  Either way we were potatoed out and I needed to do something with them.  So I spoke with my neighbor then decided to plant them.  I mixed up a bunch of compost with the soil out there and then made a mound.  Planted the budding spuds plus a few rows of pumpkins for R.  Tonight I harvested my first couple plants of potatoes.  Jackpot!!

How have I not planted potatoes before?  They were super simple to do and take care of with a huge reward.  My peppers are doing well and the tomatoes are ok, R eats any of the cherry ones before I can see them.  Pumpkins are just flowering but no fruits are forming.   But tomorrow it's sloppy joes and home grown taters for supper.  yum!

birthday wishes and random thoughts

 

~ I finished my day of the dead project this weekend.  I took pictures and applied to the exhibit at the art guild.  Now I'm attempting to be patient while I wait to find out if I got in.

~ I'm in no way shape or form sick of these skull beads.  Keep your eye out for some more skull flowers.

~ I'm a year older now. I think I'm becoming more girly in my old age.

~ I paint my toes, color my hair, and even occasionally wear the color pink now.

~ I made a new bracelet this weekend and I love it.

~ We leave on vacation on Saturday.  1 week w/ my folks and my boys in northern WI.  Super excited.

~ The last few days I've come up with some wishes/dreams I want to accomplish.  Things like learning to solder and setting up a full blown work studio complete w/ lots of tools.  I would like to learn to cook pastries well.  I would like to travel more.

~ Maybe I should start doing lists like I used to.

~ I bought a table top photography "studio."  When I get back from vaca I'm going to retake all my photos and relist my flowers in Etsy.  I'm excited.

~ This week is another busy week, one day down and 5 more until we leave.  =)