I have a plan...

Just finished surfing.  The blog-o-sphere, that is. (Although, with all the rain we've had the last couple of days, I probably could've surfed to Seattle and back.) ANYhow, here's the plan. I got inspired by some great diy sewing tutorials.  By tomorrow morning, there will be a new shower curtain hanging in the bathroom.  I have this great Amy Butler fabric that I've been planning to use, so it's off to sew I go.  If this project doesn't get finished, it's because Elinor woke up and 9 month old babies are attention sponges.

Fridge art...

Fridge Art

I love art supplies. Keeps the kids busy for hours!  I'd love to have a big room just like we had at Oakwood Elementary.  My kids could sprawl their creative works all over those big tables and dabble to their hearts content. Those scented Mr. Sketch markers. Big pots of poster paint, too. And reams of colored paper in every size and color.  I could really use one of those cabinets with all the drawers for storing those partially finished masterpieces...    One of these days, my studio will be finished.  For now, I'll just put up with paint drippings on the kitchen table and my bathroom sinks sporting mysterious color splashes every now and then.  This too, shall pass...but I'm not really in any hurry.

The WORST kind of pain....

Saved by garlic.  Has a bad reputation, and deservedly so. Once Kerry ate 13 cloves of garlic thinking they were baby potatoes. (They were on a plate with roast beef).  He wasn't fit for company for at least two days, such a horrible stench permeated from his whole being.  Probably cured anything that ailed him, though.  But, what a miracle cure for a toothache.  I had such a horrible one over the weekend, that I was ready to lie down in the path of an oncoming steamroller.  Fix! Internet=garlic=relief.  Ibuprofen only took off the edge. But, I just thinly sliced a clove of garlic and laid it on the offending area.  Blissful sleep, walk-in-clinic for an antibiotic on Sunday morning, and now its off to the dentist for that root canal I've been putting off.  Joy!

March is acting kind of Lamby...

Photo edited on Picnik.  Love it! It's the 60's effect.

Soaked up lots of Vitamin D naturally today, even got a little pink on the cheeks.  Five hours in my garden...things are looking fresh! March did come in like a lion...the wood stove has been going 24/7.  Even had to *gasp* buy some firewood to tide us over.  The Pacific Northwest can bone chilling cold when its gray and drippy and hovering in the 40's.  But can you say 62 degrees with sunshine? Ahhh.  It's going out like a lamb, and I'm loving it!

He has it handled...

All nicely mulched, too...

Usually I would be the one to handle the planting of our baby Christmas trees, but Kerry decided he would handle it this year.  He lassoed a couple kids and out they went.  It's clearly a good thing I was minding my own business, because from afar, I could see that he had his tape measure and string, and chalk and whatever else one would use for precision planting.  When I plant, I just use my EYEBALLS. (And a shovel, of course)  Okay, so it's not perfect.  But they still grow. Like mother nature herself had planted them.  I have to admit, though, it looks all nice and tidy, and I'm free to start the veggie garden planting.  Now if I can just find that pack of peas I bought...

Okay, so maybe I wasn't dying...

One a day for better health.  But I can hear my budget saying 'Ouch! Ouch!'

But I felt like I could just check out, then and there. "I guess she really was sick!" they'd be saying. But I digress.  Four days and four bottles of kombucha later, I'm feeling better.  :)  One thing I am happy about, though, while I was sick, I became unafraid to fly, because I know without a doubt that I'd rather die quick in a plane crash than to drag on for months or years with cancer.  Oh, but its great to be alive today with the sun shining once again!

There's always something...

I need to figure out how to do a drop-down list from tabs. And I should probably take a class to learn about blogging and web design.  Along with a knitting, photography, and jewelry making class.  Did I mention screen printing?  What about small business management.  Then there was that ceramics idea that I had...CRASH! Okay, back to reality.  I'm off to the Dr. today, to see if my baby is developing pneumonia.  Thankfully I finally got her down for a nap, however short-lived it may be...

ta da!

Sometimes, a fix is so easy I'm amazed.  Usually I'll avoid trying to figure out anything technical until my tech saavy son-in-law is around.  I really wanted this particular issue fixed RIGHT NOW so I googled "my blog appears too small".  Instant fix: just hit Control and 0 (zero).  Problem solved.  Whew, I won't have to pester Todd next time he comes over.

Artist in residence

barn study in Whitney's art journal

Just added a profile photo.  This is a painting done by one of our resident artists, Whitney. She is off to Minneapolis after graduation in June, to Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She wasn't put off at all by tornadoes and mosquitos, after spending last summer in Minnesota. If you happen to notice a camera wielding college student standing unconcernedly snapping pictures of tornadoes, that is her.

Rome wasn't built in a day...

My new batch of Christmas trees (60) and a few !!BIRCH!! trees. (10) Now to get busy planting them.

I have to keep reminding myself of this...it seems as if I can never get the things done that NEED to be done, much less something extra.  Something has to give.  The nice thing about having a nursing baby is that I can multi-task without pangs of guilt...  (FB and blogging :))
Another sale is coming up!  This one will be mid-April. (yes, my fingers are crossed)! I really need to work on sale consistency, but right now its just when  I get around to it. Don't hold your breath just yet...