I went out on the porch today to find that my broccoli had sprouted! I only planted it about 5 days ago so this was a surprise. I bought trimmers this weekend so I am looking forward to pruning away the "loser" sprouts.
I don't eat broccoli, but my husband and daughter love the stuff. I am very disturbed by the fact that broccoli has worms in it. Little tiny broccoli caterpillar looking worms. Disgusting. Apparently they soak the stuff you buy in the store in a salt solution so it comes out before you ever see it. You can bet I will be soaking that stuff and making my husband be the one to skim the critters out of the water!
In about 3 weeks we will be able to put in our raised garden. We will also be purchasing a spinning compost bin from BJ's (lots of research went into this!) and a kitchen compost bin (I like this one from Oxo). Pretty much no matter what kind you buy they are $20-30. I just noticed that it says 1-3 months for shipping though! I might have to re-think, I like these ones too but they just are not as pretty.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Living in absolute chaos
I hate moving. It is turning my anxiety up to an 11. I am not a perfectionist at all but I really don't love EVERYTHING being out of place. I just don't even know where to start anymore! We painted the new place this past weekend. Hopefully painting will finish next weekend and maybe flooring soon. I have been trolling blogs like I Heart Organizing, Literally Organized, and The Unclutterer to glean ideas on culling the clutter and giving everything a place to be. Our current place has 1 closet. Our new place has 8. This is SO exciting to me! I have to paint two of them and put shelves in two others, but they will give us the storage we so need. I have also been carefully reading House of Smiths. I just love Shelley's style! She kind of started my obsession with the quatrefoil pattern. Our new place isn't the biggest or the fanciest (that is for sure!) but I will make it as organized and pretty as I can.
Here is a picture I took today of our porch
In the background there you can see the seedlings that Jack and I started the other day.
Tomatoes
Lila helping by playing with her spinny toy on the high chair
Tomatoes and green peppers!
We have decided to do raised beds for planting. This should be interesting! We are inheriting a Food Saver and we just bought a bigger deep freezer, so I will be freezing and canning every single thing I can. Fresh frozen veggies in the winter sounds fantastic!
Today was kind of awesome. I had a "give back" snow day off from work. We didn't use a single snow day this year, so they have to give us back the ones that were built into the calendar. We don't have a 5 day week at school until after spring break in April. Jack had school so Lila and I went to Target, TJMaxx, and Jillians Drawers. I made an absolute KILLING on Huggies Slip On Diapers, at 15 cents apiece. I love a deal! If Jack magically decides to poop on the potty tomorrow they don't go bad, so we can hold on to them for Lila. I also bought an excellent used Bum Genius FreeTime diaper, I hope we like it. We just sat around and relaxed (and packed) all afternoon until it was time to go get Jack. Here are some pictures of them from their dinner tonight. I am so thankful Lila is finally to a stage where I don't have to make 2 different kid dinners a night! Green beans and quesadillas for all.
Here is a picture I took today of our porch
We probably have about 60 paper ream boxes out there. It never ends. The filled boxes are labeled and in every corner of our current apartment.
Today was kind of awesome. I had a "give back" snow day off from work. We didn't use a single snow day this year, so they have to give us back the ones that were built into the calendar. We don't have a 5 day week at school until after spring break in April. Jack had school so Lila and I went to Target, TJMaxx, and Jillians Drawers. I made an absolute KILLING on Huggies Slip On Diapers, at 15 cents apiece. I love a deal! If Jack magically decides to poop on the potty tomorrow they don't go bad, so we can hold on to them for Lila. I also bought an excellent used Bum Genius FreeTime diaper, I hope we like it. We just sat around and relaxed (and packed) all afternoon until it was time to go get Jack. Here are some pictures of them from their dinner tonight. I am so thankful Lila is finally to a stage where I don't have to make 2 different kid dinners a night! Green beans and quesadillas for all.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
And the world is new!
What do you do when you are laid off after 7 years at your job?
In my case, you become a stay at home mom. A job I never thought I would have.
I am not quite unemployed yet, I still have 12 weeks remaining on my contract. This is good. We are also moving very soon. We are hoarding as much money as we can in the next 12 weeks. The goal is for me to stay home for one (school) year, re-evaluate, and go from there, without burning through our savings. The two other teachers in my subject are very close to retirement so I could get called back anywhere within the next 1-3 years.
In order to keep some kind of structure over the summer, I plan on homeschooling-lite with my 3 year old son Jack. He has already started pre-K due to his speech delay. I have ordered a few supplies (all found on Pinterest, of course.) He will likely be in pre-K again next year since he only started halfway through this current school year. We do not want him in kindergarten at <4 years old either. While I am a qualified teacher with k-12 certification, I do not feel going whole-hog homeschooling would be a good idea in our situation. He gets speech therapy at school and has been thriving. He has only been in pre-K for 3.5 months and his expressive and receptive speech has exploded. Now if only he would poop on the potty, he could rule the world!
We also have an almost 10-month old daughter named Lila. She is sweet and wonderful and I could not have asked for a better baby. Jack adores her. Although I have actively discouraged it, she is a big time mover. My guess is that she will start walking within the next few weeks. She has incredible balance. With her, I have become a believer in extended breastfeeding. With #1, I had to heavily supplement and he was always a poor eater. Lila is not. She has never had to supplement and she is an excellent eater, I see no reason to stop nursing any time soon. While I don't plan on going until she is 3, I do plan on making it to at least 2. I will be drop-kicking all 3 of my pumps as soon as she turns 1 though! The idea of child-led weaning scares me just a bit, because the idea of nursing a 4 year old scares me. A lot.
When we finally move (onto a property with 17 acres) I plan on gardening, something I have never done. I also plan on composting, crafting more, refinishing furniture, getting out more to make some friends, sewing more, possibly learning how to knit, exploring nature with my kids (I am INCREDIBLY indoorsy, so this is a big deal for me), basically doing the finding myself that I never did as a 20-something. I literally have no hobbies. I would LOVE to get some. I just want to be passionate about something. I used to be passionate about music, but since that has been my job for so long, it has FELT like a job for a long time.
In my case, you become a stay at home mom. A job I never thought I would have.
I am not quite unemployed yet, I still have 12 weeks remaining on my contract. This is good. We are also moving very soon. We are hoarding as much money as we can in the next 12 weeks. The goal is for me to stay home for one (school) year, re-evaluate, and go from there, without burning through our savings. The two other teachers in my subject are very close to retirement so I could get called back anywhere within the next 1-3 years.
In order to keep some kind of structure over the summer, I plan on homeschooling-lite with my 3 year old son Jack. He has already started pre-K due to his speech delay. I have ordered a few supplies (all found on Pinterest, of course.) He will likely be in pre-K again next year since he only started halfway through this current school year. We do not want him in kindergarten at <4 years old either. While I am a qualified teacher with k-12 certification, I do not feel going whole-hog homeschooling would be a good idea in our situation. He gets speech therapy at school and has been thriving. He has only been in pre-K for 3.5 months and his expressive and receptive speech has exploded. Now if only he would poop on the potty, he could rule the world!
We also have an almost 10-month old daughter named Lila. She is sweet and wonderful and I could not have asked for a better baby. Jack adores her. Although I have actively discouraged it, she is a big time mover. My guess is that she will start walking within the next few weeks. She has incredible balance. With her, I have become a believer in extended breastfeeding. With #1, I had to heavily supplement and he was always a poor eater. Lila is not. She has never had to supplement and she is an excellent eater, I see no reason to stop nursing any time soon. While I don't plan on going until she is 3, I do plan on making it to at least 2. I will be drop-kicking all 3 of my pumps as soon as she turns 1 though! The idea of child-led weaning scares me just a bit, because the idea of nursing a 4 year old scares me. A lot.
When we finally move (onto a property with 17 acres) I plan on gardening, something I have never done. I also plan on composting, crafting more, refinishing furniture, getting out more to make some friends, sewing more, possibly learning how to knit, exploring nature with my kids (I am INCREDIBLY indoorsy, so this is a big deal for me), basically doing the finding myself that I never did as a 20-something. I literally have no hobbies. I would LOVE to get some. I just want to be passionate about something. I used to be passionate about music, but since that has been my job for so long, it has FELT like a job for a long time.
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