It Wednesday again and that means it's time for Wishcasting Wednesday. Today, Jamie over at jamieridlerstudios.ca asks "What do you wish for your space?"
I wish for peace in my space. Last summer we bought my in-laws house. It's a cute ranch house in the town where both me and my husband grew up. It has a great big backyard that I love. The only issue is that it is a small house. We are a family of 5, but my in-laws raised a family of 6 in this house! The biggest problem is that my husband and I so much stuff and then there is the fact that we have 3 kids that are 26 1/2 months and 16 month twins. That means that we have a ton of toddler toys and not necessarily the space for them. It is nice that the warm weather is finally here and some of the toys can go outside, but we still have toys inside, my craft stuff and my husbands wood working stuff, not to mention the other household things that people normally have. I think for me to have peace in my space, it will mean going through a lot of things and re-evaluating how necessary they really are. I then need to get rid of what I don't need and organize the things that I want to keep! The most important thing that I need to remember and follow through with is, "if I don't a have a space for it, don't buy it"!
I really like my house and my yard and need to really buckle down and make this my family's home, not just a house. Along with having peace inside, I wish to have a peaceful space near my garden to spend some free time in the nice weather. I also want to have a peaceful space to retreat to when I want to be creative! Regarding a peaceful space for creativity, it could mean the kitchen table so that my family is near, it could mean the basement away from others depending on my mood. I just want to have a space where I can enjoy being creative!
What do you wish for your space?
Amy
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Outdoor Project Updates
As you know, my husband and I have been working on a bunch of outdoor projects. We have completed a butterfly garden and are just waiting for it to bloom more! I have been working on our front gardens and I'm sure that next year they will need to be done again. I have a bunch of bulbs and annuals planted, so I think I will need to plant more perennials so that they will come back year after year. This way we'll save money and I will just need to do up keep vs continuously planting every year. My husband is also working on the swing set we bought for the kids. There are so many pieces that it is taking forever to put together.
Our big project, our veggie garden, still looks the same. Tom still has to till in the fertilizer, then we need to plant. We spent a ton of money this weekend, buying plants and seeds. I am amazed that you can still plant veggies from seed. I am so looking forward to this garden. I know that the kids are little, but I am so ecstatic that we get to show them a garden and where their food comes from. I am trying really hard to eat healthier. Unfortunately, I have gotten away from eating beans and have started eating more meat. I really don't like that. I don't know why all of a sudden I started craving meat again. I had been doing so well eating less meat and want to get back to that way of eating again. I have put a pork loin in the slow cooker for dinner tonight, but have frozen most of the other meat that I have recently bought. I probably should have portioned it out so that I only had to take out a small amount at a time. I am so looking forward to being able to just walk outside to my garden for veggies. I am hoping that I will not have to frequent the grocery store this summer and hopefully I will be able to save enough to eat some through the winter.
These are pictures of the different plants that we bought for out veggie garden. We have a bunch of different kinds of veggies and herbs plus seeds! I can't wait to plant them!
butterfly garden taken today
gardens in the front of the house (looking kind of pathetic)
All 3 gardens have some seed that are just starting to get real leaves, so I'm hoping that it will look better once they grow and bloom.
Our big project, our veggie garden, still looks the same. Tom still has to till in the fertilizer, then we need to plant. We spent a ton of money this weekend, buying plants and seeds. I am amazed that you can still plant veggies from seed. I am so looking forward to this garden. I know that the kids are little, but I am so ecstatic that we get to show them a garden and where their food comes from. I am trying really hard to eat healthier. Unfortunately, I have gotten away from eating beans and have started eating more meat. I really don't like that. I don't know why all of a sudden I started craving meat again. I had been doing so well eating less meat and want to get back to that way of eating again. I have put a pork loin in the slow cooker for dinner tonight, but have frozen most of the other meat that I have recently bought. I probably should have portioned it out so that I only had to take out a small amount at a time. I am so looking forward to being able to just walk outside to my garden for veggies. I am hoping that I will not have to frequent the grocery store this summer and hopefully I will be able to save enough to eat some through the winter.
I know have to find time for my creative outlet. I have so many projects, it's just hard to
find the time to complete them. I know that I have repeatedly said that I need to watch less tv, but I really do. That will give me so much more time. It's kind of nice that the season is coming to an end and the nice weather is here. Hopefully I'll get away from the tv and have more time for other interests.
There are so many things that I want to learn and do. Right now time and money are the things that are holding me back. I only hope that some day, I will find something that I love to do and be able to make money at it. I am looking forward to Wishcasting Wednesday over at jamieridlerstudios.ca tomorrow. It always makes me think. I also need to go back and look at what I have written in the past and see what I have wanted!
I went on a job interview yesterday. I applied for the job back in January and finally got an interview. I am so disappointed that I may get a job for the summer and beyond. I know that it would help financially, I just wish that I was able to get through this summer without working. It will be in my field, but I am thinking that I would like to do something outside the box. Maybe I'll just have to wait til the kids are older and maybe even in school. Oh, well. Wish me luck in making whatever decision is best for my family!
Hope you are able to enjoy some nice weather. We should be close to 90 degrees here in MA and hopefully we can keep cool.
Amy (who is totally craving some iced coffee. I may be back on the coffee bandwagon at least for the summer)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Gardening
This past week was April vacation here in Massachusetts. On Monday my mom brought over some plants from her garden to transplant into ours. My mom, my step-father, my husband, and I spent the day digging and planting and we still had more to do. We did a little more during the week, but then the weekend came and we pretty much spent all day Saturday and Sunday digging, planting and cleaning up 3 of our gardens. It was a ton of work, but it felt so good to be outside in some absolutely beautiful weather. We got a lot done, but still have a little more to go. The butterfly garden is looking really good. I need to still get another plant for a planter, a garden angel and that may be it for the butterfly garden. For the gardens in the front of the house, I want to get a boy figurine since I already have a boy and girl together. Sounds kind of corny, but I'd love to have a figurine for all 3 kids. I also need to get a clay saucer to fix a simple bird bath that I made and I may want to make another one for the other side. I also want to get a couple of figurines for the other side of the house. We still have a lot of work to do on the yard. We are planning on tilling an area in the back for a veggie garden, which I hope will provide a bunch of veggies for us this summer and hopefully enough to preserve for later. And, now looking at pictures of the front of the house, I think I still want to do more there too. We'll see. Since we are on a pretty tight budget, I am trying to be good at not spending a ton of money. I love gardening!
On an unrelated not, with the weather getting warmer, I have been thinking about the covers for the cloth diapers that the kids wear. I am thinking that we may want or even need to change to fleece or wool for breathability. It can be pretty expensive to get enough covers for all 3 kids, so I am thinking of attempting to make my own. I found a pattern on line for free that I may try. From what I can see and what I have read, it is simple to make and I have a ton of fleece so I won't need to buy anything new right now. If it works out and I want to make more later, I can get more then, but for now I have more than enough.
The twins are taking their nap and I really need to start cleaning while they are asleep. I really hate housework, but unfortunately it needs to get done. I may need to put a video on for my older son so that I have some time to do things with out him needing my full on attention. The letter factory is m favorite for this and the best part is he is starting to learn his alphabet. Awesome!!!!!
Wish me luck getting all that I have to get accomplished completed!
Amy
Right front side of the house
Close up of the right front side
Left front side of the house
South side of the house butterfly garden!
On an unrelated not, with the weather getting warmer, I have been thinking about the covers for the cloth diapers that the kids wear. I am thinking that we may want or even need to change to fleece or wool for breathability. It can be pretty expensive to get enough covers for all 3 kids, so I am thinking of attempting to make my own. I found a pattern on line for free that I may try. From what I can see and what I have read, it is simple to make and I have a ton of fleece so I won't need to buy anything new right now. If it works out and I want to make more later, I can get more then, but for now I have more than enough.
The twins are taking their nap and I really need to start cleaning while they are asleep. I really hate housework, but unfortunately it needs to get done. I may need to put a video on for my older son so that I have some time to do things with out him needing my full on attention. The letter factory is m favorite for this and the best part is he is starting to learn his alphabet. Awesome!!!!!
Wish me luck getting all that I have to get accomplished completed!
Amy
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wishcasting Wednesday
Jamie Ridler at jamieridlerstudios.ca asks:
What do you wish to take a break from?
I wish to take a break from television. This may seem like a simple thing to take a break from, but sometimes it takes so much time away from all the other things that I want to be doing. Lately, with all the rain here in New England and before that the cold weather, the tv and the computer were my best friend getting me through the day with 3 little ones. I would have more time to clean and do laundry (not fun, but necessary), to craft, to sew, complete projects, read, plan and start my garden, playing and learning about herbs and aromatherapy, and so much more that I could write about, but I just can't think of all of them. Most importantly I would be spending more quality time with my children and be a happier person all around.
Growing up we were never allowed to watch too much tv. After school we got a 1/2 hour while we had a snack, then it was time to play, do home work or anything but tv. I don't know when things changed, maybe college, maybe just regular adulthood, but I now watch tv more than I read or do anything at all. The only other thing that I do more is play on the computer. That is the other thing that I wish to take a break from. It is almost as bad as tv if not worse.
I wish to allow myself a certain amount of tv time and computer time so that things that I want to accomplish can get done.
Amy
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wishcasting Wednesday
Today at @ http://jamieridlerstudios.ca/wishcasting-wednesday-december-2, Jamie asks "What is your wish for the winter season?"
I wish for snow! You may think I'm crazy, but here in MA, it can get pretty cold and miserable through the winter. For me a winter without snow is just grey and cold and miserable. As much as I hate driving in it, shoveling it, and plain old getting around in it, I love watching the snow fall. I love being out in the new fallen snow, and now that I have kids, I want them to love playing in the snow. For me, snow makes the winter bearable. Winter can be long and tough to deal with, but at least if there is snow, I am a much happier person.
Amy
I wish for snow! You may think I'm crazy, but here in MA, it can get pretty cold and miserable through the winter. For me a winter without snow is just grey and cold and miserable. As much as I hate driving in it, shoveling it, and plain old getting around in it, I love watching the snow fall. I love being out in the new fallen snow, and now that I have kids, I want them to love playing in the snow. For me, snow makes the winter bearable. Winter can be long and tough to deal with, but at least if there is snow, I am a much happier person.
Amy
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