Planning.

Going through my seed stash and planning what will go where.
:: Vegetable bed rotation - or crop rotation on a recreational gardening* level.
:: More flowers = more color = more bees = more veggies.
:: No potatoes or onions.
:: More tomatoes. Never too many tomatoes. I had 9 last year... would 12 be too many this year?!

Planning makes me happy. Just ask Mike.

I'm forever saying to him, "so I was thinking that we could..." (Finish that sentence with any number of DIY projects for the house, a trip idea to the Faroe Islands, a new way to reorganize our budget and uncover an additional $10K each month, or just something I read about roasting broccoli for dinner.)

*My alma mater rocks.

Things That Make Me Happy

I'm going to start a little series here on the blog.
See the previous post for the unintentional start to my series.

Along with my little Hipstamatic app, I'm going to post a few things each week that have made me smile. With they be material acquisitions? Material objects that I've decided to forgo? (It is time for a little spring cleaning, after all...) Something that I observe or hear? Or just the feeling of seasons changing? I tend to think that I'm not an object/thing person, but is that just lip service? Hmmm. We shall see.

Presented with the help of Hipstamatic because I think it's fun to feel like I'm looking back at family albums from when I was Colin's age. And this way I get to add personal images to the blog without posting faces (because I'm weird about that, too).

Christopher is very interested in Feelings these days as they have been the topic of conversation at preschool since the new year. How are you feeling? What makes you feel that way? Etc etc. We frequently hear him asking Teddy how he is feeling. Teddy has a very wide range of emotions, wouldn't you know. :)

Apps and Napps

Nothing says Spring like a glass full of daffodils in the afternoon sunshine.


A long-awaited day off has been made sweeter by the indulgence of a new app (I'm about 3 years late to the Hipstamatic Party) and well-aligned afternoon naps.