Here I am!

Sorry folks that I haven't posted. It seems Winter Carnival, work, child, hubby, house, work, dinner, coffee, diaper changing and shopping has kept me busy. (Yes, I know I listed work twice!)

About 2 weeks ago my car has took it's first critter from nature to the grave. Sadly it was a bird. My son loves birds! Goes wild about them. Most sadly, it was on my windshield DEAD IN FRONT OF MY VIEW! (pun intended) Luckily, child was not in car. The noise of the SPLAT was shocking enough to make me jump, duck and scream all at once. I was eventful!

I am off tomorrow to see the sun, sand, ocean and people of different ethnic background. And hopefully eat something exotic. Like a flamingo.

It's been snowing here every day for over a week. I do love it but I'm exhausted from thinking about 1-2 more months of this.

~Enjoy!

Here

I am here with at least 2 more months of winter ahead of me. We had a little warm spell that lasted a day - it was almost 50 degrees! Today, back to single digits. Knowing I will be leaving this Artic Tundra for sand in less than 2 weeks gives me a little hope.

Some people call this cabin fever.

I call it lack of sunshine.

I've been spending these long days working and/or day dreaming about my garden that doesn't exist, yet. I think about the soil conditions I need. I wonder where I will place my fruitful garden. And how to make it deer-proof but not unsightly. Questions will be asked by the builder of said garden: size, location, water source, soil amending...there is too much to consider especially when everything is under 1-2 feet of snow.

In the meantime, I'll just toss a cast iron fry pan!!

27 feet - not too bad. The winner of the contest tossed it over 40 feet!!

Help

The economy is in shambles and the house is in the same condition.

I've had to go to some extreme measures:

We had to hire within. Since he already has health insurance and we provide for him anyways, we just had to get him suited up with appropiate gear to ad him to the payroll.