909 and 63

Time and temp. WTH! I am loving it and scared of it. I wish we had normal winters here. Snowy sunny days. I look at my internet friends pictures from Colorado and grow so envious of their snow!!! Whatever snow we get here is either slushy and nasty because as soon as it snow, it invariably warms up and starts raining. Or we get sleet and ice, because again it rains, and then freezes. Yuck yuck yuck.

Here is my to-do list for the day:

• babysit
• go to the park
• play in the yard with the girls
• work on the garden
• go to the grocery store to pick up things I forgot on Monday
• Make bread with the girls
• Get Maddie started on some sort of science project....
• play the rest by ear....
  

So, with this unusually warm January weather (like 70ish!!), I decided to put the kids to work and get my garden ready. They enjoy, so I don't feel guilty using child labor. I can't wait to get it growing. I'm itching already!

They each will have their own garden this year to care for. Maddie dug about a 4' square plot, while Virginia just dug random holes and rows!

Yesterday.....

Oh.My.God.It.Is.Cold. The temperature dropped to about 30 degrees yesterday with a wind chill of 15! Let me tell you, that is quite chilly down here in South Cackalackie!

We had a pretty nice day otherwise. My friend Keesha and her daughter came over. We had spaghetti for lunch. Then, Tim came home and we went out to eat. A friend was supposed to be playing at this restaurant by our house, so we went there. He canceled so we went to the mexican place next door. Oh, it was yummy. I had poblanos and rice and beans. Yum Yum Yum.

When we got home, the Grateful Dead hour was playing on WNCW.
So, the girls, Tim, and I (in true hippie fashion) turned all the lights off and danced with flashlights.

I'm really feeling good about this year. I'll pay my car off, have some extra $$, homeschooling, etc. I'm realizing that I can't change anyone or anything around me-just the way I react to it. I'm slowly calming down to a level of "fine". Oooh, now I have the Indigo Girls running through my head. Must.Play.Song.

Morning After

So, I worked last night-well, all day yesterday, from 9:00 am until almost 4 am this morning!!! Tim woke up around 3:30 and freaked because I wasn't home-it being NYeve, he was rightfully worried. He called me at work and luckily I hadn't left yet. He got up for work 3o minutes after I went to bed.

The worst part was, that I wasn't partying!!! I was working. And it sucked. And I am tired and haven't accomplished anything!!

New Day, New Year, New Life

This will be the standard New Year's Resolution post. I tend to go overboard so bare with me...

• Yoga every morning
  
• Become Vegetarian again-for good
• try to blog every day
• Be more organized and mindful
• Patience, patience, patience!
• Teach the girls German
• Finish my doula certification

I'm pretty sure these are doable. I'm going to be very busy now that we are homeschooling, so I will have to become more organized and patient. I rarely eat meat as it is, so that will be no problem-especially since I have done it before. My only problem will be sushi. I love it!!! I guess I'll have to stick with the veggie varieties. Wish me luck!!!