Bringing up gardens

Well this summer is fast approaching and the thought of how much I want to have fresh veggies all summer is almost too much to stand knowing that I have to wait. I heard a man on the radio who will come and break up your garden, so i will have him come do that next week so that over spring break, which I have taken off to spend time with my little ones, I can actually spend the time getting the near boulders out of my new garden spot. I am trying to talk my sister into going in with me to have just one large garden versus two littler ones so that she will help me with all the work. Because as of right now I could have an awesome rock garden =) but not many vegetables could actually survive the ground as it is right now. I am so ready for the lazy days of summer but in order to get those lazy days it is going to take me a lot of crazy days to get everything in order.  Here is to craziness with a purpose for the next few months.

settling down

Oh my goodness has everything been in upheaval for the last two months... My life has consisted of moving, then moving in with mom and dad for a week, and then moving in to our new house... we have done the best that we could to make life as normal as possible, to no avail most of the time. As of now we are moved in, we have boxes in several areas of the house, poor Tyler has only boxes because Paul wanted to get his room painted first. But we have settled in a little bit and are looking forward to normalcy to rear its pretty head again.

Pictures of the house all complete and settled will come as soon as we get there.

Hope everyone is having a sweet day!

Paint, cakes, and PhDs

Yesterday was an unusually busy day with work, traveling to the "big city" to get paint and with so many other things that my little life required. Paul and I are still working on closing on our new house, and are promised that it will happen on the 14th. We had the opportunity to go to Ft. Smith to meet with my supervisor and Paul was able to come with me to pick out paint colors.  We got paint colors for every single room of the house, including the Garage (my husband's doing there, not mine). However, today, on my day off I a not painting but sitting in a coffee shop supposed to be working on my dissertation for my PhD which I have just started working on.

On top of all the craziness of yesterday I have finally gotten my new cake decorating tools in the mail and am chomping at the bit to try it out.  however my entire house is packed into boxes so I was only able to look it over and dream about getting to use it.  Someday I will be in my house, with it all painted, my PhD completed and my free time spent with making cakes, scrapbooking and playing with my babies.  It may be a far distant dream at this point, but I am very excited to dream regardless.

Here is to all of you who have ever moved, dealt with painting an entire house, worked diligently to better yourself and your family through education, or any combination of the above.   You are troopers. May the road rise to meet you, may the rain fall softly on your fields, and until we meet again my God hold you in the hallow of His hands.

Healthy in Spite of Chaos

Making good and healthy choices is something that I am working so hard to do on a daily basis, however I feel like during this huge transition between living in our house to getting into our new house I am failing miserably. I have thought out every aspect of the ways in which I will make good choices once we get to the new house, even where my garden will be this summer to continue the tradition of summer veggies that I have become so fond of. But the "i Will" of that statement and not the 'I am" is bothering me.

I know that this sounds completely contradictory to healthy choices, but one thing that I am so greatly looking forward to is my new cake making supplies and things that I have ordered that I will not be able to play with until we are in the new house and settled. I realize that baking is something that I truly love to do, and will work so hard to maintain moderation with my baking so that it will become part of a healthy lifestyle. Fresh baked wheat bread rather than preservative filled store bought, I can get behind that.
Perhaps the reason why I bring this up is because it fills like I am in limbo in all areas during this in between phase and am finding so very difficult to not get distracted with poor judgement and old ways of extremely unhealthy eating, and the rest while I am trying to make so many transitions all at once.

Slice of Sweetness for today...
Snow day in with the family has encouraged cuddle puddles and family movie watching that sets my soul on fire with joy.

This New House of Ours

The biggest change in our little lives right now is all about this house.  We are living surrounded by boxes and nothingness right now, waiting for the day that we actually get to move into the new house. We have been pushed back on the closing several times and the new date is supposed to be Tuesday, so we will see.. fingers crossed.

I hate resolutions. But here's to Changes.

I love the idea of New Years, New You. But I have to say that I hate resolutions because I feel that it often sets you up for failure, since statistically speaking resolutions on New Years are made to be broken. This year I have goals for myself that have absolutely nothing to do with New Years.  I have been making stupid decisions when it comes to taking care of myself with food choices, exercise habits, etc. etc. down the line, and now is the time that I am making huge changes in my life for the better. Here my fellow bloggers are my goals for the year: 1) By December 31st of this year I want to be totally off of Rx drugs for  help with sleep and blood pressure, I want to loose 70lbs, and I want to lower my stress levels (finishing my PhD will help with that I am sure and I hope to complete it by December as well).

Here is to changes, may they be vast and strong, and make me a better person all the way around.