Hello SUNSHINE!!!!!

Wow, it's been a rough winter and spring. 
The lack of sunshine and cold weather had me in the blues.  I hadn't realized how bad it got till the sun came out. 
The first nice day we had I spent outside, doing a bit of garden prep. It felt like I was coming out of hibernation.....waking up in a way. Feeling alive for the first time since Christmas season. I owe quite a few phone calls and apologies for dropping off contact.
  It's a lesson for me to actively plan winter and cold weather activities for this coming winter.  (Shuddering even thinking of it)

Any way....THE SUN IS OUT!!!!!!!!


I've been digging in the dirt, the flip flops are out and I'm ready to dive in.  Mother nature gave us a bit of a tease with a false spring & we took advantage of it by tilling the garden.  Of course we tilled again a few weeks later as the soil packed with another heavy snow but....we got a jump on it. After adding all the rabbit poo these past few years the soil seems to be in great condition.


Peas, spinach, kale, carrots, broccoli, cabbage & radish are in. 


Most of the herbs are coming back but, I will need to replace a few due to the deep polar freeze we had this winter.


I've lots to catch up on, many of your posts yet to read....now that I've finally remembered my login info I'll even be able to comment!   Now, if I could only remember my live writer log in .....




Hope your all enjoying sunshine or, at least hear the dripping of snow melt!


Be back soon, I have lots of catching up to do
Katie

It’s A New Year!!

Well, so much for my attempt to blog more LOL!

With the little people here and orders I’m keeping pretty busy.  I miss you all!  I’ve been trying to keep up with every one’s posts.  We had to change internet providers and switching (remembering) all those passwords has been a challenge.  I ’think”  I’ve got it now.

 

Christmas is done and over….It went way to fast. We took the tree down today and I “Think” we will only find one or two errant decorations. We didn’t put out as much this year…it seemed like we ran out of time to decorate. It was wonderful as it was.  We went to midnight Mass & had a beautiful service. To make it even better, it was the first time there wasn’t ice in years. no slip sliding into church.

Through the week we were able to spend time with all of our children except our son.  A collage student’s budget only stretches so far but, we were able to Skype with him and Brianne.

We rang in the new year with my family and had a wonderful relaxing evening.  Great company, a glass of wine and as always to much food.   First time in years we’ve been “out” for the evening.  We generally stay in to avoid traveling with the crazies but we went from one rural area to another so it was fine.   Actually the roads were nearly empty so that was nice.  Yesterday we took the tree down and puttered around the house doing nothing in particular…...it was a nice change.

I’m so ready for spring!

Our weather has yo-yo’d like crazy. We had earlier than ever snows, then right before Christmas it hit 70!  There’s not been a bit of real snow since.  We’ve had a dusting or 2 but that’s it. There are dandelion's in the field for goodness sake! All the trees are forming buds, the mums are starting to sprout!  If it stays nice the rest of the week I’ll get the flowerbeds and herb garden cleaned out. Our weather changed to rain and super nasty to fast & I didn’t get them cleaned out.  EEEP!  If I can get it done now it should be pretty good when real spring hits.

OK, can we talk about stink bugs?

We have been invaded!  I bet I kill about 20 a day..in the house…and that’s a low estimate….one just landed on my keyboard….they don’t hurt anything but creep me out. Nasty little critters. I found 3 in the curtains (I’d just washed and rehung) and sucked them up in the vacuum.... BIG mistake.  The entire front of the house stunk to high heaven.  From what I’ve read this has been an unusually bad year here for them.  Mr. Fix-It pulled his coveralls off the hook in the garage and had about 100 of those suckers (frozen) fall out the legs ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! 

Any tried and true tips for getting rid of them?

Help!!!

We rang in the new year with my family and had a wonderful relaxing evening.  Great company, a glass of wine and as always to much food.   First time in years we’ve been “out” for the evening.  We generally stay in to avoid traveling with the crazies but we went from one rural area to another so it was fine.   Actually the roads were nearly empty so that was nice.  Yesterday we took the tree down and puttered around the house doing nothing in particular…...it was a nice change.

 

Supper for tonight is in the crock pot.  I’m trying to clean out/use up items from the fridge freezer using the reach in and grab something method.  Tonight will be pulled pork in BBQ sauce and slaw. The pork was from a pig roast earlier in the fall that I’d bagged up in  meal sized leftovers.  It may not have the full original flavor but I think the BBQ sauce will help with that.

A list of errands in town awaits so I’ve got to run

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and relaxing New Year!

2014 is going to ROCK!

Katie

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