days to go

The little widget I added says I have 209 days to go. Good God that seems like forever. I know it will fly by, but at this moment, FOREVER!

I have so much I want to do, need to do, it is crazay. But this weekend I am taking it easy. I started to make Amy's Roasted Red Pepper soup. And by started I mean, I roasted the red peppers and garlic and then all of a sudden it was 8pm and time for the kids to go to bed and I got upset that I was sooooooo tired and I still had to finish this soup. Kevin intervened by assuring me that I could refrigerate the roasted veggies and finish it tonight. WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT instead of dissolving into tears stressing out over it. Tonight it is.

I will be planting my vegetable garden no matter what the weather. Even if I have to wear full rain gear. I am determined to get these veggies into the ground. I planted my herbs and tomatoes last weekend (herbs in a window box and tomatoes in a sunnier spot in my yard). Kevin built me a new raised bed where our shed used to be. It is 3/4's full of soil, I need to dump my compost into it, mix it up, and then plant the cucumbers, beans, carrots, lettuce, kohlrabi and what ever else tickles me fancy. Oh and we are building a potato box to grow our own potatoes. I picked up two bags of heritage sprouting spuds last weekend. Those also need to get planted pronto, since they won't be harvest ready till late fall.

All this has to happen Saturday/early Sunday since we are going on a little road trip on Sunday to visit my mom. The house could use a clean, but there are only so many hours in the day. House, i apologies, you will be neglected this weekend. Hope you all have a nice weekend!