First, happy belated to all of the fine mamas that habituate my comment section. Y’all have some lucky kids!
I had a long conversation at the in-laws yesterday about blogging and I walked away a little peeved. It was compared to standing on a soapbox in the park, which rankled me. See, you can play your guitar on the subway and be a musician, or sell your paintings outside of the Met and be an artist. For there to be no equivalent for writing goes to show how little people value it as a means of creative expression.
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I got Lucy a sewing book that came on Saturday and I am so very excited about getting a sewing basket set up and trying out some of the projects. I used to love handsewing as a little kid. I think I still will, actually. I don’t know where this whole artsy-fartsy kick is coming from but it’s been a lot of fun. I made Lucy a beaded necklace on Friday, and then yesterday we transplanted half of our peppermint seedlings to give to Grandma for Mother’s Day which I really enjoyed (in spite of the big pile of soil on my living room floor.)
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Speaking of potting, our second worm bin should be here today or tomorrow. Then we can get to work planting the seedlings that are staying inside. I’m waiting on the outside plants until Memorial Day. My MIL gave me a pot of mini-roses that I need to find a place for as well. They are really lovely. I hope I don’t do them in like I usually do with flowering plants. Although my oxalis has managed to bloom for the 3rd year (no thanks to anything I have done.) Bean thinks the roses are fabulous. I wish I could get a photo of him delicately sniffing the blooms; he looks most refined.
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Our CSA is going to have meat/egg/honey deliveries this year! I am so excited! We may actually make 70% local 25% bulk over the summer! I have sorely been neglecting my poor Riot numbers. It’s the tracking of the trash and the saving of the food receipts. As far as I can tell, we’ve completely stagnated numbers-wise and I’m not sure if I want to take up tracking again. I may do a few extra months to make up for the ones I didn’t track, or I may just write a huge wrap-up of the first year at the end of this month and start fresh on June 1. As I see it, I’m not ready to be finished with the project despite my horrible tracking. Or, maybe more accurately, I think we have more work to do.
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I should have done my proofreading over the weekend and now I’m stuck with rushing through this morning. I should know better…
