Lunch!

So I think about food a lot.  I was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the little one, and was going to make one for myself... when i came up with a plan.

Yes.  Peanutbutter, honey, and marshmellow fluff.  Sinful.  But sooo yummy.  And it's on wheat so it can't be all bad, right?  RIGHT?!

Really, I didn't go crazy.  Just a good even balance of fluff and peanutbutter and honey.  Such a smooth sandwich.  Ok, and gives me a sugar rush.  Not the healthiest of meals. But it is vegetarian.

As we like to say in World of Warcraft:  OMNOMNOM.

Anyway, I had worked up a good appetite earlier because I started my hellish project of removing the wallpaper from the bedroom so I can, at some point in the future (how distant in the future I'm not sure), paint my bedroom a soothing green.  Though my husband and I are currently debating if we want to keep in the bedroom or make it a library... but that's a different discussion.  Anyway, the horrible wallpaper and icky bleh color on all the trim needs to be changed.  What I've managed so far today:

Yeah.  I know.  Not very impressive.  But when One is trying to chase around a 2 and a half year old, and using only one of those round wall paper scorers and hot water, this is as far as one gets in a half a day.  I will hopefully continue this afternoon.  Whee.  Somewhat productivity!  Go me!

Breakfast!

Mmmm... English muffin, egg, bacon and cheese sandwich for breakfast.  And coffee.  Lots of protein for the run I hope to get in this afternoon. Had to make the baby an egg and muffin too.  Easy to make, easy to eat.  And cheaper and probably slightly better for me than something fast food breakfasty.

Sprouts

Broccoli sprouts
Originally uploaded by Dragonlightt

I can't believe this little guys are already this big after being in soil less than a week! At this rate I'll be eating fresh broccoli in no time. The only problem is, the ground is still very snow covered and frozen... I hate to tell the little sprouts to slow down but at this rate...

I got the seed starting stuff at Home Depot for about $8 for 72 cells and 72 little self-inflating compressed dirt pellets. Just add water. Very space-aged, and the baby loved "helping" mommy adjust and move the dirt pellets around... then once they had sucked up the warm water and turned to earth, he was happy to poke at them with the stainless steel chopsticks i was using as tools to move stuff around.

I've planted 4 different types of tomatos, thyme and broccoli. The rest of my lettuces and veggies tel me to plant them right in the garden a couple of weeks before the danger of frost. I might plant a few more things in the cells, but i'll wait until the snow is gone at least.

Next thing on today's list. Prepare to strip Wallpaper.

Just waiting...

Locked in Ice
Originally uploaded by Dragonlightt

We came back from visiting family in Florida last week. To a foot of snow, and many icicles on the house. I have my seedlings planted... now I'm just waiting for the snow to melt...

Erie National Wildlife Refuge

I walk there a lot. There are 5 different trails in the two divisions of the refuge, 2 which i visit on a weekly basis, at least. Today I saw a doe, a lot of flowers, geese and many different songbirds. I always take the dog with me, and take the baby most of the time. He can do a 3 mile hike on my back pretty easily. Occasionally, when I stop to snap a photograph of something interesting, he gets impatient and says "Vroom" Which in this case, means "keep moving."

The wood anemonies had finished blooming. I only found signs of seed pods, and lots of other flowers. The yellow daisy-like thing is golden ragwort. The small white flower is Canadian Mayflower, and the ball-like white flowers are wild sasperilla. Ye-haw!
I also got our nearest neighbors to pose for a quick photo before I left for the hike this morning.
I can hear their babies cheeping when I go in and out the door. The birdhouse is hung, literally a foot from our door. The chickadees don't seem to mind our comings and goings at all though.

So, all in all, it was a productive day. I got the trim done, washed the car inside and out, stopped at the library to check out a few guidebook, trimmed some of the shrubs, and watched Ratatouille curled up on the couch with the baby. Good day. Time for more baby cuddling and some reading.

Breakfast

Apple Cinnamon oatmeal (not from the packet), Banana-Oat bread, and coffee. Perfect. Even if baby will eat most of it. At least I get all the coffee.

Spring, almost over?!

So it's well into spring, and I've done a lot with the landscape, planting seeds, transplanting and moving some plants, and throwing in some annuals. We've had some frost warnings the last few nights, so i brought out old towels and blankets and tucked everything in that I was worried about.

I have too many tomato plants. I ordered some heirloom seeds, determined to start my own plants this year, and so I did. I planted waayyy too many. I must have at least 40 plants, only 11 which i've put into containers on the front walk to hopefully get large enough to bear fruit. I think I'm going to make the husband take them to work and try to give them away. It has made me realize that next year i'm going to do some larger raised beds in the backyard to plant more tomatoes, beans, peas, lettuce, peppers, and whatever else i can convince myself to plant.

I'm happy how the yard is looking though. I have my retaining wall built, I've re-done the back porch so it's cleaner and more homey feeling, I've weeded, soil ammended and cleaned up all the beds, and I've planted perennials and annuals where i've wanted them.

My next goal is to plant more ferns in my shadowy back yard corner, and more hosta in some of the places where my ground cover is thinning badly.

The only thing i'm really sad about, is that spring feels almost over. I love all the new, tiny flowers, I love my yard filled with violets and hiking and seeing the tiny purple veined wood anemonies carpeting the ground. It seems like it only lasts a few days before it's over... I think i'll go see if those wood anemones are still blooming tomorrow... then take some more photos of my gardens, so i can remember what is planted where next year.