Summer is Here

Brian has been working longer hours, which means I have alot more time to be bored. But I've been putting that time to good use. I am proud of myself. Oh, I have alot more to go, but it's going better. I've been reading Flylady's messages again (I get them on my email and also on Facebook). And I've been doing what she says. Not with everything- I know I can't start everything at once, I have to do a little at a time. I've been working on keeping the sink shiny... I have been fairly good at keeping the dishes done, they don't pile up. But at the end of the day there might still be a cup and plate in the sink. So I've been trying to even wash the last couple before bed and buff the sink. It is nice to wake up to.
I think my sewing projects have helped lift my blue mood from a few month ago. It does help to see things get finished.
I'm planning to have a yard sale next week, we've been working on building the boys some bunk beds, so I have a bed frame and mattress that needs to go. I also got a new cabinet at an antique store down the road, we got a small TV to fit in it (and it is small- not the smallest, but 2nd to smallest we could find. :-) I love it- I can hide the TV!! And the cabinet is narrow as well, so it doesn't take up much space in our living room. So I have a big old entertainment center and TV to get rid of as well.
Some friends got married last week and need a couch, so they are taking our big couch and chair. I have a metal frame and am planning to build a couch, with storage. Because, sadly, World Market no longer has the storage futon that I had wanted. But it's ok, because building it ourselves, I can make it have more storage than the futon would have.

Summer is Coming!

Life is going pretty good, Brian's new job is going well and I am finding a couple hours a week to work on creative things- like these tie bibs. Cute, eh? I love Titus in them! I did make some to sell, but I kept some for him too and mailed one to my nephew. Little boys in ties are just cute!
I found some amino acids at the health food store and have been taking them through my "emotional" time in my cycle and it really helps, I'm fairly normal, so what a huge blessing!
We got our garden planted a couple days ago and then yesterday I was at a clients birth. The boys just have a few more days of school and I am so looking forward to an easier schedule!! I've been keeping up with the house pretty well, still going through and getting rid of stuff. Had a garage sale with some friends last weekend and got rid of more as well as making $60 (which is a fair amount considering I didn't take that much to the sale!).
It's been nice to get out during the day after all the snow we had this winter. Titus is enjoying the outdoors and wants to be out there all day... so I might get some reading done this summer too just sitting out there with them.

What I've been up to...

So... I have avoided this blog. I quit my bedroom challenge. I beat myself up for it and felt guilty and I just quit. My emotions have been up and down, the desk looks bad again- though, only 1/2 as bad as it was before I did the desk challenge. I was depressed alot in the last 2 months, and I'm not exactly sure why. So I went out and chopped my hair off.
That's right- that's what I do. When all else fail, chop the hair off. :-)

I have been working diligently on the kitchen. I have kept the dishes done, mostly and the counters clean. If I don't I start feeling down again and beat myself up about it. I am my own worst enemy.
I finished reading Real Food: What to Eat and Why which was absolutely wonderful and I recommend it to everyone. But now I am clueless as to what to feed my family! I will get there- we've changed some things, and left overs the same. I will change eventually, but in my perfectionist disposition, I want to have everything done and figured out now.
So, several times throughout the day, I find myself sighing and trying to justify to myself why everything I want hasn't just happened.

Early Morning

Woke up this morning with Titus crying at 5:30 AM, fed him and put him back to bed. He normally gets up at 6 AM, but doesn't stay up long. I could have kept him up, but I really wanted that next 1 1/2 hours of sleep if I put him back to bed.
So I put him back to bed. And then I laid there. Awake. My mind started going a mile a minute. All the things I am going to do today. Our friend Sean is coming over to help us rewire a couple light switches in our kitchen.
I have a bag of apples to make pie with (already made apple butter and 2 pies yesterday).
Need to practice my song for church (doing special music tomorrow night).
I ground a bunch of wheat yesterday so I can make bread today.
Brian and Luke need to go running early this morning before
Brian goes to work at the church, then reloading ammo for his hunting rifle at a friends house this after noon.
I need to go to the Farmer's Market.
And I have a hutch that doesn't fit into the spot I have for it in the kitchen, so I need to saw off 1/2" of the overhang at the top and then sand in down and then I can put the MAC in the kitchen because it's my recipe book and it's old and slower so we don't use it too often anyway.
I made an apple pie for breakfast yesterday (did you know pies were first a breakfast food?) and we've been getting fresh eggs from a family at church, so this morning we'll have scrambled eggs and apple pie for breakfast. Sounds tasty doesn't it? :-)

Missing my games

So I am attempting to write blog posts instead of play Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. I get lost in Bejeweled. It's somewhat mindless and it's only a minute. So if I have a minute between putting kids to bed, feeding them, taking them to the potty, picking them up from school, cleaning the house, doing the laundry and dishes, cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner and anything else... well, I play bejeweled.
I'm a really competitive person and it's a good outlet for that.
So I started this blog to make money, which, yes, isn't happening yet. I've got it marked on my phone so I reminder will go off- Oct. 17 I can post a money making post. I can post 3 a day- but have to have actual blog posts inbetween them- who wants to read that "you could buy this" junk anyway? so I am trying to build up my posts so I have something to put in between. I figure all that time I sit down for a couple minutes to play bejeweled could be used in typing.
It's not easy. Typing takes thought. It's not mindless and then when I get up and come back to it I have to remember where I was. I really don't like doing recipe post like that, which is why I don't update Rachel's Cooking very often. But I'm trying. Yesterday I didn't turn on the game computer at all. I blog on the MAC, it's a little older and can't handle Bejeweled Blitz. Probably a good thing.