when I'm left alone...

... I tend to live like a singleton again. Clothes tossed on the floor, dishes left on the counter. The married OCD me is gone and single sloppy me visits. The hubby is out of town. He's been gone since tuesday and comes home tomorrow. What this means is married me kicked out single me and cleaned up the mess. I also moved the herb garden to its new location ( only making room for the asparagus and garlic I'm gonna plant when the seeds I ordered come in, I know I'm obsessed) and baked strawberry bars that look more like a pie. We had strawberries that I didn't want to waste.

Does your other half ditch you for work trips and how do live when they aren't around?

Not really in hiding...

It's come to my attention all I talk about is dirt lately. While I do still have a life, or something that resembles one, I seem to not be talking about it as much as I talk about all things dirt.

Well, there's a few reasons for that:

A. I love gardening and rather be outside watching my little seedlings grown than doing anything else
B.I've been working on a few things that I haven't been ready to talk about yet
C. Life is rather boring at the moment

As for B. I'll finally share what it is I'm talking about in a month or so. Now, don't jump to conclusions now, it isn't about my personal life, it's more about my business life. Kinda.

I'll try to be a better blogger... maybe little miss planner needs to plan a blog schedule so she can write more. :)

Admission...

I'm Little Miss Planner and I'm addicted to all things dirt. I can officially say that I've truly lost it. On Saturday morning, the hubby took me to the garden center so i could get the rake I've been jabbering on about all week long. Unfortunately we left with a trunk full of plants, dirt and other random things that I apparently "needed." Once I got home I changed and proceeded to spent 4 hours weeding and planting and watering and just plain old getting dirty. After I was all dusty and dirty, I walked into the house and gave the hubby a great big hug and told him what I wanted for my birthday (let me remind you it is over 6 months away). This:


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You see, I put all my fun tools on the side of the house but as much as I put stuff in some order, it just doesn't sit well with me. I feel uneasy when things aren't in their "place" and my tools need a home. (read: little miss planner has OCD tendencies) I just need a little outdoor closet/shed to keep things tidy.

So there you have it. Today's admission of insanity. Oh, and yes I tried to skim over the fact I planted more... I found this area that looked very unkept on the hill. So I cleaned it out and planted more... 2 types of peppers, more tomatoes and squash. Funny (or sad) part is I DON'T eat peppers or regular tomatoes. My justification... well, i know a lot of people do so we'll give them away! :)

Things to do before Apr 09 -- Update #3

1. Walk/Run 60 miles (20 miles)
2. Cook 15 meals a week (12)
3. Save 60% on our grocery bills (58%)
4. Do one craft project (does gardening count?)
5. Clean my bike and go riding (never took frank out for a ride... maybe this week after work sometime.)
6. Go to the gym 4 times during a work day (3 down)
7. Go for a picnic and a hike (didn't have time)
8. Go swimming twice at the gym (this week... at night)
9. Do boot camp ONCE (going tmw)
10. Work out 5 times a week ALL month (didn't happen)
11. Read a book (started a book)
12. Take a trip to the flower district (going to go this weekend. close enough)

Garden Envy!

I'm SOOOO adding onto our garden next year. If you love gardening, you HAVE to take a look at The Dervaes Family. I first saw this post over at Oh Happy Day! Go here to watch the 1 minute clip on Oprah.




You can Follow their journal here! I just added them to my Google reader!

Oh, here's another clip!

Little Miss Planner's Farm Update # 5

Beware: image heavy post.

Update...

So you know that hard work I griped about last Monday? This is what the garden looked liked before:


The garden's grown alot:


and now we added onto the wall:


Last night we planted more artichokes on the top as well as spaghetti squash. On the bottom, we have spinach, more lettuce, more carrots, cauliflower, and an area for the pumpkins. The pumpkin vine will be moved outward and up the hill once that grows, much like the cucumber vine.

So updates on everything:


Peas


lettuce


carrots


herbs


cucumbers


cherry tomato bush


corn

Inspirations Part 29

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Happy Earth Day!

If this doesn't make you want to be nicer to the earth, I don't know what will!

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