Down and Dirty - 3 Weeks Later

Welcome to the world little seedlings. 

Slot # 2 is cilantro, # 3 is chives and # 1 and # 3 are tarragon and oregano. (I'll know which is which when they get a little bigger.)

I have had to thin the oregano and tarragon and need to a little bit more. The cilantro is starting to look like cilantro. Time to plant more cilantro I think.

Letters

This was my fun project I started last year. I'm working to acquire the rest of the alphabet. I took the photos, edited them and had them printed up at Costco. I bought the frames at Michael's and assembled them with black paper as backing.

Capturing Thoughts

I wish at this time of night I had the energy and patience to tackle all the projects that drifted through my mind while I was at work during the day. It's never when I have the time to actually be doing something that I think about doing something because I'm usually doing something else. That sentence actually does make sense to me.

When I'm at work during the day there are moments where I run through a mental list of all that I want to accomplish at home in the evenings after dinner.

But here it is Friday night, after 9:00 p.m.; I have the second load of laundry in the wash, the kitchen is cleaned up, and there is a pile of paperwork sitting on the table. The same pile that has been there since Monday when I was looking for that one last piece of paper before doing our taxes.

And my bags I brought home from the Sewing Expo like two weeks ago are still sitting in the spare bedroom, full of fabric, patterns and papers. And the fabric I ordered through the mail is all over the spare bedroom since I took it out of the box when I was on a meeting call when I was working from home.

When does all that stuff get taken care of? I don't really know. But it will, it always does. Just not always when and how I planned it. Right now I just want to put the clothes in the dryer and go read in my bedroom. But I don't have a book started right now. And I don't want to start a book just yet because then I would ignore these things that need to be done. Because when I'm reading that's all I want to do, read.

I'm rambling now, I know that. I wanted to write tonight and I did. I also want to write a poem just for fun but haven't thought of a topic. I think I'll say something about all the rain we've had this month. Lots of it, every day. But with a little bit of sunshine here and there. Just to remind us that there will be sunshine.

I lay in bed

The rain taps gently on the roof

Sometimes it wakes me in the night

In the morning I awake

and it has stopped

The air is fresh

The grass green

The white crocus peeks out of the ground

It’s coming soon

I know it is

Spring

Flowers

Cut grass

And bicycles

Soon

Gym Dandy

This was a good week at the gym. Even though I have a cold I still felt well enough to get up at 5:30 and make it to the gym four days this week. I generally use the treadmill, some days a few weight machines and then today was a treat. I took my bathing suit and spent some time in the sauna, steam room, hot tub and pool. I love water and I love the heat so it was a nice way to start my morning.

I've been going to the gym in the morning now for about 3 years. I'm very accustomed to the morning "gym rats". The same group of us there at the same hour in the mornings. It's comforting. Mornings just work best for me. If I lived alone I would probably go in the evening and take classes, but for now mornings work best. 

Occasionally I'll go over to join a Zumba class on a Saturday. And I really like that.

Three years at the gym you might think would make me skinny, but it doesn't. It makes me fit and healthy (but still a little overweight). But I know I'm much better off getting the exercise than not doing anything. And I actually like exercising, I like going to the gym, I like the weight machines and I love the sauna.

Find a fitness routine that works for you. At home I have a hula hoop and free weights. I have a jump rope but not really any (private) place at home to use it. I just can't see me jump roping out in front of the house.

Whatever you do keep moving, keep limber and stay flexible. Learn to play and learn to relax. 

Sweets Surrendered

Before - my desk drawer

After - sealed (temporarily)

Hi, my name is Trudy and I love sugar (and Easter candy - big time). I've had a few weeks where my healthy eating just went right out the front door. In order to unlock the front door and invite my healthy eating habits to return I have put away my treats for a few days.

You're heard the expression, "she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth"? Well I think my expression is "I was born with a spoonful of sugar in my mouth".

Periodically I will give up candy, cookies, pastries, donuts (oh, now I'm getting hungry so I'll stop the list) for a few days to get my body back into wanting fruits and vegetables. After a few days then I can successfully have one piece of candy instead of 35.

That Milky Way Simply Caramel Bunny is delicious. I ate one a day or two ago. I digress. Anyway, this evening we are having stuffed cabbage rolls with spinach salad.

Tomorrow is day 2, I shall have my husband hide the scissors so the candy bag remains sealed. In reality what will happen is that I will forget all about the candy and 5 weeks from now when I'm looking in the cupboards for something I'll find the bag.

Down and Dirty - One Week Later

One week later here is the progress. The lettuce seeds germinated in about 3 days. The herbs have begun to germinate except for the cilantro that takes a little bit longer.

You have to look real close but you can see the green popping up through the soil.