We spent all day, and I mean all day yesterday planting a garden. Well, I say planting a garden, but what I really mean is doing everything except the soil, and plants. I know that most people equate the soil and plants with planting a garden, but we made the everlasting eternal garden. This thing is state of the art and will even water itself.
Since our Stake Presidency has asked us to become more self-reliant and specifically plant a fall garden, we felt we should probably do just that. Luckily, our friends, the Rowleys, are constantly helping us improve our house and lives. They built two garden boxes for us to begin this quest.
Tomorrow, we go 25 miles to find the perfect soil for the proper gardener's garden. So in total, with soil, pipes, staple gun, gopher proof mesh wiring, etc, we have spent about $150. That seems like quite a lot of vegetables from Bashas.
Stepping back, I suppose the pain in my whole body, blisters on both hands, and dehydration the day before Fast Sunday, we spent quite a bit to follow our leaders. It would seem to me that murmur, murmur, murmur. And if we only murmur, murmur, murmur.
So, my one person reading this, as you can see, this rant probably caused me to loose all blessings for obedience and my carrots will now sprout into mutant gopher food. murmur, murmur, murmur.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
I did much better today. I turned the music down and we talked. It was great.
We have Fall Break coming up. It will be nice to not have to go to work for a week. I think it bothers me more that we spend more money on gas than we do on food with all the driving we do. A week with out having to transport kids to school will be so refreshing. Now all I have to do is stick a banana in the tailpipe and these cars will go nowhere next week.
We have Fall Break coming up. It will be nice to not have to go to work for a week. I think it bothers me more that we spend more money on gas than we do on food with all the driving we do. A week with out having to transport kids to school will be so refreshing. Now all I have to do is stick a banana in the tailpipe and these cars will go nowhere next week.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Been a long time
It has been awhile since I last sat down to go over my thoughts. I doubt anyone has been missing them. Maybe my one follower.
Anyways, I truly enjoyed conference weekend. It was spent with good people and Sunday truly felt like a day of rest.
As far as work goes, I have never felt quite so out of breath. There is so much required of me this year. My students seem to be less prepared to make their own choices than ever before. It seems that a total lack of independence has been fostered with this class. I hope to help them grow to have the self-assurance they need to go out there and be prepared to work without an instant recognition given.
As far as my kids are concerned, I have lately felt that I am not giving them the quality time they need from their father; I have felt this way for a long time, but lately it has really hit me. The problem is myself. I have opportunities, but now I feel like I don't know what to do with them. For example, every morning, I have at least one of my kids in the car with me as we go to school. Instead of listening to music or the radio on the way, I should spend a little time talking to them. But, the bad habits I have formed are not easy to change. If admitting a failure is the first step in correcting it, I hope this is it and I can change this behavior.
How is that for brutally honest. I guess it is easier to be honest when I know that only one person in the last month has looked at this blog.
Anyways, I truly enjoyed conference weekend. It was spent with good people and Sunday truly felt like a day of rest.
As far as work goes, I have never felt quite so out of breath. There is so much required of me this year. My students seem to be less prepared to make their own choices than ever before. It seems that a total lack of independence has been fostered with this class. I hope to help them grow to have the self-assurance they need to go out there and be prepared to work without an instant recognition given.
As far as my kids are concerned, I have lately felt that I am not giving them the quality time they need from their father; I have felt this way for a long time, but lately it has really hit me. The problem is myself. I have opportunities, but now I feel like I don't know what to do with them. For example, every morning, I have at least one of my kids in the car with me as we go to school. Instead of listening to music or the radio on the way, I should spend a little time talking to them. But, the bad habits I have formed are not easy to change. If admitting a failure is the first step in correcting it, I hope this is it and I can change this behavior.
How is that for brutally honest. I guess it is easier to be honest when I know that only one person in the last month has looked at this blog.
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