Morning hor frost

Capitalize that sunshine 

Garden planning

Original location of bleeding heart 

New bed

Homesteading
I must admit. I feel bad. Dan is doing all my yard work for me! The whole reason we got a yard (as small as it is) is because I wanted it. I want a farm really but this will work for my self-sufficient homestead. Suburban that it is. And for the first year and a half I took care of it. Granted he dictated some of the things done to it but then again he's got an eye for resale and I don't. Not really. My plan for this land will only have value to a farmer at heart like myself. Not no city slicking urbanite!

Right now he's out there fixing up the front yard and the side yard that the patio peeps jacked up. Grub&weed killer, fertilizing, seeding and mowing. Yesterday he moved the back for me, after I told him my plan to wake up early today and mow. I couldn't get the mower started with Aidan strapped to me. What am I doing. Entertaining Aidan.

I could be outside helping if Motorola would stop sending me the wrong replacement part. It's been a month now and they've sent me 2 monitors and one camera to the set. I have sent them images (multiple times) of the original identifying sticker and they still can't send the right part. WTF!

He did say I was doing a good job at being a momma....that helps me feel not as worthless...some. Depression is fighting hard to kick me back down. It's been some years since I've fought this hard to stay (undepressed? happy?).

Further Learning
So a side note. Thanks to Heidi, I'm taking an online Permaculture course. I'll test my knowledge and hopefully learn something new. Or find some new tools or resources to help make this little burban homestead as self-sufficient as possible. Week one of a four week course down. Maybe we'll get together soon for coffee and a perma-chat!

Crafting
I've started turning my VMI panel into a blanket. I'll be making it roughly 27"x27". A good size for baby or lap. That way they don't feel so pressured! I got a plan in my head of how it should look. One detail I need to research how to do, so here's to hoping it turns out.

Life with Baby
Yesterday was a day of firsts for all of us. I bundled Aidan up into his stroller, leashed Georgia and went for a walk. I met 3 of my neighbors. Found out just how out of shape I am! How out of shape Georgia is!!! Visited a park for some swing time and pushed said stroller through 2 soccer fields, a tiny crick and a grassy noll. That was hard work! I blame that for my tiredness once we got home (just before the rain I might add). Got some pokemon Go'ing in! All in all. I think I'll do it again. Georgia was well behaved and Aidan had fun!

While they both napped I took some time to make their Silhouettes! Stacy also wants me to do this as a side project for her. Could be fun.

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Woke up early and did some hard core plating! Saw daddy off to work then some breakfast. No coffee in this house. So sad!

While Aidan napped I got some cleaning done....not much but some. Dishes, laundey and swept the patio (so much mud)

Headed to the bank after Aidan's morning nap....only to discover that all the paperwork was in. It was affle nice of them to not email me back and let me waste a trio into town. Not that town is that far off....

Since that was a bust we dropped off a soda to daddy then went to visit the new cafe in town.

Ciao Cafe. Interesting name to start. Hi cafe....anywho, interior decor is no different from the previous few cafes to rent this space. I'd almost go as far as to say all the seating came with it. I don't get why the decor around here is lacking.

Plus, it was dirty. When we walked in there was only 1 couple seated and the single employee was doing nothing. After getting our order and going to sit I noticed hair on 1 table & food stuck to another. So hard to find good help!

They specialize in gelato which is cool. We have lots of ice cream around here but with my sensitive stomach I can't do a lot of it. Plus, affogato! However they are pricy. I considered offering affogatos in my cafe but wouldn't have come close to $6.50 a drink. Looking at their menu it's the full cost of their small gelato plus their dopio. You'd think they'd have a small discount. Like an al la cart menu. *shrug* One more rhing I'll have over the others.

Cafe note:  all tables will have a pitcher of ice water!

Now that we are back home it's time to play some then a nap so mommy can brush the dog and de-poop the yard!

Today was a day to be outside. Daddy got burnt. I may have gotten burnt!

I brought a blanket out & alternately baby wore & sat Aidan on the blanket. Georgia guarded her yard & baby! All while leveling out the firewood bed's border. Those stones sunk pretty good over the last year.

Dan in the meantime, moved the Sycamore tree, dug a drainage trench around the patio and filled it in with stone, leveled out the dirt some & buried the downspout. I must say I felt lazy watching him work!

After years spend stripping my hair with shampoos, I decided to go natural in my old age. It's been over a year now of weaning myself off shampoo. A tough job since my boby was so used to producing all that extra oil to replenish what was stripped. (So counter productive)

I've been shampoo free for a few months now & battling hard with this greasy feeling. Yuck! Hair always smells clean after my shower & rinse of the hair but not so much the feel. I can tell today that it's finally paying off. The coating is less! *happy dance* but I figured my ends, though they need cut since I'm way past sitting on them, need a good bit of love. So I whipped up a batch of oils.

I hope it doesn't aggravate the problem though. It sure made my face feel delicious after my super, lovely, hot shower! My weakness!

A side note to health:  the new dentist I'm patronizing says gargle with peroxide & water to "bubble out toncel stones" I've tried it for a week tomorrow....gross to be sure but I think my breath is already improved. I would love to blame pregnancy for these stones but I've always had a bad breath. Just no dentist could give me some helpful advice besides painful flossing & painful store gargles.

I also, found an article that claims our teeth can regenerate themselves. It's at a rate too slow to counteract cavities but if one could kill the bacteria and keep it clear. Makes me wonder. The article was about some drug they found that if soaked into a sponge and packed into the crevice left by a cavity it would speed up this growth. The drug was found by way of Alzheimer's research.

With what little time I have left in my day I just don't use it to blog. I work on projects that can't be done with baby awake and house work.

Preparing for the studio overhaul. 

Got some frames hung & some art framed. I've also got a list of images to hunt down & print.

Thank you Georgia for providing me with more mending work....because my stack isn't large enough....

Wiring. Tamper outlets. GFCI outlets. Arc fault breaker. Patio enclosure. Condensation. What is wrong here.